Bush Demands Apple Recount 45
*no comment* writes "In what may be one of the funniest things since MSN's site saying iMac is the best computer, Apple's news site picked up a story from crazyapplerumors about how George Bush is demanding a recount an Al Gore's election to the Apple board." Rumor sites bad, parody sites good. Remember that the next time you ask for a press pass to Macworld.
HELLO, MODERATORS. (Score:1, Informative)
I hope I get this one in meta moderation.
Morons.
-/-
Re:HELLO, MODERATORS. (Score:1)
Re:HELLO, MODERATORS. (Score:1)
Stop moderating anonymous trolls.
Re:Dear Apple (Score:1, Offtopic)
When you see that this troll has been modded up, it's usually because the AC that posted it has mod points to burn on his futile little crusade... Hence the reason you got smacked down to -1 so quickly.
P.S. I think you might be on the right track with the 'living in the parent's basement' issue, this character manages to tack the same troll to every Apple post within 30 minutes of its posting... Fiscal/Academic Responsibilities = 0.0
Oh come on... (Score:4, Insightful)
Rumor sites BAD? Hell...as if Mac users (myself included) weren't fanatical enough already, Rumor sites provide the mosed obsessed Mac nuts a place to feel right at home...They're the closest thing to a case mod community Apple's got (except, of course, for the Apple case mod community [applefritter.com])
But seriously...Apple rumor sites are all in good fun...they give you that little thrill that you know something Mr. Jobs doesn't want you to know. And seldom does harm come from a rumor site (yes, there have been exceptions in the past, but I mean on the whole). And who is to say that the crazy ideas brought up in the bizarre and frightening rumor forums don't give Apple clues as to the direction customers want them to go? Or clues as to how to go about marketing their products?
I don't think they're a bad thing at all...no worse than sites claiming to have the latest screenshots from "Windows Longhorn XXP 2006 super confidential unix-powered beta."
Re:Oh come on... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Oh come on... (Score:1)
Re:Oh come on... (Score:3, Insightful)
when rumor sites promise 60 gig iPods, 4 processor G5 Yrbittium laptops that run on water and have 19 inch OLED screens that fold up in your pocket, and iPads....
then when Apple brings out 17" powerbooks, people are let down..
and that's just bad business.
Not to mention the people that don't buy because they are wating for Ryan Meader's wet dreams to come true... he tells everyone that this is going to happen or that that is going to happen.. so th
Shooting yourself in the foot (Score:1, Interesting)
It would have been more prudent for Apple to select someone with a "winner" image, maybe someone from the world of sports like Michael Jordan.
Re:Shooting yourself in the foot (Score:5, Insightful)
If the Board of Directors is actually in charge of Apple and running it for the long-term benefit of the shareholders, then the most desirable Directors are those with time to do the job, and experience & ability in areas like running large organizations.
I think Jobs is pretty good, but his ego, pay, etc. are long overdue for some real control.
Re:Shooting yourself in the foot (Score:2)
Re:Elected (Score:1, Insightful)
Any Heads Gonna Roll? (Score:2, Insightful)
No prediction, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised to find that some spirited person at Apple has lost their job over this. Hope not.
Re:Any Heads Gonna Roll? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Any Heads Gonna Roll? (Score:1)
Maybe Apple's a cool company after all.
Avid Mac User? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Avid Mac User? (Score:5, Funny)
Because he is sick of watching the 'symphony' through 'windows!'
(Moderators, this isn't offtopic, just obscure: mod accordingly)
Uh, Yea (Score:2, Insightful)
I hate CAR but love rumor sites. (Score:1, Interesting)
The article is *still* there (Score:2)
I think it shows that Apple has a pretty good sense of humor that they kept it up there, even though some conservative Mac users are probably pretty steamed.
Well, probably not as steamed as the thousands people in Florida who didn't get to vote in the 2000 election because the private auditing firm hired by Jeb Bush [cnn.com] arranged for leg
Re:The article is *still* there (Score:2)
Which is almost as amusing as staging a fabulously expensive, eight-year, openly partisan, trumped-up "investigation" into a long-over land deal that lost the supposed wrongdoers money.
Or didn't you remember that one?
Your memory seems a little shorter than most people's, friend. Weird thing is, you seem to think that's a strength of yours... When someone uses a Supreme Court divided on partisan lines to stop votes from being counted, "funny" that ain't
It's History, and Still Funny (Score:4, Funny)
I'm a Republican as a whole and a conservative all the time, black, and a Macintosh user. I find the link and the article very funny, just as many of us would giggle when we hear the word "chad" nowandays.
And, folks, given the events going on in the world, can't we all use a laugh about a nonsense item like this? Apple isn't in the business of making us laugh or giving commentary about world events, so this small nod to humor is a way to make us smile a bit and remember when life was a little simpler.
The only thing that would be funnier is getting Al Gore's tongue-in-cheek response back in turn: "Dibs, George. And, by the way, your AppleCare warranties appear to have expired..."
Must be the chads.