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EU to Ban Macs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bite-out-of-the-apple dept.

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.'"

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  1. 56 april fools in one day by Seft · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm glad I'm not a subscriber.


    Imagine paying for this...

    1. Re: 56 april fools in one day by gidds · · Score: 5, Insightful
      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?)

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  2. A bit too late... by Thijs+van+As · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

  3. Are you missing the point? by nate+nice · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

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  4. ENOUGH! ALREADY! by furry_wookie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

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