{"id":4030,"date":"2010-02-15T10:07:57","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T16:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:38:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:38:42","slug":"lynx-spotted-on-olympic-course-coincidence-or-apple-marketing-machine-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/4030-lynx-spotted-on-olympic-course-coincidence-or-apple-marketing-machine-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynx spotted on Olympic course: Coincidence or Apple Marketing Machine in action?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4031\" title=\"Apple Lynx Olympics\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AppleLynxOlympics.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AppleLynxOlympics.jpg 350w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AppleLynxOlympics-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AppleLynxOlympics-284x213.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AppleLynxOlympics-190x143.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/AppleLynxOlympics-160x120@2x.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Last Wednesday an orange and black spotted <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lynx\">lynx<\/a> had made it onto the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lGJKj09qImk&amp;feature=related\">Olympic downhill skiing course<\/a> during the men&#8217;s opening training session. No skiers were on the course at the time as the session was already on hold due to fog.<\/p>\n<p>Makes me wonder, could this be the Apple Marketing Machine at work again by dropping clues into our subconscious and preparing us for the next big thing to come?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mac_OS_X\">Mac OS X nicknames<\/a> have all been in the big cat family so far:<em> Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, and now Snow Leopard<\/em> as the current operating system. \u00a0Could Apple be preparing us for OS X v10.7 &#8220;Lynx&#8221;? \u00a0Was this cat released into public view in a carefully-calculated plot to steal the show at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouver2010.com\/\">world-wide venue<\/a> to get us thinking its time for an Operating System update? Or, did a member of the local wildlife just happen to saunter onto the course where plenty of eyes would see this spectacle, but no Olympians would be in harm&#8217;s way?<\/p>\n<p>Happenstance? \u00a0I think not. But I have no way of proving it.<\/p>\n<p>The cat was unable to comment on the events of the day. \u00a0It is still unknown whether this was due to a non-disclosure agreement with Apple or the beast&#8217;s natural inability to speak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Wednesday an orange and black spotted lynx had made it onto the Olympic downhill skiing course during the men&#8217;s opening training session. No skiers were on the course at the time as the session was already on hold due to fog. 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