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Apple Hires DVD Jon 56

Posted by Zonk on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:33PM from the good-job dept.

ack154 writes "As the article says, 'If you can't beat them, hire them.' TechTree.com is reporting that Apple has recently hired DVD Jon. I guess Apple has had enough cracks of their iTunes program and have decided to stop it at the source. And give the source a job."

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a special message. (Score:5, Funny)

by ShaniaTwain ( 197446 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:34PM (#12115778) Homepage

Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

almost sums up slashdot today huh?

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- Re:a special message. (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Stevyn ( 691306 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:36PM (#12115811)
  
  I think it's funnier how everyone is freaking out because of the April Fools jokes. It's one damn day out of the year. Enjoy it! Tomorrow we can go back to bashing Microsoft and software patents.
  
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  - Re:a special message. (Score:2)
    
    by ShaniaTwain ( 197446 ) writes:
    
    Yeah, I know thats the over-all joke today, It would be funnier if it was harder to tell the joke stories from the true.. I do think they should keep up this posting rate from now on though. they've set our expectations very high on this special day.
  - Re:a special message. (Score:2)
    
    by aixou ( 756713 ) writes:
    
    The funniest part is that Slashdot is just acting as an aggregate to all the lame April fools jokes on tech sites across the web.
    So, Slashdot has become like a neutron star of lameness today.
  - Re:a special message. (Score:2)
    
    by kabocox ( 199019 ) writes:
    
    I think it's funnier how everyone is freaking out because of the April Fools jokes.
    
    That's because you are used to getting tech news at places other than slashdot. I've gotten to depend on /. on by in tech news. Do you have any idea how annoy April 1 is here? If I had another site that I got good tech news from, I wouldn't even bother checking here for the whole week of April 1. Tomorrow, we get the dups. I really need to find a better tech news source.
- Re:a special message. (Score:1)
  
  by gnarlin ( 696263 ) writes:
  
  Please, please, please, please! STOP.
  This flood of irritating april fools is already making me gag.
  That's it! I'm ofFicially going to bed and when I wake up it
  bloody better not be april's fools day anymore!
  
  GOODNIGHT!
  {*SLAM*}
Dear GOD (Score:3, Funny)

by BJZQ8 ( 644168 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:34PM (#12115784) Homepage Journal

We've had it with the April Fools Stuff...It stopped being funny at noon, remember?

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- Re:Dear GOD (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  It was funny before noon?
- Re:Dear GOD (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by daveo0331 ( 469843 ) writes:
  
  It is still before noon on Midway Island.
- Re:Dear GOD (Score:1)
  
  by Short Circuit ( 52384 ) * writes:
  
  You should try being a subscriber. As I write this, there's eight articles posted in the "Mysterious Future."
  
  I think they just decided to queue up the articles, and take the day off.
I just finish a comment... (Score:1)

by nsasch ( 827844 ) writes:

and here's a new post! How many people are sending in jokes, there's no way editors could come up with garbage so fast!
On joke day (Score:1)

by Kipsaysso ( 828105 ) writes:

They dupe.

Amazing
- Re:On joke day (Score:1)
  
  by mrchapp ( 823433 ) writes:
  
  They dupe.
  Amazing
  
  You must be new here.
  http://slashdot.org/index.pl?issue=20030401 [slashdot.org]
  Welcome
That's it (Score:2, Funny)

by Concerned Onlooker ( 473481 ) writes:

No more Slashdot for me today. See you tomorrow.
- Re:That's it (Score:1)
  
  by Nivoset ( 607957 ) writes:
  
  so long, and thanks for all the fish
Make it stop (Score:2, Funny)

by sterno ( 16320 ) writes:

The april fool's jokes burn!!! The goggles do nothing!!!
- Re:Make it stop (Score:2)
  
  by Knetzar ( 698216 ) writes:
  
  Wow, I thought you were making a bad pun. I read that line as, "The googles do nothing!!!"
Good God (Score:1)

by ManicGiraffe ( 558896 ) writes:

Didn't even bother to do a good PS on the iPod.

Slash is becoming a Fark thread for the day...
Despite this being a joke (Score:4, Interesting)

by jockeys ( 753885 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:36PM (#12115810) Journal

I think it's a damn good idea. If only more companies would utilize talented guys (or girls) like Jon, think of what could be accomplished.

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- Re:Despite this being a joke (Score:1)
  
  by Patrick Mannion ( 782290 ) writes:
  
  Same. They really need to hire him. They've got to learn that as long as they keep him out there, he'll keep plugging away at his keyboard. I mean I haven't that they released a new patch maybe out of fear he'll crack that one. They need to hire him. It's a given.
iPod image (Score:2)

by calibanDNS ( 32250 ) writes:

When will the iPod image used for Media (Apple) stories be updated from the 1st Gen to a 4th gen iPod?
Re: (Score:1)

by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes:

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NOT (Score:1)

by yttrium ( 88756 ) writes:

Apple couldn't afford him. No one on the planet could!
Actual news?? (Score:3, Insightful)

by cplusplus ( 782679 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:37PM (#12115829) Journal

The second bit of actual news (okay, maybe) is also about Apple.
Slashdot has made me hate April Fools. What a day to get mod points.

