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Title: All I want to know...
Post by: mikhael on March 10, 2004, 09:28:00 am
1. Did it still work afterwards?
2. What was she listening to?
3. Did it skip?

Read, FOR GREAT JUSTICE! (http://www.liquidgeneration.com/rumormill/ipod_killing.html)
Title: All I want to know...
Post by: TheCelestialOne on March 10, 2004, 09:39:09 am
She was probably listening to a Richard Simmonds single :p
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Post by: mikhael on March 10, 2004, 09:44:23 am
Oh, I forgot! Look at the "related news" ad. ;)
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Post by: an0n on March 10, 2004, 09:49:18 am
I think a Darwin Award is in order.

Not for her obviously, for the boyfriend for being an RIAA whore.
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Post by: Liberator on March 10, 2004, 09:49:26 am
#1 That is why you have backups
#2 It's nearly physically impossible, she must be one of the amazon body builder types.
#3 She was disturbed in the first place.

I like this bit:
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“She must have stabbed him 40 to 80 times with that iPod

This proves she must be some kind of inhumanly strong freak.  I mean she stabbed him to death with a blunt object.

I can't wait for this to become general knowledge.

Apple will probably add an indication that the iPod is a lethal weapon.(http://www.freeadpower.org/~mrsmiles/otn/realhappy/xxrotflmao.gif)

@Related News
(http://www.freeadpower.org/~mrsmiles/otn/laughing/icon_smile_lachuh.gif)
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Post by: Martinus on March 10, 2004, 09:56:34 am
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Originally posted by an0n
I think a Darwin Award is in order.

Not for her obviously, for the boyfriend for being an RIAA whore.

[color=66ff00]I 98% agree with this sentiment.

The other 2% goes to the possibility that she could have merely beaten him to within an inch of his life instead of flat out killing him.

Ipod™: Misuse can cause trauma.
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Title: All I want to know...
Post by: TheCelestialOne on March 10, 2004, 09:58:06 am
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Originally posted by Liberator
#Apple will probably add an indication that the iPod is a lethal weapon.

"US OUTLAWS iPOD"

:p
Title: All I want to know...
Post by: Liberator on March 10, 2004, 10:04:56 am
Don't laugh!  IT COULD HAPPEN!

I mean this is the US Government we're talking about here.  Some boot-licker of a beaurecrat will probably do it and call it "Protecting the public from themselves."

Don't discount the possiblity of a role for the RIAA in this, it could be a professional hit arranged to make the Government ban MP3s.
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Post by: aldo_14 on March 10, 2004, 10:06:29 am
Ipod™: Sharp sound, blunt instrument trauma
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Post by: Rictor on March 10, 2004, 10:08:36 am
Hmm, from what I've seen IPods are pretty tiny and light. She must really have wanted it.
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Post by: J3Vr6 on March 10, 2004, 10:15:26 am
1) "Ipod: Can give a beating and keep on ticking"
2)  She was probably listening to William Hung's "She Bangs"
3)  Maybe off his head...
Title: All I want to know...
Post by: TheCelestialOne on March 10, 2004, 10:43:20 am
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Originally posted by Liberator
Don't laugh!  IT COULD HAPPEN!

Like I care :p And the RIAA has nothing on us Europeans :p
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Post by: mikhael on March 10, 2004, 11:01:37 am
Not yet, TCO.

If the recent Australia/US trade agreement is any indication, the next renegotiation of of US/EU relationships may include provisions for DMCA-like laws and RIAA prosecution-by-proxy.
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Post by: phreak on March 10, 2004, 11:08:59 am
shouldn't it be persecution-by-proxy?
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Post by: Fineus on March 10, 2004, 11:28:04 am
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And it was all like "bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep"... and I was like.. "uh?"
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Post by: karajorma on March 10, 2004, 11:36:30 am
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Originally posted by Maeglamor

[color=66ff00]I 98% agree with this sentiment.

The other 2% goes to the possibility that she could have merely beaten him to within an inch of his life instead of flat out killing him.
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:yes:  Agree with you there. He certainly deserved a kicking.
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Post by: Stryke 9 on March 10, 2004, 11:39:32 am
This has got to be the funniest homocide motive/method ever.


I just wanna know what happens when one of her friends borrows a CD and doesn't give it back. Ow.
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Post by: 01010 on March 10, 2004, 12:17:45 pm
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Originally posted by mikhael
Not yet, TCO.

If the recent Australia/US trade agreement is any indication, the next renegotiation of of US/EU relationships may include provisions for DMCA-like laws and RIAA prosecution-by-proxy.


Probably won't even come to that, the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) is getting on the case in pretty much the same way the RIAA has. Scummy ****s.
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Post by: Martinus on March 10, 2004, 02:37:33 pm
[color=66ff00]Is anyone else thinking about the movie lost boys?

