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Amazon Gags On Gaga

Posted by Roblimo on from the ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga dept.

theodp writes "Having hawked Google Chrome over the weekend with an ad that aired on SNL, Lady Gaga turned her attention Monday to hyping Amazon's Cloud Player service. Fans were delighted to learn that they could download Gaga's entire 'Born This Way' album for a mere $0.99, until technical difficulties set in. 'Amazon is experiencing high volume and downloads are delayed,' Amazon said in a statement. 'If customers order today, they will get the full Lady Gaga, Born This Way album for $0.99. Thanks for your patience.' Some frustrated users meted out one-star ratings for the album as their way of protesting Amazon's slow service, lowering the album's rating to three stars. So, was that karma for upstaging Donald Knuth at the Googleplex?"

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  1. Amazon Gags on Gaga by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Amazon has better taste than I thought.

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    1. Re:Amazon Gags on Gaga by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      That's a mighty long penis she's got there.

  2. Re:There is no such thing as karma. by Haedrian · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd say the fact that you successfully downloaded the album in question is a sign of bad karma.

  3. Re:There is no such thing as karma. by coinreturn · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's a "Post Anonymously" checkbox, you know?

  4. Re:There is no such thing as karma. by cpu6502 · · Score: 1, Funny

    >>>>>I had no problems at all downloading the album.
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    >>I'd say the fact that you successfully downloaded the album in question is a sign of bad karma.

    -1 Adult Acting Like a Teenager Who Never Learned Any Manners "Any comments that hurt or insult others are Not Acceptable."

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  5. Re:There is no such thing as karma. by h4rr4r · · Score: 1, Funny

    Any comments that hurt or insult others are Not Acceptable."

    Someone is new here.

  6. In soviet russia... by numbski · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Lady Gaga gags on you? Soviet Russia might be better than I'd first thought!

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