Apple's 1984 Commercial

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Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 293454 - Posted: 2 May 2006, 20:24:18 UTC Apple's 1984 Commercial Text of "1984" Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail! Hmm... It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future... ;) ID: 293454 ·

BODLEY Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Mar 02 Posts: 877 Credit: 125,351 RAC: 0	Message 293472 - Posted: 2 May 2006, 20:44:39 UTC - in response to Message 293454. Apple's 1984 Commercial Text of "1984" Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail! Hmm... It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future... ;) Thank you Jeffrey! That brought tears to my eyes (I still have one of the first Macs)!!! Please stick to threads like this and kick the God stuff into the weeds ... and you might even qualify for the title "Human of the week" ... ;-))))) ID: 293472 ·

Es99 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0	Message 293481 - Posted: 2 May 2006, 20:53:11 UTC - in response to Message 293472. Thank you Jeffrey! That brought tears to my eyes (I still have one of the first Macs)!!! Please stick to threads like this and kick the God stuff into the weeds ... and you might even qualify for the title "Human of the week" ... ;-))))) Yes..but how did they know back then? That's what I want to know. How did they know? Reality Internet Personality ID: 293481 ·

Al Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 5832 Credit: 401,935 RAC: 0	Message 293489 - Posted: 2 May 2006, 20:58:05 UTC - in response to Message 293481. Thank you Jeffrey! That brought tears to my eyes (I still have one of the first Macs)!!! Please stick to threads like this and kick the God stuff into the weeds ... and you might even qualify for the title "Human of the week" ... ;-))))) Yes..but how did they know back then? That's what I want to know. How did they know? time machine;) Scorpions - Wind Of Change ID: 293489 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 293491 - Posted: 2 May 2006, 20:59:30 UTC - in response to Message 293481. Last modified: 2 May 2006, 21:04:26 UTC how did they know back then? That's what I want to know. How did they know? Maybe George Orwell read his Holy Books and APPLIED the 'logic' and 'reason' found within... And to no surprise... HIS PREDICTIONS OF THE FUTURE HAVE CLEARLY ARRIVED !!! ;) ID: 293491 ·

Tetsuji Maverick Rai Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Apr 99 Posts: 518 Credit: 90,863 RAC: 0	Message 293494 - Posted: 2 May 2006, 21:00:48 UTC I liked my apple II clone.... feel like playng Aztec now on the emulator. Luckiest in the world. WMD = Weapon of Mass Distraction. Click this table. ID: 293494 ·

N/A Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 01 Posts: 3718 Credit: 93,649 RAC: 0	Message 293635 - Posted: 2 May 2006, 23:56:39 UTC - in response to Message 293454. Cult leader quotes another another cult leader? What is the world coming to?? ID: 293635 ·

Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0	Message 293677 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 1:03:33 UTC - in response to Message 293481. Yes..but how did they know back then? That's what I want to know. How did they know? The ants told them. ID: 293677 ·

Scary Capitalist Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0	Message 293687 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 1:25:21 UTC - in response to Message 293677. Yes..but how did they know back then? That's what I want to know. How did they know? The ants told them. Were they quran reading time travelling ants? Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing! ID: 293687 ·

Mad Max Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Mar 00 Posts: 475 Credit: 213,231,775 RAC: 407	Message 293688 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 1:28:13 UTC - in response to Message 293489. Last modified: 3 May 2006, 1:29:56 UTC Thank you Jeffrey! That brought tears to my eyes (I still have one of the first Macs)!!! Please stick to threads like this and kick the God stuff into the weeds ... and you might even qualify for the title "Human of the week" ... ;-))))) Yes..but how did they know back then? That's what I want to know. How did they know? time machine;) I thought it was a Timex Sinclair. *IAS - Where Space Is Golden!* ID: 293688 ·

N/A Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 01 Posts: 3718 Credit: 93,649 RAC: 0	Message 293805 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 5:15:05 UTC - in response to Message 293688. Thank you Jeffrey! That brought tears to my eyes (I still have one of the first Macs)!!! Please stick to threads like this and kick the God stuff into the weeds ... and you might even qualify for the title "Human of the week" ... ;-))))) Yes..but how did they know back then? That's what I want to know. How did they know? time machine;) I thought it was a Timex Sinclair. No... it was a TI 99/4A. ID: 293805 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4609 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18	Message 293996 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 11:45:44 UTC Cool commercial :) ID: 293996 ·