Death by stereo!
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Post by: mikhael on March 10, 2004, 03:03:30 pm
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Originally posted by 01010


Probably won't even come to that, the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) is getting on the case in pretty much the same way the RIAA has. Scummy ****s.


I misread that as 'British Pornographic Industry'. I was trying to figure out A) what made them scummy, B) what set them apart from the rest of the pornographic industry and C) what they had to do with the RIAA.

Then I reread it.
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Post by: SadisticSid on March 10, 2004, 03:08:04 pm
It's quite annoying that, I always have to re-read things containing the word 'phonographic' :p
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Post by: Martinus on March 10, 2004, 03:10:37 pm
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Originally posted by mikhael
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Originally posted by 01010
I misread that as 'British Pornographic Industry'.

[color=66ff00]"Oh! I say! I'm going to give you a good rogering!"
"Thankyou dear, would you like some tea and digestives?"
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Post by: J3Vr6 on March 10, 2004, 03:16:47 pm
Maybe she was listening to The Smiths?


"Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
when I said I'd like to
smash every tooth in your head

Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
when I said by rights you should be
bludgeoned in your bed"
Title: All I want to know...
Post by: Goober5000 on March 10, 2004, 03:26:14 pm
:lol: Someone send this in to PC Magazine, or some other computer magazine with a humor department.  They've had other submissions (http://www.pcmag.com/image_popup/0,1735,s=1687&iid=28269,00.asp) like this in the past.
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Post by: karajorma on March 10, 2004, 06:51:51 pm
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Originally posted by 01010
Probably won't even come to that, the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) is getting on the case in pretty much the same way the RIAA has. Scummy ****s.


Bit rich considering that album sales are up yet again this year. Okay Singles are down but considering all the **** in the charts that's only to be expected.
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Post by: mikhael on March 10, 2004, 09:59:19 pm
In my area, you can't find singles anywhere. I don't like to buy albums because I generally only like a few songs here and there (I actually often spend more on singles than I would shelling out for the original album, but at least I get groovy remixes and b-sides). My best chance to find a single is to drive out of state, it seems--or go to a used music store. The RIAA doesn't like them any more than they like MP3s.
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Post by: neo_hermes on March 10, 2004, 10:54:09 pm
that dude deserved the Ipod's wrath. :)
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Post by: Knight Templar on March 10, 2004, 10:59:12 pm
Well, he did have it comming.

Then again, so did she for buying an iPod.
Title: All I want to know...
Post by: mikhael on March 10, 2004, 11:42:28 pm
Dude. New IPod Minis are TEH WIN. They're based around a $500 (retail) huge CF microdrive. And they're only $249.

That drive in my PDA means I can carry all the pr0n^h^h^h^hmp3s^h^h^h^hReference Material I could ever want. :D
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Post by: Rictor on March 10, 2004, 11:45:42 pm
That made even less sense than usual...

:ick: :ick:
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Post by: Nico on March 11, 2004, 01:58:42 am
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Originally posted by 01010


Probably won't even come to that, the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) is getting on the case in pretty much the same way the RIAA has. Scummy ****s.


But England is as european as Australia :doubt:
We already had people like the RIAA in France. They still exist, actually, but they can basically do **** now. Then I don't think such a thing would welcomed in Germany. And for the other countries, well, like it or not, but France+Germany are enough to bend or enforce any law on the EU :p

You yankees keep your parasites, thank you :p
Title: All I want to know...
Post by: Nico on March 11, 2004, 02:10:50 am
Oh, coincidence! :p
The european law about bootlegs and pirating has just been voted:
http://www.clubic.com/n/n11910.html ( run that through babelfish or something, don't feel like translating ).
Basically, the final version of the law doesn't concern the normal users anymore, just those who gain money from pirating.
Voila :p
( of course, that doesn't make pirating any more legal, but that shows what way we're going in )
Title: All I want to know...
Post by: Flipside on March 11, 2004, 03:36:20 am
You do realise that the British government will try to argue that by downloading the software you are not paying for it, therefore you are making negative loss, which is profit ;)

Gotta love BLiar ;)
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Post by: Setekh on March 11, 2004, 05:43:53 am
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Originally posted by mikhael
In my area, you can't find singles anywhere. I don't like to buy albums because I generally only like a few songs here and there (I actually often spend more on singles than I would shelling out for the original album, but at least I get groovy remixes and b-sides). My best chance to find a single is to drive out of state, it seems--or go to a used music store.


Agreed. Generally, though, I don't buy music - I just listen to the radio. ;) Unless I'm trying to learn how a song goes on guitar, in which case I buy albums. :nod:
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Post by: aldo_14 on March 11, 2004, 08:28:54 am
I spend a ridiculous amount on albums (for someone with no income).... it probably amounts to 20+ CDs a year (£200+), probably more.  Especially as i almost never just buy the one CD.

Although I actually spend more on CDs when I can download music, than when i can't.