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This YouTube video seems to break my browser. Does it play alright for anyone else?
It works by running a script from acciona.com. I've never seen anything else on YouTube do that before, just wait til scammers get a word of it!
Also: What's with the bad Mark Lanegan impression?
posted by battlebison at 6:22 PM on November 6, 2009
Also: What's with the bad Mark Lanegan impression?
posted by battlebison at 6:22 PM on November 6, 2009
It works by running a script from acciona.com. I've never seen anything else on YouTube do that before
IIRC, Nintendo did something like the (but more cartoony) for a WarioWare game.
posted by ShawnStruck at 6:23 PM on November 6, 2009 [1 favorite]
IIRC, Nintendo did something like the (but more cartoony) for a WarioWare game.
posted by ShawnStruck at 6:23 PM on November 6, 2009 [1 favorite]
Actually, script makes it sound kind of untrustworthy. What I meant was that NoScript blocked it. It just loads a .swf from acciona.com. Still though, very cool! I'd be interested in seeing what Nintendo did with this if anyone has the link handy.
posted by battlebison at 6:26 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by battlebison at 6:26 PM on November 6, 2009
It's kind of like that crazy video on Vimeo which I can't remember the link for.
posted by chunking express at 6:29 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by chunking express at 6:29 PM on November 6, 2009
Chop Cup?
posted by lazaruslong at 6:33 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by lazaruslong at 6:33 PM on November 6, 2009
The Wario Land one was better.
posted by datacenter refugee at 6:33 PM on November 6, 2009 [7 favorites]
posted by datacenter refugee at 6:33 PM on November 6, 2009 [7 favorites]
Maan. Why did they use such a terrible voice-actor? This + the original Gene Wilder (or even someone with a normal voice) would have been awesome.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:35 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:35 PM on November 6, 2009
This YouTube video seems to break my browser. Does it play alright for anyone else?
Heh, I rickrolled the Help Desk at my college with the exact same lead-in last year, on April Fool's Day. Got deservedly scolded for 'wasting resources.'
posted by porn in the woods at 6:36 PM on November 6, 2009 [1 favorite]
Heh, I rickrolled the Help Desk at my college with the exact same lead-in last year, on April Fool's Day. Got deservedly scolded for 'wasting resources.'
posted by porn in the woods at 6:36 PM on November 6, 2009 [1 favorite]
Wait, I interrupted Louis Armstrong sining for a Spanish utilities company? Sorry to say, Acciona, but you're not worth it.
posted by Sova at 6:45 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by Sova at 6:45 PM on November 6, 2009
I've never seen anything else on YouTube do that before, just wait til scammers get a word of it!
Yeah, as was mentioned upthread there have been a couple. It definitely requires working with us though, random YouTubers can't do this (which as you point out is a good thing). I don't know anything about this specific campaign though.
posted by wildcrdj at 6:46 PM on November 6, 2009
Yeah, as was mentioned upthread there have been a couple. It definitely requires working with us though, random YouTubers can't do this (which as you point out is a good thing). I don't know anything about this specific campaign though.
posted by wildcrdj at 6:46 PM on November 6, 2009
It works by running a script from acciona.com. I've never seen anything else on YouTube do that before, just wait til scammers get a word of it!
posted by battlebison
It's essentially a "fake" youtube page though, notice how you can't click anything but the play button. Interesting.
posted by haveanicesummer at 6:57 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by battlebison
It's essentially a "fake" youtube page though, notice how you can't click anything but the play button. Interesting.
posted by haveanicesummer at 6:57 PM on November 6, 2009
Biodegradable organically-produced non-GMO fair trade made from 70% recycled materials produced by solar energy Pepsi Azul.
posted by Panjandrum at 6:59 PM on November 6, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by Panjandrum at 6:59 PM on November 6, 2009 [3 favorites]
Am I the only one who was expecting a Rammstein video once the lyrics started?
posted by Decimask at 7:11 PM on November 6, 2009 [5 favorites]
posted by Decimask at 7:11 PM on November 6, 2009 [5 favorites]
Yeah, basically the entire page is a flash video. The vimeo video was cool I think, in that all the widgets and shit still worked. I still can't remember the link.
posted by chunking express at 7:12 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by chunking express at 7:12 PM on November 6, 2009
Talk about being a little wimp. Well, a big wimp. No way I was clicking that till I checked out the comments.
posted by notreally at 7:17 PM on November 6, 2009
Cool! An ad!
posted by dersins at 7:18 PM on November 6, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by dersins at 7:18 PM on November 6, 2009 [2 favorites]
It's certainly no dog licking the screen.
Nor a cat.
posted by ponystyle at 7:18 PM on November 6, 2009 [2 favorites]
Nor a cat.
posted by ponystyle at 7:18 PM on November 6, 2009 [2 favorites]
cheese
posted by alligatorman at 7:28 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by alligatorman at 7:28 PM on November 6, 2009
Decimask, me too. Rammstein's cover of Stripped, to be more exact.
