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    Microsoft in web photo racism row

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8221896.stm
    Last edited by ferret; 26 August 2009, 12:10. Reason: Fixing link :eek:
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    #2
    Eeek, link didn't work at first.

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      #3
      Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
      Eeek, link didn't work at first.
      Yup. the has become part of the URL

      PC gone mad!

      Just goes to show you can't please everyone all the time.
      Last edited by Churchill; 26 August 2009, 09:34.

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        #4
        None issue, MS tailored it to the market and Poland does not exactly have a large amount of black people

        And am I the only one looks at those images and thinks the US version is the doctored one? US one guys head looks like it was put in by an armature using Photoshop

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          #5
          Originally posted by Not So Wise View Post
          None issue, MS tailored it to the market and Poland does not exactly have a large amount of black people

          And am I the only one looks at those images and thinks the US version is the doctored one? US one guys head looks like it was put in by an armature using Photoshop
          Amateur!

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            #6
            Originally posted by Churchill View Post
            Amateur!
            Woops

            *blames fact not had coffee yet*

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              #7
              Originally posted by Not So Wise View Post
              Woops

              *blames fact not had coffee yet*
              Whoops
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                #8
                We had similar a few years back with Ford(?). People want ads that are relevant to their own nation/culture. Ugandans would not expect an ad with white people either. Beats me why people are so stupidly sensitive.
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                  #9
                  Why don't we see adverts for skin creme with the women all dressed in burkhas?

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
                    We had similar a few years back with Ford(?). People want ads that are relevant to their own nation/culture. Ugandans would not expect an ad with white people either. Beats me why people are so stupidly sensitive.
                    Come to that, I'd say that a photo full of what are obviously Yanks (spot the shiny suits and grins) isn't really suitable for a British audience.
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