Comment Perverse Logic in the UK (Score 1) 387
So the gif got named "apple_g5_powerbook," despite the fact that the filename doesn't matter (as already pointed out ad naseum).
The fact that the other product pages use "apple_g5_powermac" and "apple_g5_xserve" don't reinforce the idea these are "real products," they make it more obvious that the powerbook was a typo. And this isn't even Apple's work, but a outside design company.
Even more puzzling is the logical leap The Register takes to suggest that this is some kind of before and after study. WTF? IT'S BEFORE RIGHT NOW! So they are measuring interest in a G5 Powerbook, pre announcement, by placing it invisibly in a page pertaining to currently available non-G5 Powerbooks, and measuring interest? In G4s or G5s? Please enlighten!
Or is it they are simply counting clicks before and after the product is announced, but it is somehow important that the link refer to the processor installed in the next product to non-differentiate the before and after clicks?
I used to like reading theReg a lot, but I've lost a tremendous amount of respect for The Register lately. Between this and the iTunes DRM pipe rattling and the boo-hoo-hooing over some Harvard kid getting sued for soliciting trade secrets to display next to his ads, those brits over there are becoming just another "sensationalist crap with ads" site.
The fact that the other product pages use "apple_g5_powermac" and "apple_g5_xserve" don't reinforce the idea these are "real products," they make it more obvious that the powerbook was a typo. And this isn't even Apple's work, but a outside design company.
Even more puzzling is the logical leap The Register takes to suggest that this is some kind of before and after study. WTF? IT'S BEFORE RIGHT NOW! So they are measuring interest in a G5 Powerbook, pre announcement, by placing it invisibly in a page pertaining to currently available non-G5 Powerbooks, and measuring interest? In G4s or G5s? Please enlighten!
Or is it they are simply counting clicks before and after the product is announced, but it is somehow important that the link refer to the processor installed in the next product to non-differentiate the before and after clicks?
I used to like reading theReg a lot, but I've lost a tremendous amount of respect for The Register lately. Between this and the iTunes DRM pipe rattling and the boo-hoo-hooing over some Harvard kid getting sued for soliciting trade secrets to display next to his ads, those brits over there are becoming just another "sensationalist crap with ads" site.
