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Sony Intentionally Crashes Customers' Computers

Posted by michael on from the new-day-has-come dept.

Uttles writes "According to Yahoo!, Celine Dion's latest CD will not play in computer drives. In fact: 'Should the consumer try to play Dion's CD on a PC or Macintosh, the computer likely will crash.' How is this legal?" Since Sony admits that their product is designed to cause damage to your computer system, almost anyone would likely have a good lawsuit against them. Attention Celine Dion and all musicians: crashing your fans' computers is not a good business practice. No matter what your agent says.

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  1. Proventing Suicide by polarkittycat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would try it to see if it actually does crash my computer.. but I would probably be forced to kill myself from listening to the music if it did play....

    Are you sure sony isn't protecting suicide?

    1. Re:Proventing Suicide by Afrosheen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      I can see it now:

      Everquest user commits suicide after playing way too long and listening to the new Celine Dion cd. Sources say the CD inserted into his computer during his EQ game subsequently crashed the user's computer, causing him to lose all will to live. Film at 11.

  2. Is this supposed to be... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a punishment?

  3. Oh well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yet another reason not to buy it. Remember South Park: when Canada is dead and gone, there'll be no more Celine Dion! Sounds good to me.

  4. Who gives a shit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Celine Dion SUCKS!!!

    Talk about groups like Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Vex Red.. that's what I'm talking about.. these bands are ALL about what the fan himself/herself want..

    FUCK THESE SELLOUTS!!!

  5. Re:Dearest Michael by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Thank you ever so much Flarners.

    MOD PARENT UP!!

  6. I HAVE A GOOD PORK SANDWICH STORY YOU FUCKERS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So there I was, working at a hotel, doing general cleaning duties. I would bring my lunch in a bag to work every day. AND THAT IS WHERE THINGS GO TO HELL.

    There was this crew of russians that also worked at the hotel. Now let me tell you something about russians: They are a bunch of theiving bastards!

    So anyways, there I was, one day. I brought a tasty, succulent PORK SANDWICH to work. It was in a paper bag! AND, I was going to EAT it!!! So I put it in the break-room fridge, eagerly awaiting lunch.

    Well, my friends, I am sorry to say...THE FUCKING RUSSIANS ATE IT. The thieving little commie fucks ATE my Pork Sandwich!!!

    But I developed a plan. Up until then, I kept my lunch bags in a fairly unsecure state. I would simply fold the top of the bag over to deter lunch-room vultures. But after the thieving communists stole my Pork Sandwich, I had to think. I had to improvise. I had to secure my lunch.

    I began stapling the top of the bag shut. HAHAHAHAAH!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! ROFL!!! ^-^ :)
    The russians were baffled. They KNEW that they couldn't get at MY Pork Sandwiches anymore! HAHAHAH, stupid russians, LOL:)LOL:)LOL

    That was my story about Pork Sandwiches.

    1. Re:I HAVE A GOOD PORK SANDWICH STORY YOU FUCKERS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      MMMM.. pork, the other white meat, white boy.

    2. Re:I HAVE A GOOD PORK SANDWICH STORY YOU FUCKERS by Alarmabad · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You should smear feces all over the food next time and leave it open for them to eat. I would also find other animal feces in addition to your own. Commies are the most foul form of slime, next to Muslims. Chinks, Japs, Gooks, Jungle Binnues, Kykes, WOPS, Frogs, they all can stay. But the COMMIES and the Muslimes need to be deprecated. Fucking fuckers.

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      Islam is Death, Death to Islam.
    3. Re:I HAVE A GOOD PORK SANDWICH STORY YOU FUCKERS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Commies are the most foul form of slime, next to Muslims. Chinks, Japs, Gooks, Jungle Binnues, Kykes, WOPS, Frogs, they all can stay.


      Right on. Well, at least as far as the female ones are concerned. Some of those Chink, Jap, and Gook girls are pretty nice...but Commie and Muslim girls don't put out, so they can go right back where they came from!

    4. Re:I HAVE A GOOD PORK SANDWICH STORY YOU FUCKERS by rixkix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Like that was a lot better.

  7. Re:Dearest Michael by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeah. amen. hell with michael. and screw that damn TIMMAY too because all of his stories are worthless. anyone notice how his stories get the LEAST amount of posts??

  8. Re:Celine Dion, eh? by jsprat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just so you know, Celine Dion is also revered by older women. Her demographics cross age barriers, just not the gender barrier ;)

  9. Overrrated? by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Every time I post something that gets a bunch of +1's, there's some jackass that comes along and marks it overrrated. Normally I wouldn't pay attention to it, except it has happened on every single popular post I've made in the last 2 weeks. Is there some git running around marking everybody down?

    Since when is suggesting a new idea overrrated? At least show yourself and tell me why!

    Note: Just to be clear, I'm not worried about Karma, it just feels like somebody's following me around and marking me down just for shits and giggles. It'd be nice to know that maybe they at least have a point to it.

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    "Derp de derp."
  10. Re:Please, learn how to read and write by red5 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm on 4 hours sleep and more caffeine then should be legally allowed.

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    I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
  11. is sony collecting illegal royalties on media? by andrejs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is sony part of the coalition that collects royalties on blank media specifically because people are utilizing fair use to make personal back up copies? sony should immediately be prohibited from collecting any blank media surcharges as a result.

  12. Re:Damn. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Celine has posted a response.

  13. Re:Crashing Computers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    there are worse things to worry about.

  14. Re:Who cares about MACs? by soulflakes · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No jack-knob, it's Macs. Just check http://www.apple.com

    Fucking AC...pull your head out of your ass.

  15. This is the funniest Troll EVER by red5 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is the funniest troll EVER. you gota click the link to see what I mean.

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    I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
    1. Re:This is the funniest Troll EVER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Oh my lord, that is hilarious!

      These are the trolls that make slashdot great.

      mark

  16. Re:Celine Dion, eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OHOHOHO

    hohohohohohohohoh

    J00 are certainly teh master of all that si comedic. Yes, j00 are truley teh funney man of teh slashdot!!

    Fucking queer.

  17. Re:Celine Dion, eh? by ArticulateArne · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'll admit it, too, I'm a 22 year old male, programmer by trade, and I enjoy Celine. Especially on a good system, (like my friend's 5Kbuck setup), and her SACD sounds incredible. Say what you want about the lyrics, she has an awesome voice, and good engineers. My musical tastes vary widely, and she creates genuinely good music.

    Sorry.

  18. quite the crime spree by celfie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    first her husband goes around raping women and now she is crashing computers - is this the new face of organized crime?

  19. Re:Celine Dion, eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot math: 2 + 5 - 2 = 4. 50 + 5 - 2 = 49. Why don't you humorless fucks re-read the moderator guidelines and find something good to mod up?