BODLEY Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Mar 02 Posts: 877 Credit: 125,351 RAC: 0	Message 294019 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 12:17:41 UTC - in response to Message 293996. Cool commercial :) Cool product ... ID: 294019 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4609 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18	Message 294055 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 12:51:00 UTC - in response to Message 294019. Cool commercial :) Cool product ... I agree. ID: 294055 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 294212 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 15:58:11 UTC WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH Hmm... It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future... ;) ID: 294212 ·

Rush Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3131 Credit: 302,569 RAC: 0	Message 294234 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 16:36:30 UTC - in response to Message 294212. Last modified: 3 May 2006, 16:36:43 UTC WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH Hmm... It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future... ;) That's like the fifth time you've said that or something similar. Do you have any analysis beyond an overly general blanket statement? You know, to make it interesting? Cordially, Rush elrushbo2@theobviousgmail.com Remove the obvious... ID: 294234 ·

N/A Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 01 Posts: 3718 Credit: 93,649 RAC: 0	Message 294237 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 16:52:12 UTC - in response to Message 294212. Less is more! Happiness is a warm puppy! Workunits of the server, unite! ID: 294237 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 294283 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 17:54:17 UTC Last modified: 3 May 2006, 17:55:13 UTC WAR IS PEACE (The never ending 'war on terror') FREEDOM IS SLAVERY (Homeland 'security') IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH (Well... You can figure this one out yourself... Or not...) I thought it was pretty 'self explanatory' myself... It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future... ;) ID: 294283 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 294362 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 20:25:07 UTC Delving deeper... (For those who haven't read the book) 1984 has three chapters titled, 'War is Peace', 'Ignorance is Strength' and 'Freedom is Slavery', which are also the main slogans of the party. The main ideas of the book are: 1. War is important for consuming the products of human labour; if this work were be used to increase the standard of living, the control of the party over the people would decrease. War is the economic basis of a hierarchical society. 2. There is an emotional need to believe in the ultimate victory of Big Brother. 3. In becoming continuous, war has ceased to exist. The continuity of the war guarantees the permanence of the current order. In other words, "War is Peace" 4. There have always been three main strata of society; the Upper, the Middle and the Lower, and no change has brought human equality one inch nearer. 5. Collectivism doesn't lead to socialism. In the event, the wealth now belongs to the new "upper-class", the bureaucrats and administrators. Collectivism has ensured the permanence of economic inequality. 6. Wealth is not inherited from person to person, but it is kept within the ruling group. 7. The masses (proles) are given freedom of thought, because they don't think! A Party member is not allowed the slightest deviation of thought, and there is an elaborate mental training to ensure this, a training that can be summarised in the concept of doublethink. Hmm... It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future... ;) ID: 294362 ·

Michael Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4609 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18	Message 294364 - Posted: 3 May 2006, 20:27:50 UTC - in response to Message 294362. Last modified: 3 May 2006, 20:29:13 UTC Delving deeper... (For those who haven't read the book) 1984 has three chapters titled, 'War is Peace', 'Ignorance is Strength' and 'Freedom is Slavery', which are also the main slogans of the party. The main ideas of the book are: 1. War is important for consuming the products of human labour; if this work were be used to increase the standard of living, the control of the party over the people would decrease. War is the economic basis of a hierarchical society. 2. There is an emotional need to believe in the ultimate victory of Big Brother. 3. In becoming continuous, war has ceased to exist. The continuity of the war guarantees the permanence of the current order. In other words, "War is Peace" 4. There have always been three main strata of society; the Upper, the Middle and the Lower, and no change has brought human equality one inch nearer. 5. Collectivism doesn't lead to socialism. In the event, the wealth now belongs to the new "upper-class", the bureaucrats and administrators. Collectivism has ensured the permanence of economic inequality. 6. Wealth is not inherited from person to person, but it is kept within the ruling group. 7. The masses (proles) are given freedom of thought, because they don't think! A Party member is not allowed the slightest deviation of thought, and there is an elaborate mental training to ensure this, a training that can be summarised in the concept of doublethink. Hmm... It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future... ;) http://words.grubbykid.com/2001/11/ http://151.38.11.11/ipertesti/bomba/ipertext/inglese/orwell/1984plot.html ID: 294364 ·

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