Intel fires employees out of cannons, flirts with supervillainy

If you had to play a five-note jingle in the most extravagant way possible, how would you go about it? Intel's answer is to propel five "engineers" through the air and into specially prepared jumbo-sized tubular bells. The result is the familiar "Intel Inside" tune, and for extra flair points the big bad monopolist also throws in a countdown done in Finnish which you'll definitely want to see and hear. The video lies after the break and yes, of course it's a fake -- even the engineers are just hired actors.

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[eugeneaction Posted Dec 17th 2009 6:29AM]

wow, let the innuendos fly

[Jon Adair Posted Dec 17th 2009 7:39AM]

@(Unverified) In YOUR endo.

[eugeneaction Posted Dec 17th 2009 2:40PM]

@Jon Adair come on... they're Intel's blue balls....

[shadowj0 Posted Dec 18th 2009 1:03AM]

@(Unverified)

Sorry, you can't top Jon's comment. Nope. Sorry.

[eugeneaction Posted Dec 18th 2009 2:21AM]

@shadowj0 http://yfrog.com/3u2164x64j

[Nosgoroth Posted Dec 17th 2009 6:34AM]

The new way to fire employees.

[glennS Posted Dec 17th 2009 2:58PM]

@Nosgoroth

The only disappointment is that your comment was not first.
+1 from every browser I can access.

[The REAL Lol Posted Dec 17th 2009 10:11PM]

@Nosgoroth

Did you see that tiny sticker on the back of the cannon that says "Intel Inside"?

[Outsider Posted Dec 17th 2009 6:36AM]

pew pew pew pew pew!

[Erb Posted Dec 17th 2009 6:42AM]

Oh so THIS is what they mean by "anticompetitive tactics."

[Tomino Posted Dec 17th 2009 6:45AM]

@Indefinite Implosion
Bugmenot :)

Awesome video, and cool they got budget for it!

[Timmmmmm Posted Dec 17th 2009 6:47AM]

@Indefinite Implosion bugmenot

[w00t Posted Dec 17th 2009 6:47AM]

@Indefinite Implosion
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[Nokia N900 Posted Dec 17th 2009 6:47AM]

@Indefinite Implosion

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[Nokia N900 Posted Dec 17th 2009 6:49AM]

@Nokia N900

wow , Im too slow.

[jabbathewocket Posted Dec 17th 2009 6:51AM]

@Tomino You would think they could manage to actually TRY to hit or at least fire off the tubular chimes in the video.. only one of the "actors" tagged a tubular bell and it was just a grazing hit (was entirely done moving by theend of the video..oddly enough.. NONE of the first 4 bells was even set in motion by extras/actors/producers.. who apparently felt that a payoff at at the end of this horribly done fake youtube style stunt.. was not required

[avis Posted Dec 17th 2009 7:11AM]

intel circus inside

[jeff696969 Posted Dec 17th 2009 7:13AM]

Those silly Finns. Finntel?

[Wiggy Fuzz Posted Dec 17th 2009 7:55AM]

why are there giant fleas on the cannons?

[CityZen Posted Dec 17th 2009 1:40PM]

@Wiggy Fuzz, presumably, they are compressed air tanks.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 17th 2009 7:57AM]

SUPERFAKE !

[finbred Posted Dec 17th 2009 8:00AM]

@(Unverified) Thanks, I'm sure many didn't notice...

[Spiraling Shape Posted Dec 17th 2009 3:49PM]

@(Unverified) What makes you so sure it's fake? It looks pretty real to me and they have more info about the preparation for it http://www.intel.com/en_UK/CannonBells/index.htm

[finbred Posted Dec 17th 2009 7:59AM]

Judging by his accent Martti has lived a loooong time in Sweden...

[crappish Posted Dec 17th 2009 8:44AM]

@finbred I was thinking the same thing. Though, A) he might be Swedish speaking Finn or B) just a Finn who used to live in Sweden, of which either is too rare. Plus, if you watch the Intel site about the CannonBells, you can hear fluent Finnish and definite Finnish accent.

[finbred Posted Dec 17th 2009 8:56AM]

@crappish Being a Swedish speaking Finn myself, I rule out A) as that is clearly a "rikssvensk" accent, typical for born Swedes. "Martti" however is a pure Finnish name, derived from Martin. So the only question that I have is was it really too hard to find a Finn to play that role?

[MVMNT Posted Dec 17th 2009 8:03AM]

AMD's counting it's billion or so to really care...

[dyyz Posted Dec 17th 2009 8:13AM]

whaha, he finns having fun

[rudbobbins Posted Dec 17th 2009 8:36AM]

Check out the one on the far right side, he gets shot way to the right and disappears, zup with that?

[clanyeti Posted Dec 17th 2009 10:12AM]

@rudbobbins He just goes off camera, but you see him hit the tube and land on the pad when the camera pans back... I know, I know, it is still fake.

[cepalus Posted Dec 17th 2009 8:38AM]

Too Swedish. Even the Finnish voices seem dubbed / pasted from somewhere. But the most telling sign is the use of safety gear - We'd do it without helmets, and probably butt naked. Sissy stuff this is...

[WeirdHero Posted Dec 17th 2009 8:40AM]

The new way to sack an employee is to literally *fire* him/her.

[jj37 Posted Dec 17th 2009 8:48AM]

If you want to keep your job you are going to have to get fired.


OUT OF A CANNON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pdexter Posted Dec 17th 2009 8:56AM]

I actually now it was filmed in Finland so no guestion about that, but Martti sure is ´swedish or Fin/Swe.

[Pdexter Posted Dec 17th 2009 8:56AM]

*know

[Antiapplekid Posted Dec 17th 2009 9:08AM]

That is so epic

[acme64 Posted Dec 17th 2009 9:37AM]

@Indefinite Implosion
www.bugmenot.com

[ptlsbntr Posted Dec 17th 2009 9:41AM]

Despite how fake this is I still enjoy the scream right before the first chime

[mshaaban Posted Dec 17th 2009 10:19AM]

so thats where Intel is wasting their money into....making chimes?? unbelievable! couldn't they have spent that money somewhere useful? its the holidays, at least give it to the poor and the needy. stupidity...Intel, a multi-billionaire company doing that crap? wow...

[thassell Posted Dec 17th 2009 12:06PM]

@mshaaban you may want to do a bit of research. http://www.intel.com/intel/cr/gcr/overview.htm?iid=intel_corp+rhc_crr and in addition to Intel's monetary giving they highly encourage their employees to provide volunteer hours for community support worldwide. with a 55% + rate of employees participating in volunteer activities that puts them in a very small group of corporations world wide.

[Jake88 Posted Dec 17th 2009 10:40AM]

Meee next, me next!!

[klew Posted Dec 17th 2009 11:23AM]

Not as good as the Outpost.com gerbil cannon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzbMcsrK-tw

[stevewoz Posted Dec 17th 2009 12:49PM]

You should have seen the look on my wife's face. I told her that Intel fired some engineers and when she asked "how" I replied "with cannons."

[Pickaxe Posted Dec 17th 2009 2:45PM]

@Indefinite Implosion
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I haven't been there for years, so there might better sites by now (you could always google 'bugmenot alternative' or whatever)

Note that many site admins check that site and ban those public accounts.

[questionexclamation Posted Dec 17th 2009 4:56PM]

wait..what if they missed?

[simbr Posted Dec 18th 2009 4:56AM]

Wow, those are big smurfs.

[Suomaa Posted Dec 19th 2009 3:17PM]

Mitä hemmettiä?

"Matti" definitely is not native Finnish speaker but the woman in the end is.