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TIM FAULKNER — One expects Microsoft to try every marketing tactic conceivable, especially if it seems hip and new, but can even the most loyal and deluded Zune marketers think this is an effective idea? Does anyone think these are not planted or that five or six dead iPods at the bottom of a three foot tall bin is even conveying the intended message? [Photo credit: fimoculous from Flickr.]