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Apple to Offer Monthly iTunes TV Subscriptions

sg3000 writes "Fans of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, rejoice! Reuters is reporting that Apple will provide monthly subscriptions to two of Comedy Central's most popular shows. One question, as TV shows become available for sale on the Internet, will this make it harder to share clips online, such as through Google Video? In your answer, ignore facts. Just go with what feels true."

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  1. -1 Redundant by perlionex · · Score: 5, Funny
    In your answer, ignore facts. Just go with what feels true.
    We /.ers already do that all the time, no need to remind us. /me ducks
  2. Never have so few words been so profound. by His+name+cannot+be+s · · Score: 5, Funny

    "In your answer, ignore facts. Just go with what feels true".

    That's Slashdot. Summed up in a single sentance. That's so beautiful.

    I think I'm changing my sig.

    *sigh*

    And, in an attempt to be on topic:

    No, why would it make it harder to share. Uh, google video? WTF?

    Oh right. That's how people share videos... *snickers*

    Oh Rihgt.

    --
    "...In your answer, ignore facts. Just go with what feels true..."
    1. Re:Never have so few words been so profound. by Jeff+Benjamin · · Score: 5, Funny

      "In your answer, ignore facts. Just go with what feels true".

      ...
      That's Slashdot. Summed up in a single sentance. That's so beautiful.


      Um, I hate to break it to you but that was two sentences.

    2. Re:Never have so few words been so profound. by Justin205 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, come on. He's just ignoring facts. And going with what feels true. ;)

      --
      "Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you."
    3. Re:Never have so few words been so profound. by rtaylor · · Score: 5, Funny

      "In your answer, ignore facts. Just go with what feels true". ...
      That's Slashdot. Summed up in a single sentance. That's so beautiful.


      Um, I hate to break it to you but that was two sentences.


      Didn't you read what he wrote? "In your answer, ignore facts."

      --
      Rod Taylor
    4. Re:Never have so few words been so profound. by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny
      "Stephen Colbert's Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure"

      As one of the proof-readers on this book, let me tell you all that you've got a real treat in store when it does find a publisher. It is 2,389 pages of pure genius--the thrill ride of my summer. And I'm not just saying that because I work for Stephen or because he threatened to fire me if I didn't.

      -Eric

      --
      SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  3. Re:Already available by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Deaer Earnest Murderer,

    You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman. Your calm demeanor and rational way of handling confrontation are an example of maturity to us all, which I am sure brings in the ladies. Please accept my apologies on behalf of your aggressor as he busts your hump and promptly pisses off as you commanded. I extend this token to you out of goodwill.

    Signed,
    Theodore S. Quogin, 1893

    --
    "Sufferin' succotash."
  4. Re:Already available by ScaryFroMan · · Score: 5, Funny
    --
    In Soviet Russia, backwards is everything.
  5. Re:Brilliant by Eightyford · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey without my chiropractor, I wouldn't be able to turn my head side to side. Regular western medicine would rather fuse my spine so that I can't move my upper back/neck at all. Now, which method is progress, and which is pointless?

    There's really nothing wrong with a chiropractor treating back pains. The problem comes when a chiropractor tries to treat migrains, the common cold, ulcers, and even irritable bowel syndrome. Scientifically, you might as well drink chinese tiger penis soup to get a stiffy.

  6. Re:I already have cable by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny
    Dear Geekee,

    Hello, kind sir. I wish to extend my invitation to you as a member of the Fuckwit Association. We Fuckwits are proud to welcome new members to our foundation. As a member of the Fuckwit Association, you must:

    • Accuse those you disagree with of being "blinded."
    • If the subject can be related to Steve Jobs in some way, use the phrase "reality distortion field."
    • If there is a company involved that makes money in some way, call them "evil."


    I and other Fuckwits are now your brothers and sisters in the fold. Please spread the gospel of the Fuckwits everywhere you can, to make the Internet a better place for Fuckwits the world over and bring refreshing predictability to any argument with a Fuckwit.

