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Millions Delete ALL Music Files?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-does-this-mean dept.

Honig the Apothecary writes "CNN is reporting that millions of people have deleted all the music files from their computers in a story here. My question is how the hell would they know? Are they substituting "deleted" for the words "disabled sharing with other users"?"

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  1. Lies, damned lies, and dumb polls... by seanadams.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi, this is jim joebob from the NPD group. We're doing a little survey to find out how many households have thrown away their pot. Do you still have a stash over 1oz, or have you disposed of all your contraband since the current crackdown went into effect?

    Either way, please give me your name and address, and the pattywagon will arrive in 15 minutes.

    1. Re:Lies, damned lies, and dumb polls... by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny
      the pattywagon will arrive in 15 minutes.

      MMmmmmm... burgers.

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    2. Re:Lies, damned lies, and dumb polls... by The_K4 · · Score: 4, Funny

      And half and hour after then monitoring software is uninstalled, they can get all their digital music files back off of the iPod. :)

    3. Re:Lies, damned lies, and dumb polls... by ghost-hacked · · Score: 4, Funny

      Q:Whatever happened to the pursuit of happiness?
      A:Hallmark finaly caught it, broke its spirit, and put it on a greeting card.

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    4. Re:Lies, damned lies, and dumb polls... by Lectrik · · Score: 4, Funny
      In the near future, popular music will be made by robots, and the kids won't be able to tell the difference.


      And by 'near future' you mean the 1990's right?
      You'll never convince me the boy bands aren't sing-droids. And don't even get me started on the spice girls or brittany and her clones
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      --- As to make my comment seem, by comparison, more intelegent... doodie doodie doodie poop poop poop!
  2. That's the same number of people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    that downloaded the new britney cd. Coincidence?

  3. They're Right!! by MrCaseyB · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well Duh! Of course we are deleting all the music files from my computer. How else am I going to have enough disk space for all the pirated HD broadcasts I will be downloading?

  4. Ya, right. by Mullen · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're just like me, they burn them onto CDROM instead and then delete the files...TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE PIRATED MUSIC! [Evil laugh...]

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  5. That's simple... by the_skywise · · Score: 5, Funny

    We asked 2 people if they had deleted all their files. 1 said yes, the other said no. We factored that in against the population of the US, # of computer users, # of estimated song downloaders, and then against a .5% factor of error...

    Voila 1.4 million people have deleted their music drives. That'll be 5 cents please.

  6. Obligatory Penny-Arcade Link by FrEaK7782 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ya, they deleted it all...

  7. Re:Correction by sharkey · · Score: 4, Funny
    CNN: The Least Trusted Name In News.

    Ahem

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  8. Re:Deleted or Burned? by G27+Radio · · Score: 4, Funny

    For people that actually leave their computers, burning music onto a CD can be handy ;)

  9. Re:Don't forget... by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I felt a great disturbance in the kazaa, it was like millions of files cried out at once and then were silent..."

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  10. My bad by Cyno · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry about all the confusion. I deleted millions of songs off my computer. I work for Time Warner, so I guess some of my coworkers might have noticed. Sorry about that.