SW Newest Marketing Triumph

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Jerry Steiger, Feb 20, 2008.

  1. SW Marketing has climbed to new heights. The three of us just recieved
    exciting USB Buttons. Plug the button into your computer's USB port. A light
    comes on inside the button. Push the button. You are (more or less)
    instantly connected to the SolidWorks Customer Referral website. Wow, was
    that exciting or what! This has to rank right up there with crinkly paper.

    Jerry Steiger
     
    Jerry Steiger, Feb 20, 2008
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  2. does Billy Mays pop up and scream "But wait! There's more!" ?
     
    bill allemann, Feb 21, 2008
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    zxys Guest

    hmm,... how ... but, does it have push to talk?

    ... 8^)
     
    zxys, Feb 21, 2008
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  4. The literature that accompanies this Swag says that you can program it
    to launch two websites depending on if you hold it down for one second
    or for three seconds.

    I was joking with the guys at work about why one would want to lose a
    USB port and valuable desk space for this sort of thing, but it begs
    the question - if you have DO have two websites you would want to
    launch this way (for instance, the NORAD alert site if you saw
    missiles coming in, and the NORAD stand-down site when you realized
    they were just Canadian geese), how does one set up custom websites on
    this bit of swag?

    Any ideas? We spent five minutes on the problem, couldn't figure it
    out, and when it comes to free junk that's about all that's
    justified. If anyone else invested more-or-more-efficiently and
    worked out the custom website setting, please let us know. You will
    be saving the earth from another few ounces of gaudy landfill.

    Ed
     
    Edward T Eaton, Feb 21, 2008
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    TOP Guest

    It would be interesting to watch what happens when you install it with
    a packet sniffer. This has got to be the worlds coolest trojan horse.

    TOP
     
    TOP, Feb 21, 2008
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    mr.T Guest

    Can you point one page to SolidWorks enchantment request and second to bug report?
     
    mr.T, Feb 21, 2008
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    fcsuper Guest

    fcsuper, Feb 22, 2008
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    zxys Guest

    Will someone please do a youtube video with one of these stupid things
    being lit on fire and smashed with a sledge hammer!?!?

    Please.

    ... 8^)
     
    zxys, Feb 22, 2008
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    neil Guest

    that would be nice :eek:)

    you know I bet this is not as innocuous as it looks..
    I figure the they have been sending out subliminal messages in podcasts..
    and this object is a cunning plant...SW marketing will be able to send out
    activation signals and users will rise from their desks on command, face
    Concorde, and shout "MY SCREEN IS BLANK! ALL PRAISE OUR LEADER.

    very sad... :eek:(
     
    neil, Feb 22, 2008
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    Dale Dunn Guest

    Will someone please do a youtube video with one of these stupid things
    I'd like to know... Does it blend? The sledge hammer is too fast, and fire
    on a thing that small won't be very gratifying. Firecrackers would be good
    though... explosions are always good.
     
    Dale Dunn, Feb 22, 2008
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    Bo Guest

    I pressed the button, but my protection scheme worked as planned and
    nothing happened.

    The ultimate security is NOT being on the web with critical
    information and an untrustworthy OS.
     
    Bo, Feb 22, 2008
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    zxys Guest

    Ah, c'mon,.. someone,.. for the luv of Friday!?!?

    Propane torch,... meat grinder,... vice,.. microwave,... anything!?

    Please,.. it seems a truly right thing to do!?!?!

    ... 8^)
     
    zxys, Feb 22, 2008
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  13. If ya'all can wait until spring, I'll post a video hurling it from my
    next generation trebuchet (duct taped to a brick of course, though the
    trailing USB cable could provide a nice tracer). I'll even add a
    little lighter fluid for a flaming hurl at sunset to Micheal Bay it up
    for ya'all.

    I'm glad fcscuper (dying to know the genesis of that moniker) also
    tried to look into how to reprogram it with our same poor result.

    Having the ability to launch up to two websites (two! wow it's great
    here in 2008!) with a large piece of plastic that hogs desk space and
    a precious USB port seems to me to be kinda stupid (favorites,
    anyone?), but shipping it with both of the options sending you
    permanently to the same site is an extra level of brilliant stupid. I
    don't know about you folks, but as it stands right now I have to give
    this one the award for worst...swag...ever. A small pad of grid paper
    seems inspired in comparison (and let us all admit it... we used it)

    Ed 'disturbingly snarky tonight for some reason' Eaton
     
    Edward T Eaton, Feb 23, 2008
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  14. I thought the little engineering pad was the best part the release. They
    became highly valued trading items in our company.

    Jerry Steiger
     
    Jerry Steiger, Feb 25, 2008
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    mazeb03079 Guest

    Hey c'mon ... SWAG is SWAG no matter how useless it is.

    I just spent 20 minutes surfing the internet trying to find out how
    I'd be able to program this damn thing ... no luck. But from what
    I've read this just doesn't work with websites ... you (supposedly)
    can program this damn thing to launch various applications and stuff.
    That is if it is programable ...

    I agree with Neil though ... just wait ... in a few months after
    everybody has plugged them into their computers we'll all be
    hypnotized by SolidWorks (working with Dean Kamen) and the next thing
    you know we'll all be designing Robots.

    Cheers

    P.S. I got a lot of requests from people who don't even use SWx if
    they could get one of the SWx Engineering pads.
     
    mazeb03079, Feb 26, 2008
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