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Peter · Nov 4, 2004, 01:25 AM

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/ele...e=ne_election5

the image of bush and his wife, look at the filename of the image

Stradlater · Nov 4, 2004, 01:30 AM

find this yourself?

Scifience · Nov 4, 2004, 01:31 AM

Great stuff. I wonder how long it will take someone to yank it. Oh, and doesn't this belong in the Political Lounge?

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Nov 4, 2004, 01:46 AM

That is ****ing hilarious.

Scientist · Nov 4, 2004, 01:46 AM

Hehehe

chris_h · Nov 4, 2004, 01:54 AM

Originally posted by Scientist:
Hehehe

looks normal to me..

what did it say you jerks

d4nth3m4n · Nov 4, 2004, 01:56 AM

i laughed so hard when i saw this.

Spliff · Nov 4, 2004, 02:03 AM

Originally posted by chris_h:
looks normal to me..

what did it say you jerks

Right-click on it and "Save Image As . . ." Then look at the filename in the save dialog window.

Stradlater · Nov 4, 2004, 02:04 AM

Originally posted by chris_h:
looks normal to me..

what did it say you jerks

you're either making a joke or missing the mark...or both

d4nth3m4n · Nov 4, 2004, 02:05 AM

Originally posted by Spliff:
Right-click on it and "Save Image As . . ." Then look at the filename in the save dialog window.

or right click and "open image in a new tab"

chris_h · Nov 4, 2004, 02:10 AM

ok that's pretty funny

Originally posted by Stradlater:
you're either making a joke or missing the mark...or both

no i'm on a windows machine at work, right clicking and hitting properties on the image shows a different jpg name... but right click save as did it.

Stradlater · Nov 4, 2004, 02:37 AM

Originally posted by chris_h:
no i'm on a windows machine at work, right clicking and hitting properties on the image shows a different jpg name... but right click save as did it.

Gotcha; I hate how WinIE handles opening images in new windows.

Randman · Nov 4, 2004, 02:49 AM

Don't think it's as much CNN as it is Netscape. Funny, but I bet the dude loses his job once his bosses are alerted to this.

MilkmanDan · Nov 4, 2004, 03:05 AM

Good old CNN.

torsoboy · Nov 4, 2004, 03:11 AM

That is very funny. But someone should lose their job for it (or at least get stuck somewhere far away from computers).

voodoo · Nov 4, 2004, 04:18 AM

Originally posted by Spliff:
Right-click on it and "Save Image As . . ." Then look at the filename in the save dialog window.

Made me smile for the first time today

Powaqqatsi · Nov 4, 2004, 04:35 AM

Originally posted by torsoboy:
That is very funny. But someone should lose their job for it (or at least get stuck somewhere far away from computers).

He should get promoted.

Randman · Nov 4, 2004, 04:39 AM

Originally posted by Powaqqatsi:
He should get promoted.

Don't be stupid. That's still unprofessional. What if it was a photo of Kerry and it said pr1ck? Having an opinion is one thing, being stupid in the workplace is something else.

badidea · Nov 4, 2004, 04:43 AM

(but someone will definitely lose his/her job)

Powaqqatsi · Nov 4, 2004, 04:44 AM

Originally posted by Randman:
Don't be stupid. That's still unprofessional. What if it was a photo of Kerry and it said pr1ck? Having an opinion is one thing, being stupid in the workplace is something else.

He should be promoted because he brings fun to a bloody boring environment. My comment had nothing to do with political preference. I would have laughed as well if it was a pic of Kerry.

Cubeoid · Nov 4, 2004, 04:51 AM

I don't get it

Randman · Nov 4, 2004, 04:56 AM

Originally posted by Powaqqatsi:
He should be promoted because he brings fun to a bloody boring environment. My comment had nothing to do with political preference. I would have laughed as well if it was a pic of Kerry.

Then he should go work for the Onion. It's not that it was about Bush that bothers me, it's just someone who's not doing their job.

nooon · Nov 4, 2004, 04:59 AM

georgelaura135.jpg

voodoo · Nov 4, 2004, 05:17 AM

Originally posted by nooon:
georgelaura135.jpg

an hour ago it was asshole.jpg

dcmacdaddy · Nov 4, 2004, 07:10 AM

Originally posted by Peter:
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/ele...e=ne_election5

the image of bush and his wife, look at the filename of the image

"georgelaura135.jpg"

What was it called that makes this so funny?

