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.'"

Comments

56 april fools in one day

[Seft]

I'm glad I'm not a subscriber.


Imagine paying for this...

Re: 56 april fools in one day

[gidds]

Yeah, but isn't the whole point of April Fool's to, like, you know, fool people?

One subtle and clever hoax amongst four or five genuine articles may fool many people, and bring real pleasure to the rest. But five obvious and poorly-done hoaxes out of five isn't even going to fool my cat. (And it's not even a particularly clever cat...)

If you can tell it's a hoax from the title, it's not written very well. The best hoaxes start off completely plausibly, and become more bizarre slowly, so only by the end do you realise you've been fooled.

(But, hey, who reads the whole article, let alone the link, so we'd better fit the whole hoax into 10 words of title, huh?)

Aargh..

[Tony Hoyle]

Late, unfunny *and* anti-EU.

Can they get any worse?

(No, don't answer that.. please..)

Re:Aargh..

[Tony Hoyle]

Yes, actually.

There's too much damned politics on slashdot already (although it seems to be a fixation with you on that side of the pond - we laugh about it over a beer, and you flame each other incessantly on slashdot. I know which I prefer.. I *like* beer. Especially free beer.).

A bit too late...

[Thijs van As]

It's April 2nd, isn't it?

I think you can stop now.....

[TheWart]

Come on, fake stories every two minutes? Isn't that a bit overkill?

5:57
5:55
5:53
5:51
5:47
5:44, etc, etc...with 5 of the 7 by taco...can you say dead horse?

On behalf of the whole /. readership...

[One Childish N00b]

Stop it.

Are you missing the point?

[nate nice]

I see so many people complaining about the April Fools stories being posted as they comment about how this isn't funny anymore, is stupid, etc. The point is, I think, Slashdot is collecting stories from around the Net and posting them...like they always do. It just so happens many Websites enjoy posting ludicrous stories today for obvious reasons. Slashdot is just here to collect them. Nothing is different than a typical day mainly. It's a theme, get it? So, complain about it if you will but you don't deserve anything and you can always read things elsewhere. I for one enjoy all the crazy stories they have gathered around the Net. It's like getting a free edition of the Onion between issues. Lighten up, it's fun. And RTFA at least today because many of them are rather amusing and entertaining. No one's trying to trick you...think of this as one big day of hanging around bizzaro world.

ENOUGH! ALREADY!

[furry_wookie]

From the Wikipedia "April Fool's Day" entry:
Traditionally, pranks are supposed to end by noon. Those done afterwards are supposed to bring bad luck to the perpetrator.


Curse the /. editors!..for not having enough sense to stop the 4/1 torture at the appointed hour.

getting old

[t_allardyce]

Atleast make them good April fools, this is worse than spam. I say we ban all the lower IDs.

Enough Already

[sabat]

You guys are idiots.

No equal protection as a news organization

[macslut]

Today, April 1, I came to realize why the courts decided that "bloggers" don't deserve the same protection under the law as real news organizations. I also came to realize why I appreciate The Onion and The Daily Show so much.

DAMN, WHAT IS WITH YOU GUYS???

[ss_Whiplash]

Enough already. It would be ok if these phony stories were remotely cute or kinda funny... but this is just stupidity.

Re:If You Don't Like It, Stop Replying

[toddestan]

Slashdot is like crack - It's an addiction, man. So, despite the fact that Slashdot is taking a 1 day vacation, I'm still hanging around here.

Yes, I know. It's pathetic.

Re:Almost got me.

[Paperweight]

I'm sure after all the annoyed people, it was a relief to them that at least ONE person fell for it. But all that wasted bandwidth....

idiots

[harlows_monkeys]

April fools jokes work best when you take the 500 ideas you have, and pick the one or two that are good, and do a great job on them. Posting the other 498 is just boring, tedious, and unfunny.

Furthermore, it defeats the whole fucking point of April Fools: fooling people.

If Slashdot snuck in one or two jokes among the usual postings, people might be fooled. Instead, people simply know that pretty much everything on Slashdot is worthless today, and ignore it. No one gets fooled.

umm..ok

[Temsi]

I won't be checking Slashdot on April 1st, 2006.
No way, no how.
What a ginormous waste of time and energy.

And the sad part is... you can't even post genuine news on this day, because everyone will just assume it's bullshit.

I mean... one or two fake stories is fine, but every fucking one of them?
Get a grip, admins... geez!

Re:Join the cause!

[lazybeam]

How does April fools work across timezones?

Posted by Zonk on 09:57 AM -- Saturday April 02 2005

I think it means /. is the fool!

C'mon already

[JonnyO]

Guys, this is getting old. REAL old. I can appreciate a good April fools joke, especially the ones that almost sound believable because they make you pause for a second to do a quick mental what-if scenario, but this story is just lame.

Re:Join the cause!

[mattkinabrewmindspri]

I wish I was clever enough to come up with a comment that I could reply to every story to get (Score:4, Informative) positive feedback.

Getting to be a whole lot like PBS Pledge Week

[Latent Heat]

One April Fools stuck in among the regular stories would be funny, but I am looking for the one regular story stuck in among the April Fools.

It is a lot like a PBS station during Pledge Week. All of your regular programs are cancelled or moved around, there is maybe one program worth watching among the nonstop Daniel O'Donnell concerts, and that one program is chopped all to heck with those stupid people shilling for donations who don't know how to act in front of a camera.

The good old days

[techguy911]

I remember back when April fools day here on Slashdot was fun, with ONE carefully crafted post which would always get me. Now I just feel like I'm being saturated with stupid, obvious, and not even funny posts. Next year they should make an easter egg challenge with a GOOD clever post that people have to work at to find.

Congratulations... You killed April Fools

[Anonymous Coward]

Good job Slashdot you successfully have taken all the fun out of april fools day with your overkill of articles. nobody cares or is amused anymore. Move along

Um, this sucks.

[piecewise]

Yeah, this really isn't funny at all. The trick is to make it shockingly believable at first - whereas this is just outrageous and stupid. Thrill me next year.

Re:Depressingly true...

[SpacetimeComputing]

More examples:

• Feta cheese has to come from Greece, otherwise has to be called "Greek-Feta-style cheese"
• Champagne has to come from the Champagne area, if not has to be called "Sparkling wine, Champagne style"

Oddly though, it seems that it's only those people who make a fuss about it who get special treatment. For example, all the other cheeses named after places (e.g. Red Leicester, Double Gloucester, etc) don't get enforced. Whatever happened to articles 20 and 21 of the EU's (horribly bureaucratic, I know, but well intentioned) Charter: "Everyone is equal before the law" and "This Union shall not discriminate"?

And the answer to your question is... no, not a single one.