Advantage for apple?

August 12, 2005 7:53 AM

Apple does it again!
posted by bonehead (16 comments total)

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oh well...
posted by slater at 7:54 AM on August 12, 2005

1. Repost.
2. Not. Funny.
posted by Evstar at 7:54 AM on August 12, 2005

Man, The Vines are terrible, terrible, terrible in any context.
posted by dhoyt at 7:56 AM on August 12, 2005

Hmm, maybe it's not a double, i can't find the old thread. Still, iPod spoofs are no longer funny, ever. I stand by that.
posted by Evstar at 7:57 AM on August 12, 2005

Wait - is the supposed video spoofing Apple? Or is the unavailability of it spoofing Windows? Or is the post itself spoofing Metafilter? I'm so confused.
posted by soyjoy at 7:57 AM on August 12, 2005

What evstar said.
posted by keswick at 7:58 AM on August 12, 2005

Soyjoy, yes.
posted by parallax7d at 7:58 AM on August 12, 2005

OK, here we go:
http://wm.nytimes.com/wm.nytimes/video/src/2005/06/29/technology/highbandwidth/windowsmedia/20050629_GUEST_VIDEO_HI.wmv

Wow, "unfunniness" personified...
posted by slater at 7:59 AM on August 12, 2005

That's a bit harsh, isn't humor in the mind of the beholder? I thought it was funny, but since there are SOOOO many videos like this on the web, it may not FPP worthy.
posted by parallax7d at 8:00 AM on August 12, 2005

bonehead, you need to warn people the link is a direct video. Arg.. screwed up my low-memory laptop.
posted by stbalbach at 8:04 AM on August 12, 2005

First such spoof I've seen, I enjoyed it. I don't own an ipod, and have little interest in them. I have an old mp3 player which suits me just fine and runs on 1 AA battery that lasts a long time, and is user replaceable. nya nya.
posted by Goofyy at 8:09 AM on August 12, 2005

It's nice to see the NYTimes still hates linux boxen
posted by chibikeandy at 8:14 AM on August 12, 2005

aw, come on guys, that was funny ... but was the sound supposed to be screwed up with that?
posted by pyramid termite at 8:18 AM on August 12, 2005

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?dest=112310&ico=0&ics=20&search_constraint=3944&search_query=mobiblu&sourceid=29609116650152758673

The iPod Flea. Well, almost...
posted by jif at 8:28 AM on August 12, 2005

Not new, not especially funny. And not well formatted but then, I'm using the government mandated Internet Explorer so maybe that's the problem?
posted by fenriq at 8:29 AM on August 12, 2005

When did CollegeHumor.com buy The New York Times?
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 8:40 AM on August 12, 2005