<edit>
NM. I should have read all the posts before replying with my question.

voyageur · Nov 4, 2004, 07:14 AM

Originally posted by voodoo:
an hour ago it was asshole.jpg

oh, my...

ManOfSteal · Nov 4, 2004, 07:29 AM

Originally posted by voodoo:
an hour ago it was asshole.jpg

Zimphire · Nov 4, 2004, 01:03 PM

Peter · Nov 4, 2004, 01:06 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:

RAILhead · Nov 4, 2004, 01:07 PM

I thought you Dimmies are always saying CNN isn't biased? What happened to that talking point?

Maury

Randman · Nov 4, 2004, 01:48 PM

CNN's spin.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Nov 4, 2004, 01:53 PM

Originally posted by Peter:

He means the only one that has lost is the American people.

Superchicken · Nov 4, 2004, 03:11 PM

What's so funny about George Laura 135?

d4nth3m4n · Nov 4, 2004, 03:21 PM

Originally posted by Superchicken:
What's so funny about George Laura 135?

READ THE THREAD NUMBNUTS!

nredman · Nov 4, 2004, 03:23 PM

Originally posted by voodoo:
an hour ago it was asshole.jpg

*LOL* ****ing sweet

Zimphire · Nov 4, 2004, 03:24 PM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
He means the only one that has lost is the American people.

No. Go back. Try again.

ambush · Nov 4, 2004, 09:26 PM

I want to donate money to the fired employee.

Komisar · Nov 4, 2004, 09:43 PM

Thats pretty funny..... someone is def. going to lose their job

MilkmanDan · Nov 4, 2004, 09:44 PM

Well... I mean, whats did he expect. To get promoted because of it?

ambush · Nov 4, 2004, 09:52 PM

Originally posted by MilkmanDan:
Well... I mean, whats did he expect. To get promoted because of it?

Who knows?

MilkmanDan · Nov 4, 2004, 09:59 PM

Originally posted by ambush:
Who knows?

He does, I assume he knows why he does. Or at least has idea.

Stradlater · Nov 5, 2004, 12:37 AM

Originally posted by Superchicken:
What's so funny about George Laura 135?

the funniest thing here is that you're a complete moron

torsoboy · Nov 5, 2004, 01:07 AM

According to Netscape:

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Andrew Weinstein, a spokesman for Netscape, reiterated the fact CNN itself had nothing to do with the slur. He says the Netscape employee responsible has been fired.

"A junior employee at Netscape identified two election photos with image tags that used inappropriate, disparaging terms," Weinstein told WorldNetDaily. "As soon as the situation was discovered, it was immediately corrected, and the employee has been terminated."
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link

Evan_11 · Nov 5, 2004, 01:30 AM

I dunno' being called an assh*le is not such a bad thing. Basically it means you got your point across and it just pissed someone off.

Evan_11 · Nov 5, 2004, 01:32 AM

I should also add that http://apple.netscape.com/apple.adp usually posts liberally biased headlines so something like this is not totally unexpected.

OldManMac · Nov 5, 2004, 08:47 AM

Very funny, but he was just being accurate.

Superchicken · Nov 5, 2004, 12:21 PM

Well nobody posted what the file had been named, and I got to it after it had been renamed. Perhaps some of you should grow a brain before calling other people stupid.

Randman · Nov 5, 2004, 12:25 PM

Originally posted by torsoboy:
According to Netscape:
Andrew Weinstein, a spokesman for Netscape, reiterated the fact CNN itself had nothing to do with the slur. He says the Netscape employee responsible has been fired. [/URL]

Told ya so.

Busemann · Nov 5, 2004, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by RAILhead:
I thought you Dimmies are always saying CNN isn't biased? What happened to that talking point?

Maury

I think it was just some 13$ an-hour online-department dude with some sense of humor who did it. Hardly something a CNN journo would do..

nforcer · Nov 5, 2004, 01:02 PM

A junior employee at Netscape identified two election photos with image tags that used inappropriate, disparaging terms," Weinstein told WorldNetDaily. "As soon as the situation was discovered, it was immediately corrected, and the employee has been terminated.

Most excellent.