People keep asking me if I'm pissed at this Jon Johansen dude who claims he's hacked Fair Play. See an article about him and his partner here.
Thing is, I'm really not. No company is gonna license it. And as for end users, who's gonna use this crap? A few freaks, maybe. Just to make a point and show they can do it. Fine. Have fun. We don't give a shit about you freaks anyway. In case you hadn't noticed we're a mass market company. And the mass market audience loves iTunes, loves iPod, loves that they work together so well. The goofballs in the fringe never understand that. Convenience trumps sound quality. We proved that. And ease of use trumps the freedom to move your music around.
Anyway, if by some wild chance this dude does start getting successful we'll put his Norwegian ass in jail. Why is it always weirdo Scandinavians who get sand in their crack over DRM and stuff like that? Is it something in their culture? Freaks. I've never been to Scandinavia, but I already know I don't like it.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Good luck, DVD Jon
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Hey, how come that this post doesn't show up on the main page (I went the extra mile to clear my Safari cache to verify that), but John Gruber already has linked to it? Strange...
I guess it showed up in the RSS feed before the main page was updated.
Oh, you're right. Humorless bastarsds, the lot of them. Sad gits. But some of the women are stunning. Iceland in particular.
think you've got something there Katzenfreund
Did you ever see John Gruber and Steve Jobs in the same room, at the same time?
Admittedly, reverse-engineering FairPlay doesn't seem to be a solid business idea.
"I've never been to Scandinavia, but I already know I don't like it."
Sounds a little negative to me.
"Negative people upset me."
Now, do you upset yourself then?
Iceland is not part of scandanavia
Iceland is not part of scandanavia
Steve! Steve! Hvorfor vil du snakke om meg som dette? Jeg "DVD" Jon, er egentlig din venn og alliert! Tror du ikke se denne plan av min ville hjelpe selge flere iPods og anledning flere iTunes nedlesser? Den ville lage begge to av våre selskapene, Eple og DoulbleTwist, så mye penger. Komme, glede seg over ser en lek av sjakk imellom Død og Jeg. Vi Norsk er ikke så dårlig. Vi har het kvinner det putte det Skanks opp på Sergei's elske buss å skam. Komme delta oss for nordmannen Marked Lek Elske Shack!
>Iceland is not part of scandanavia
Depends on your definition of "Scandinavia", I guess....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia
Don't present a clear cut answer.
This dude with the Babelfish fetish is starting to freak me out.
Så, Jeg avvikende du ut Steve? Er det slik? Frisk vent til Jeg det omvendte ingeniør noen av det navnebeskyttet Macintosh™ ROMs. De nøle bær ville virkelig nedlegge arbeidet av din ører.
Does anyone here speak Eskimo? Can someone please translate this friggin jibberish?
Un-Babelfish'd version:
Saw , I aberrant you edged Convene? Is that so? Brisk wait at I reverse engineer any of facts proprietary Macintosh™ Broad. They hesitate berry savage actual cease work at din ears.
Un-Babelfish'd version:
Saw , I aberrant you edged Convene? Is that so? Brisk wait at I reverse engineer any of facts proprietary Macintosh™ Broad. They hesitate berry savage actual cease work at din ears.
English translation of the Norwegian babelfish gibberish:
Steve! Steve! Why do you want to talk about me like this? I "DVD" Jon, am really your friend and ally! Don't you see this plan of mine would help sell more iPods and cause more iTunes downloads? It would make both our companies, Apple and DoubleTwist, so much money.
Come, enjoy a game of chess between Death and Me. We Norwegians aren't that bad. We have hot women who put Skanks up on Segrei's love bus oh shame. Come participate with us for the Norwegian Market Game Love Shack.
And the second one:
So, I'm avoiding you, Steve? Is that is?
Just wait till I reverse engineer some of the trademarked Macintosh™ ROMs. Those hesitant berries would really shut down the work of your ears.
This last sentence is translated word by word, because it makes no sense at all.
Babelfish can't be trusted to translate the meaning.
And I wouldn't trust Wikipedia that much either. No matter what Wikipedia says, Iceland is not part of Scandinavia.
True about Scandinavia, Iceland is Nordic but not Scandinavian. The Norwegian Wikipedia-article on Scandinavia actually mentions this (and the English article is wrong):
Misunderstandings
Abroad, the name Scandinavia is sometimes falsely used in other than the correct circumstances. A common misconception is to include all the Nordic countries in the term Scandinavia.
The Finnish, Swedish and Danish articles states the same, and adds: The term "Nordic Countries" is not as common internationally, and "Scandinavia" is instead falsely used.
But back to topic. Just let DVD-Jon do what he wants, and then Steve takes care of him after...
>True about Scandinavia, Iceland
>is Nordic but not Scandinavian.
>The Norwegian Wikipedia-article
>on Scandinavia actually mentions
> this (and the English article is
>wrong)
Shhh! That kind of heresy - wikipedia is wrong - might bring down the whole Web 2.0 thing and we wouldn't have any more photos of yelptards to laugh at! I mean, if it was the Norwegian one that's wrong, then nobody would care :-) but the ENGLISH version being wrong could be serious!
Finland, Finland, Finland,
The country where I want to be...
Whaddya mean Finland has nothing to do with Iceland?
You guys are weird...
good Job! :)
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