var json_comments = new Array("<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-2417637\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=109469\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-109469-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=109469\">BowlingForDollars</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2007/09/tiny-usb-flash-drive-in-entertainment-weekly.html#comment-2417637\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2007-09-17T14:05:49-05:00\">September 17, 2007  2:05 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(2417637);\">Moderate</a> |</span>	<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://consumerist.com/mt-static/plugins/Moderate/moderate.js\"></script>	<script type=\"text/javascript\">		successMsg = \"\";	</script><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=2417637');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>Um, I didn't get one in my copy. And I've been a subscriber for years.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(2417637, 'BowlingForDollars')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-2418213\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=124537\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-124537-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=124537\">MalcoveMagnesia</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2007/09/tiny-usb-flash-drive-in-entertainment-weekly.html#comment-2418213\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2007-09-17T15:33:42-05:00\">September 17, 2007  3:33 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(2418213);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=2418213');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I ignored that little white thing when I first saw it (\"mmmm, looks like candy, better not eat it\"), but now that I'm reminded it's a real USB flash drive I pulled it out and stuck it in my Macintosh.</p><p>And...  nothing happens.</p><p>There's a compressed \"cbs_mac.zip\" file on the drive that decompresses, and the decompressed Flash file is what you can double click to actually see the multimedia on the drive. There's enough space on the drive (36 Megs) free to hold the uncompressed \"CBS_Mac\" document (which is 4 Megs).  Why they didn't put the uncompressed Flash player on the drive is a mystery to me.</p><p>3/4ths of \"targeted\" Entertainment Weakly readers aren't going to go to the trouble of inserting this little thing into their computer, and 3/4ths of those people who are Macintosh users aren't going to know (or care, or read the directions in tiny font at the bottom of the mag's advertisement) enough to uncompress the .zip file on the drive.</p><p>So all in all, I'd say General Motors has paid some company scads of money for a promotion that's going to reach a single digit percentage of the audience who actually notices there's a flash drive in their magazine.</p><p>@BowlingForDollars, the place where you are located probably determines who got the ad or not.  where are you?  I am in San Francisco, affluent land of DINK 20/30-somethings.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(2418213, 'MalcoveMagnesia')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-2418367\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">ry81984    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2007/09/tiny-usb-flash-drive-in-entertainment-weekly.html#comment-2418367\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2007-09-17T15:57:43-05:00\">September 17, 2007  3:57 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(2418367);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=2418367');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/consumer/freebies/tiny-usb-flash-drive-in-entertainment-weekly-300334.php#c2418213\" rel=\"nofollow\">MalcoveMagnesia</a>:</p><br /><p>They probably compress it to save time transfering the files to the usb memory.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(2418367, 'ry81984')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end 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</div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c2417637\" rel=\"nofollow\">bowlingfordollars</a>:</p><p>Try reading the WHOLE article next time...</p><p>\"In the past, we've found from talking to people in other parts of the country that these multimedia campaigns don't always cover an entire subscription base-so if it doesn't show up in your mailbox, don't blame us.\"</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(2418747, 'morganlh85')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-2419438\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a 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Hm, where's that customer service number again....?</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(2419438, 'Hell\\'s Donut House')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-2420325\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=62173\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-62173-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=62173\">nffcnnr</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2007/09/tiny-usb-flash-drive-in-entertainment-weekly.html#comment-2420325\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2007-09-17T19:58:53-05:00\">September 17, 2007  7:58 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(2420325);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=2420325');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>i gots mines, i live near dallas. i have not let that thing near my 'puter for fear of spyware.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(2420325, 'nffcnnr')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-2420969\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=91282\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-91282-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=91282\">kingoman</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2007/09/tiny-usb-flash-drive-in-entertainment-weekly.html#comment-2420969\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2007-09-17T21:07:52-05:00\">September 17, 2007  9:07 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(2420969);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=2420969');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>The first one I ever bought was 128MB and they're still quite useful.</p><p>I'd be interested to hear if anyone finds that these install any DRM monitoring or enforcing software (the way Sony CDs did for a while) or any other kind of spyware. This feels like a way to get software onto your machine. If you want someone to view a Flash presentation, why would you not just put a URL in the ad?</p><p>USB sticks represent an  interesting way to send multimedia presentations to targeted customers (and this might be just that), but they're also a potentially huge security hole if you run one from an unknown source. I know, CBS isn't unknown, but nobody expected Sony to install spyware, either.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(2420969, 'kingoman')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-2420990\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=131260\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-131260-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=131260\">SpaceCowgirl01</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2007/09/tiny-usb-flash-drive-in-entertainment-weekly.html#comment-2420990\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2007-09-17T21:09:46-05:00\">September 17, 2007  9:09 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(2420990);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=2420990');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I got my trusty 1 GB Flash Drive for free when I worked as an intern and we received as part of an electronic press kit a flash drive containing video clips of the \"Fast and the Furious\" ride at Universal Studios. I've used it for everything for over a year. Now I just am the weirdo with a flash drive with the \"Fast and the Furious\" logo on it.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(2420990, 'SpaceCowgirl01')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-2422186\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=109469\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-109469-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=109469\">BowlingForDollars</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2007/09/tiny-usb-flash-drive-in-entertainment-weekly.html#comment-2422186\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2007-09-18T00:16:16-05:00\">September 18, 2007 12:16 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(2422186);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=2422186');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@MalcoveMagnesia: I'm in a large cosmopolitian city in the Southeast. <br /><br />@MorganLH85: I read the whole article, genius.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(2422186, 'BowlingForDollars')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>");