关于那个传闻中的iPod广告

可以通过Google Maps看看这个奇怪的iPod样的东西：
http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=-30.516354,121.336956&spn=0.051463,0.080509

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From: Bing
Date: Mar 31, 2006 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Apple AD
To: Long, Qi

我昨天看下面这个CNN新闻的时候也看到这个事儿了。

Skype sued over peer-to-peer technology
http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/27/technology/business2_browser0327/

不过其评论说这应该是一个HOAX，并提到一位DIGG用户的观点：如果这真是JOBS故意所为，那么那个IPOD要和真的一模一样才行，因为他是一个完美主义者。我认为是这么回事儿，巧合罢了。而且，读这个新闻还学了一个单词，PERFECTIONIST，呵呵。

"Apple iPod ad a likely hoax

April 1 is also Apple's 30th anniversary, and the yucks are just beginning. Take, for example, this post claiming that Apple has created an iPod ad visible from space. Blogger Richard Boakes found a spot on the map in Australia that looks a bit like an iPod, and relates an unlikely tale about Steve Jobs winning the land from the late Australian mogul Kerry Packer. Some observers noted that the area abounds with similar structures, which are most likely pools left over from strip-mining operations. A Digg.com user smartly points out the best reason for deeming this a hoax: The supposed iPod's screen proportions don't match the real thing, a flaw that the perfectionist Jobs would never have allowed".

故事最初来源于这个BLOG：
http://boakes.org/apple-ipod-space-advert

On 3/31/06, Long wrote:
> 如果你在使用Google Earth不经意间在地图上看到了一幅巨大的苹果iPod广告，那么你可能会感到很奇怪，这到底是怎么回事？
>
> 事情要从两年前说起，在与澳洲出版业大亨Kerry Packer（已故）玩的一次扑克牌游戏中，苹果的总裁Steve Jobs赢到了一个面积超大的矿场。从那时候开始，位于西澳的这块地就一直在秘密地进行着改装，苹果后来在这块地上布置了一幅巨大的iPod广告。而这一切到最近才被一位网友无意中发现。