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EU to Ban Macs
johnalex writes "Digit Online News is reporting that 'The European Union has revealed it is to ban the sale and use of Apple Macintosh computers by 2006 - citing the need for unification in a directive unveiled today.' Reasons for the ban include that 'Apple's lack of floppy disk drive is discriminatory to EU residents, and that the Apple logo doesn't hail from the apple-growing regions of Southern France.'"
Anyone else want to /. /.?
As if anyone is still commenting anyway.
'Apple's lack of floppy disk drive is discriminatory to EU residents..." *scratches head* Boy, that's funny, considering most PC's from Dell, Gateway, HP, etc don't come with one, either.
Yup.. gotta post all of those oh so funny funny April 1st stories before the day is over.
An IRC channel would have banned these admins by now.
www.slightlycrewed.com - Because aren't we all?
My friend billy g has been warning me of the dangers of these machines for years. Its about time someone finally did something about them.
Perhapse it's just because it's April 1st, but that sounds totally bogus. As far as floppy drives go, The lack of them would have been an issue five years ago. Most PC desktops and labtops no longer come with a floppy drive.
The EU is where all the gay people live! And we all know which computers THEY prefer!
Vonal Declosion
Get a job and buy one like the rest of us.
Sheesh. Freakin' pyramid scammers. You're worse than the Jehovah's Witnesses.
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Netcrraft Confirms, quality April Fools Stories are dying...
Example: Macs are kinda expensive for cash strapped college students who shouldn't take on extra debt. Maybe a cheap x86 machine would be a better choice.
Pour on the mod points.
Dear ...
[x] Clueless Newbie
[ ] Lamer
[ ] AOLer
[ ] "Me too"-er
[ ] Pervert
[ ] Geek
[x] Spammer
[ ] Nerd
[ ] Elvis
[ ] Fed
[ ] Freak
[ ] Scientologist
[x] Scammer
[x] Dumbass
[ ] Pre-teen
You Are Being Flamed Because:
[ ] You posted MODs in pieces LESS than 5000 lines
[ ] You posted something asking for warez sites
[ ] You quoted an ENTIRE post in your reply
[ ] You continued a long, stupid thread
[ ] You failed to use the search feature and/or browse through different sections of this forum
[ ] You started an off-topic thread
[ ] You posted a "YOU ALL SUCK" message
[ ] You haven't learned the difference between E-mail and newsgroups
[ ] You posted a blatently obvious troll
[ ] You posted pretending to be someone famous (See "troll" above)
[ ] You replied to the above message type believing it was actually someone famous
[ ] You said "me too" to something
[x] You suck
[ ] Your sig/alias/server sucks
[ ] You posted a lame-sex ad
[x] You posted a stupid pyramid money making scheme and claimed it was legal
[ ] I think you might be a fed
[ ] You posted in ElItE CaPiTaLs because you think that makes you cool
[ ] You didn't do anything specific, but appear to be so generally worthless that you are being flamed anyway
To Repent, You Must:
[x] Stop masturbating for a week
[ ] Give up your AOL account
[x] Bust up your modem with a hammer and eat it
[ ] Tell your Mommy you've been a bad boy
[x] Jump into a bathtub while holding your monitor
[ ] Actually post something relevant
[ ] Read the FAQ
[ ] Be the guest of honor in alt.flame for a month
In Closing, I'd Like to Say:
[ ] Blow me
[ ] Get a life
[ ] Never post again
[ ] Age 10 more years before you post again
[ ] I pity your dog
[ ] Go to hell
[ ] Yer momma's so fat/stupid/ugly that etc...
[ ] Take your s**t somewhere else
[ ] Get f**ked, you pathetic loser
[ ] Learn to post or f**k off
[x] All of the above
And the pope is dying .... no really!
can you say dead horse?
Just how tender do you want that meat?
I'm humor impaired you insensitive clod!
"Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master."
I give you your fool!
Yes! Here I was thinking 'Great! No April Fools Day jokes for the whole day!' Now I read slashdot, and find them all on the 2nd. Grrrr.
I got moderator points on April the 1st, of all days. This is not funny...
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Don't worry, they'll all be dupes in a week.
Christ almighty!
My heart acutaly stopped for a second. Damn these April jokes. I always get fooled >:(
When in danger, whewn in doubt! Run in circles, scream and shout!
Even you're thread turned political. There's no escape. Hey, how 'bout them Cubs? Oh damn, I forgot. You don't do that either. Hey, did you see the new iPod? or did you "ban" that too? :-) Hey, we got beer too. Oh wait, I forgot. I'm not in the states. You're right. Damn gringos. All they talk about is politics. I want my old Compuserve forums back. I miss them. It was sooo civilized, and on topic(just like me). AOL changed all that. It's their fault.