OK, so Youtube won't let me put scripts in my video... But what's stopping me to going to the home of every one who clicks my video, and personally bashing their monitors with a hammer?
posted by qvantamon at 7:42 PM on November 6, 2009
OK, so Youtube won't let me put scripts in my video... But what's stopping me to going to the home of every one who clicks my video, and personally bashing their monitors with a hammer?
posted by qvantamon at 7:42 PM on November 6, 2009
Did you mean to post this to AskMeFi?
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 7:42 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 7:42 PM on November 6, 2009
This YouTube video seems to break my browser. Does it play alright for anyone else?
I didn't get a chance to look at it but try changing:
to
'k thanks bye!
posted by mazola at 7:45 PM on November 6, 2009
I didn't get a chance to look at it but try changing:
<P style="page-break-before: always"to
<P style="page-break-before: never"'k thanks bye!
posted by mazola at 7:45 PM on November 6, 2009
Did you mean to post this to AskMeFi?
Did you mean to post that to AskMeFi?
posted by mazola at 7:46 PM on November 6, 2009
Did you mean to post that to AskMeFi?
posted by mazola at 7:46 PM on November 6, 2009
Chocolate Pickle: Did you mean to post this to AskMeFi?
And how many times did YOU click the link before commenting?
posted by shakespeherian at 7:48 PM on November 6, 2009
And how many times did YOU click the link before commenting?
posted by shakespeherian at 7:48 PM on November 6, 2009
It's not broken. That's just spanish, which is a different language from ours.
posted by Slap Factory at 7:53 PM on November 6, 2009 [14 favorites]
posted by Slap Factory at 7:53 PM on November 6, 2009 [14 favorites]
why do I feel like I just willing watched an ad for soda water?
posted by The Whelk at 8:38 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by The Whelk at 8:38 PM on November 6, 2009
It's kind of like that crazy video on Vimeo which I can't remember the link for.
you mean this one?
posted by dnesan at 8:57 PM on November 6, 2009 [5 favorites]
you mean this one?
posted by dnesan at 8:57 PM on November 6, 2009 [5 favorites]
God, I hate seeing Windows-style font rendering on my Mac. It looks like ass, and it's a dead giveaway that I was looking at an image, and not actual text.
The Wario Land ad linked above is far cooler in that respect.
posted by emelenjr at 9:23 PM on November 6, 2009
The Wario Land ad linked above is far cooler in that respect.
posted by emelenjr at 9:23 PM on November 6, 2009
It worked fine for me - it was supposed to be a really boring video of a man exploding, right?
posted by Bageena at 9:32 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by Bageena at 9:32 PM on November 6, 2009
Yes! That's the one.
posted by chunking express at 9:59 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by chunking express at 9:59 PM on November 6, 2009
Easily the worst voice over artist I've ever heard. Truly atrocious.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 10:21 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 10:21 PM on November 6, 2009
Actually, in Firefox 3 on Ubuntu with Flash 9...
it did break my browser.
posted by Netzapper at 10:34 PM on November 6, 2009
it did break my browser.
posted by Netzapper at 10:34 PM on November 6, 2009
Cool! An ad!
Yes, I was concerned it might be art for a moment there.
Easily the worst voice over artist I've ever heard.
I suspect that's the point.
posted by philip-random at 10:46 PM on November 6, 2009
Yes, I was concerned it might be art for a moment there.
Easily the worst voice over artist I've ever heard.
I suspect that's the point.
posted by philip-random at 10:46 PM on November 6, 2009
Yes, it'd be very bad if *.youtube.com would ever run user script, or even user flash w/o the various protection options. But this is just an iframe, which makes it equivalent to banner ads (and vulnerable only to visual content replacement).
posted by effugas at 10:54 PM on November 6, 2009
posted by effugas at 10:54 PM on November 6, 2009
This should be a YouTube feature. There should be a button you could push that would make any goddamn awful video split into tiny pieces.
posted by twoleftfeet at 10:56 PM on November 6, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by twoleftfeet at 10:56 PM on November 6, 2009 [3 favorites]
can't they just blow up the comments?
posted by mannequito at 11:52 PM on November 6, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by mannequito at 11:52 PM on November 6, 2009 [1 favorite]
But this is just an iframe, which makes it equivalent to banner ads (and vulnerable only to visual content replacement).
Iframes can, in fact, run scripts. There was a big thing recently where spyware downloaders were showing up in banner ads on otherwise legitimate sites.
posted by Kalthare at 9:43 AM on November 7, 2009
Iframes can, in fact, run scripts. There was a big thing recently where spyware downloaders were showing up in banner ads on otherwise legitimate sites.
posted by Kalthare at 9:43 AM on November 7, 2009
Agreed, Two Left Feet. Ideally, it'd be an MMO-ish experience. Everyone has a 9mm pistol that they can use to shot parts of the video or comments they don't like. It'd leave a small whole, but if enough people think it's crap, they can really turn the shit into swiss cheese.
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:52 AM on November 7, 2009
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:52 AM on November 7, 2009
The most amazing thing about the Wario version linked above is that even after all the destruction and mayhem all the links and buttons still work!
posted by mjg123 at 1:16 PM on November 7, 2009
posted by mjg123 at 1:16 PM on November 7, 2009
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