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Nigels Of The World Unite!!!
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Mon Sep 19, 2005 @ 3:31pm |
 Coolness: 148850 | Apple declares war on Nigels
Paedophiles can relax, though By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Published Monday 19th September 2005 16:59 GMT First Apple came for the bloggers. Now they've come for ... the Nigels. Although Apple allows punters to personalize iPods bought at its online store, it operates a bizarre discrimination policy, a Register reader has discovered. If you want to engrave it with your name, you had better not be called Nigel. Or Nige. The text is rejected as "Inappropriate". It's not the first example of bizarre censorship from Apple. The company's online music kiosk lumped Miles Davis in with gangsta rappers by preventing browsers from seeing the full title of his 70s classic Bitches Brew. But there's good news if you're a pervert. You can proudly engrave your iPod with the words "Paedophile" or "Nonce" - positive discrimination, perhaps? - while "Mofo", "Bumwipe" and "Arse Candle" are also cheerfully accepted. Sparing you the usual "Apple declined to comment", we turned instead to the excellent Unofficial Apple Weblog, where readers confirm that racist and sexual keywords are typically banned. "Makes a lot of sense of you think about it," writes one fan, defending the policy. "If Apple allowed such words/profanity the value of their products will go down." Quite so - but popular forenames, too? Is an iPod engraved with a "Nigel" really worth less? The Nigels of the world must unite and stand firm. Or before we know it, Apple will be coming after the Kevins. ® (Thanks to reader Nigel Gamble for alerting us to this). Courtesy of The Register |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Mon Sep 19, 2005 @ 3:46pm |
| Coolness: 148850 | and on that note...
Here are the lyrics to the song "Making Plans for Nigel" by XTC We're only making plans for Nigel We only want what's best for him We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel just needs this helping hand And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy He must be happy in his work We're only making plans for Nigel He has his future in a British steel We're only making plans for Nigel Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed And if young Nigel says he's happy He must be happy He must be happy in his work Nigel is not outspoken But he likes to speak And loves to be spoken to Nigel is happy in his work We're only making plans for Nigel |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Mon Sep 19, 2005 @ 5:52pm |
 Coolness: 299360 | who the fuck is nigel anyways? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Mon Sep 19, 2005 @ 7:51pm |
 Coolness: 201260 | it sounds too close to nigger I guesse |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Mon Sep 19, 2005 @ 8:22pm |
 Coolness: 150495 | ^^^
My thoughts exactly. Would I be able to spell Mico, or is that to close to Mick? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Mon Sep 19, 2005 @ 11:01pm |
 Coolness: 339700 | i doubt that's why they banned it. though it does make you wonder.. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Tue Sep 20, 2005 @ 8:50am |
| Coolness: 201260 | they probably used bad mac software to judge the words |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Tue Sep 20, 2005 @ 9:02am |
| Coolness: 339700 | yeah, writen in [ VB.NET ] |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ashtraygirl replied on Thu Sep 22, 2005 @ 9:21pm |
 Coolness: 89520 | too bad! if i had two boys they would be Simon and Nigel and one of them would be a victim of name discrimination!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Fri Sep 23, 2005 @ 4:48am |
 Coolness: 92300 | it prolly looks for "nige" instead of niger |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mike_Stinger replied on Sat Sep 24, 2005 @ 6:49pm |
 Coolness: 51275 | "niger" like the country? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Lone_Star replied on Sun Sep 25, 2005 @ 12:30am |
 Coolness: 153090 | DJ NIGEL |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Mon Sep 26, 2005 @ 3:10am |
| Coolness: 92300 | okay "nig".
anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple had no clue about this, maybe if someone just told them they would fix it. It sounds like they just didn't bother askign abotu it cause they needed an article topic, and if they got the truth it wouldn't be interesting. as suggested here: Sparing you the usual "Apple declined to comment", we turned instead to the excellent Unofficial Apple Weblog, where readers confirm that racist and sexual keywords are typically banned. Like just ask Apple you dumb shits. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc replied on Mon Sep 26, 2005 @ 6:33pm |
| Coolness: 148850 | yeah.. it was fixed minuts after the guy had a problem with it
i just thought the article was funny |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Tue Sep 27, 2005 @ 4:48am |
| Coolness: 92300 | Oh well I wasn't calling you a retard for posting it, I was calling "Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco" a retard for implying this was anything more than an accident. |
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