    Signed,
    Theodore S. Fuckwit, 1897

    Enclosed: Honorary Digitus Impudicus medallion, awarded to you, the newest Fuckwit of the collective
    --
    "Sufferin' succotash."
  7. Argh! The Pressure! by sg3000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do I feel like some marketing guy at Apple is eyeing my ITMS account, just waiting for me to sign up:

    "Hey pal, you said you'd do it ..."

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    Insert simplistic political, ideological, or personal proselytization here.
  8. There is a word for this... by SetupWeasel · · Score: 4, Funny

    "In your answer, ignore facts. Just go with what feels true."

    I believe the proper expression is:

    Answer with truthiness.

  9. Re:I already have cable by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're right; I clearly don't know what sarcasm is or how it is used. Thanks for the help!

    --
    "Sufferin' succotash."
  10. Re:I already have cable by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    BEGIN PROGRAM

    READY.
    HI I AM AC BOT

    YOU HAVE QUERIED "APPLE"
    SEARCHING DB...

    POST#3457 FOUND IN CATEGORY "List of cliches to dismiss a post you can't argue with"

    ATTEMPTING TO APPEAR WITTY...
    POST SUBMITTED

    THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING AC BOT

    DISCONNECTING...
    END PROGRAM

    --
    "Sufferin' succotash."
  11. Re:I already have cable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Apple hater verification check
    rev 2.3
     
    [ ] Called Apple users "fags"
    [ ] Used "OS/X," "OSX," or "OS-X" instead of OS X
    [ ] Used the word "overpriced" while ignoring previously published price comparisons
    [ ] Described a Mac as "cheap PC parts"
    [ ] Vaguely accused iPod users of falling for marketing
    [ ] Confused install base with market share
    [ ] Referenced Xerox Sparc
    [ ] Referenced "Pirates of Silicon Valley"
    [X] Posted list of fictional cliches in a Slashdot discussion to avoid discussing a point
    [ ] Used the words "evil" and "DRM" in one sentence
    [ ] Gave someone else credit for an Apple innovation
    [ ] Made fun of a Switch commercial
    [X] Ignored a valid point in favor of bashing Apple users
    [ ] Made a one-button mouse joke
    [ ] Made reference to "white plastic"
    [ ] Called 99 cents "too expensive"
    [ ] Victoriously made reference to Microsoft's monopoly market share to avoid addressing a point
    [ ] Referenced a "lack of games" for Mac despite all big-name titles having Mac ports
    [ ] Pretended that normal computer users actually want to have to build an entire computer by themselves piece by piece, have knowledge about every transistor in the machine, and hand-tune C code for any piece of software the user might have an issue with
    [ ] Ignored when someone mentions that you're not a mechanic and didn't build your own car either
    [ ] Used the word "cult"
    [ ] Ignored that Apple was the first consumer GUI with built-in audio and graphics while PC users were staring at C:\> for the next 15 years.
     
    BONUS
    [ ] Claimed to hate Apple yet drooled over running OS X on generic PCs
  12. Re:Sign me up! by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    You willingly chose to buy a DRM product? Clearly the RIAA had a gun to your face and was threatening to throw your mother over the balcony while they stripped you naked and burned a copy of the Bill of Rights in front of your face using a swastika-clad lighter while black-suited Republicans chanted satanic hymns in a candle-lit circle around an alter of The Almighty Dollar(tm)! There's just no way you or the other 87% of the iTunes-using market could possibly be choosing this illegal, immoral, unacceptable, childhood-raping scheme of your own volition. Just no way.

    --
    "Sufferin' succotash."
  13. Re:Now THAT was insightful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your ideas intrigue me and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.

  14. Re:watch out for that aspect ratio by skingers6894 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not fat! You're just viewing me with the wrong aspect ratio...

  15. Re:Already available by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't want to have to pay apple or anyone else.

    You know what I want? A pony.