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And the worst part is... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:37PM (#12115833)

" Brilliant. Apple has found another way to keep Linux users from using their products. Hire away the coders that try to make their stuff work with Linux. Strategy wise, Jobs is really beginning to match Gates! "
-from the link

You God damned Linux geeks can't even take a joke... :)

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April Fool? (Score:2)

by rpozz ( 249652 ) writes:

Almost certainly. Believable though, and would raise some interesting points if it was true.
Jon is to replace.. (Score:1)

by Anonymouse Cownerd ( 754174 ) writes:

Steve Jobs, who wont have any free time now ... [theregister.com]
Have to say it. (Score:2)

by krgallagher ( 743575 ) writes:

From the article:
He has reportedly paid DVD Jon an undisclosed yet bizarrely huge amount of money to join Apple. DVD Jon has accepted the offer adding to the ever-growing list of hackers who bag security jobs (pun unintended) in big companies.
1. Hack iTunes
2. ?????
3. Profit
slashdot reports, you decide (Score:2)

by swschrad ( 312009 ) writes:

in other news, Italy's Grokster network goes silent as clinicians attending to Pope John Paul II step on the power cord for the papal server, and the major Grok server for southern Europe is interrupted.
- Re:Ok... Enough already (Score:1)
  
  by Dimpled Chad ( 265910 ) writes:
  
  It's after five here, there's a party going on next door ... and I'm still reading ./
Good idea... (Score:1)

by Aslan72 ( 647654 ) writes:

For me this ranks in the 'Why the heck not?' catagory. That and releasing an I386 version of OSX...
--pete "Who enjoys the April fools jokes"
Nice! (Score:1)

by bryan8m ( 863211 ) writes:

If you can't beat 'em, hire 'em!
HEY! I could use a job at apple! (Score:1)

by Quick Sick Nick ( 822060 ) writes:

/ starts hacking apple software
But... look! (Score:2)

by The-Bus ( 138060 ) writes:

You know...

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I suggest we all order this immediately as it is becoming perilous to repetitively beat our heads against the fucking wall for all the stupid April Fool's jo
I crush your tiny head! (Score:2)

by argent ( 18001 ) writes:

I already posted this [slashdot.org].
Geeks have no sense of humor (Score:1)

by Threatis ( 847906 ) writes:

Christ people, it's a JOKE. as they ALL are today. if you cant deal with it, dont read /. today. It amazes me how bent out of shape oyu guys are getting over one day out of 365 that the guys from /. feel like having a wee bit of fun.

just because you cant laugh from your parents basement, doesn't mean that the rest of us cant have fun.
- Re:Geeks have no sense of humor (Score:2)
  
  by argent ( 18001 ) writes:
  
  It amazes me how bent out of shape oyu guys are getting over one day out of 365 that the guys from /. feel like having a wee bit of fun.
  
  You mean... all the other stuff... the dups... the stuff that isn't news... the stuff that doesn't matter... they don't even have the excuse that they enjoy it?
  
  That's sad, my friend. Sad.
It's now April 2 (Score:2)

by Linuxathome ( 242573 ) writes:

Now, that it's April 2, I'm going to post a serious comment. Imagine if Apple was able to hire him, AND was able to make him sign a contract to 0wnz his code. Even if he had the time outside of Apple to tinker and hack, he would NEVER be able to release one iota of code during his tenure at Apple. Sure he may have the creative freedom he's always had, but would never be able to release them and discuss it others -- can anyone put a dollar amount to this? Sounds like for Jon, it's damned if you do damned if

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a special message. (Score:5, Funny)

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Dear GOD (Score:3, Funny)

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Re:Dear GOD (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Dear GOD (Score:1)

I just finish a comment... (Score:1)

On joke day (Score:1)

Re:On joke day (Score:1)

That's it (Score:2, Funny)

Re:That's it (Score:1)

Make it stop (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Make it stop (Score:2)

Good God (Score:1)

Despite this being a joke (Score:4, Interesting)

Re:Despite this being a joke (Score:1)

iPod image (Score:2)

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NOT (Score:1)

Actual news?? (Score:3, Insightful)

And the worst part is... (Score:3, Funny)

April Fool? (Score:2)

Jon is to replace.. (Score:1)

Have to say it. (Score:2)

slashdot reports, you decide (Score:2)

Re:Ok... Enough already (Score:1)

Good idea... (Score:1)

Nice! (Score:1)

HEY! I could use a job at apple! (Score:1)

But... look! (Score:2)

I crush your tiny head! (Score:2)

Geeks have no sense of humor (Score:1)

Re:Geeks have no sense of humor (Score:2)

It's now April 2 (Score:2)

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