Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” cover uses an Apple iMac
(at least its foot, the rest is covered by a mirror with a YouTube controller across the bottom) and an Apple keyboard to illustrate 2006’s recipient(s), “You… for seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the pros at their own game, Time’s Person of the Year for 2006 is you.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: This is a nice subliminal ad for Apple. After all, if “you” are shown to be using an Apple iMac, the many “yous” who aren’t may at least begin to wonder why they aren’t. Technically, according to the illustration, Time’s “Person of the Year” is you, a Mac user.
Also note: from what we can see in the Time image, the white Apple keyboard retains it’s Command key “splats,” but the “open Apple” symbols appear have been photoshopped away.
Idiot fan boys at Time.
By the way, folks, “photoshopped” is a word according to Google, which defines it thus:
“Photoshopping is the art and practice of digitally editing pictures with image editing software.”
The Dictionary of American Slang also contains the word.
>”A child is not a man.”
A shemale is not a woman.
I dunno, it depends on its ankles I suppose?
I think the cover was a subliminal admission that Steve Jobs really deserves the world’s “Person of the Year” for influence, but they couldn’t legally put him up there. : )
Lol. Nobody will know what the fuck that is.
Man that really sucks though. Why couldn’t they crop the YouTube window inside the iMac screen?
Did you read the article?
Quote “America loves its solitary geniuses — its Einsteins, its Edisons, its Jobses — but those lonely dreamers may have to learn to play with others. “
Steve IS being mentioned and ranked up there with 2 of the most famous thinkers/inventors.
Only Mac people will recognize the neutered computer, the other 95% won’t.
And it is a stupid person of the year. Time magazine gets stupider every year.
iMac’s come with a mirror? I missed that option on the Apple web store.
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Gee, I never felt so special until Time said I was person of the year along with the other several billion persons on the planet.
‘To serve mankind’ is not a cookbook.
Lame. Looks like editor of Time wanted to get home quickly for the holidays and couldn’t come with a real person of the year.
me:
“How To Serve Mankind” was the cook book written by hungry aliens in an old Twilight Zone episode. These intergalactic cowboys came to Earth to herd humans back to their home planet. What’s for dinner? You, me.
At first I thought it was the founder(s) of YouTube.
“Photoshopping” or “photochopping” = superimposing, cloning, compositing, skewing, distorting, hueing, painting, degraining, blurring or digitally modifying a photograph
At first I thought it was the founder(s) of YouTube
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No, it’s YouTube itself… the founders are nowhere near interesting enough to get a Time story…
If it was XP the thing would need a BSOD.
So my Aunt who never used a computer, let alone never uses anything technology based, will pick up the latest Time mag and she sees herself on the cover. Does she feel like a Person of the Year winner?
“2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year”
That’s gonna look great on my resume.
@Jamie–“That’s gonna look great on my resume.”
Too funny!
@Mike–“No, it’s YouTube itself… the founders are nowhere near interesting enough to get a Time story…”
Oh to be that dull but that freakin’ rich!
I’ll trade places with them any day!
A dictionary is not a language.
You won. But ewes got fleeced. Again.
On behalf of the whole world, I humbly (cough) accept this award, and hope we can continue to expose the scoundrels of the world who would repress us [applause]. Thank you. Thank you.
MW: For years to come.
Me must be pissed that you won.
I’m still in shock that David Blaine didn’t win.