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    First iPhone Worm Discovered: Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones

    "Never Gonna Give You Up" Songwriter Paid Only $16 by Youtube

    The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Totally Rickrolled

    Midomi Song Recognition iPhone App Can Name That Rickrolling Tune You're Humming
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/09/09

    In reply to First iPhone Worm Discovered: Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones
    We're never gonna give you up Rick or let you fade to one-hit-wonderland...
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    11/09/09

    In reply to First iPhone Worm Discovered: Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones
    jailbreaking is like sleeping with whores, with no condoms. You take your chances. #iphonewormrickrolljailbroken
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    Image of brendolonius brendolonius
    11/09/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: not jailbreaking is like letting someone else put a used condom on you, that you can't change... and you don't even know who else used it, ew! #iphonewormrickrolljailbroken
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    11/09/09

    @brendolonius: hum, I think you have that wrong. Not jailbreaking is like having clean-certified condoms to use. #iphonewormrickrolljailbroken
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/09/09

    In reply to First iPhone Worm Discovered: Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones
    Or, y'know, you could just not jailbreak. It would save a lot of trouble. #iphonewormrickrolljailbroken
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    11/09/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Nay! You must cast of the chains of oppression & tyranny that Steve Jobs has placed upon you. Fight the good fight. Never give up! Never surrender! Or you could just move to the land of the free by buying the Droid. #iphonewormrickrolljailbroken
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/09/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero:
    I'm perfectly content with my iPhone as it is.

    I've tried jailbreaking a couple of times. All the half-assed features and ugly workarounds offered by it aren't worth the hit to stability.

    I'm sure there are people that (tastelessly) want to make their iPhones look like Windows Vista. I'm sure there are people that want their phone to vibrate like a dildo when typing messages. I'm sure there are people that want to waste resources by running several apps concurrently.

    I'm not one of them.
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    HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Edited by Lukasz Fabis at 11/09/09 9:55 AM Lukasz Fabis was starred Lukasz Fabis was unstarred
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    11/09/09

    @Lukasz Fabis: Hey, not jailbreaking is fine if all you want is fart apps. But if you want to do things that are actually useful (as others pointed out, Skype, Pandora, etc), then backgrounding is a must.

    And before you flame me, I'm just echoing your hyperbolic style on the other side.
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    Edited by HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. at 11/09/09 12:13 PM HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. was starred HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/09/09

    @HeartBurnKid:
    I'm not much of a flamer.

    I still fail to see what jailbreaking has to offer there, though. Skype and Pandora are still usable without jailbreaking. Sure, you can get workarounds for some of those apps' shortcommings, but I certainly don't feel the tradeoffs are worth it. #iphonewormrickrolljailbroken
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    11/09/09

    In reply to First iPhone Worm Discovered: Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones
    I don't know which is sadder. The fact that my jailbroken iPhone can now get worms, or the fact that I already had a Rick Astley ringtone.

    I'm thinking the second one. #iphonewormrickrolljailbroken
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    11/09/09

    @macpatrik: I hearted you for having the guts to admit that. #iphonewormrickrolljailbroken
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    11/09/09

    In reply to First iPhone Worm Discovered: Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones
    I am sorry for your virus, but this is funny. A good Monday morning chuckle. (Now I will be humming that song all day.) #iphonewormrickrolljailbroken
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    11/09/09

    In reply to First iPhone Worm Discovered: Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones
    Yay. More Rick Astley. Just what the world needs. #iphonewormrickrolljailbroken
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    04/11/09

    In reply to "Never Gonna Give You Up" Songwriter Paid Only $16 by Youtube
    Giz championed the screenwriters' plight to be paid for internet distribution of their work.


    Giz should take a similar position for musicians striving to be paid for the use of their music on the net... or anywhere for that matter.


    Not sure where it'd go, but it'd be a principled position to take.


    Not that Mr. Rickroll would be my first choice for posterboy....

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/11/09

    @frigg: "Giz championed the screenwriters' plight to be paid for internet distribution of their work."


    Really? Not joking? How did I miss that? I just did a Gizmodo search for "screenwriter" and "screenplay", nothing relevant came up. If possible, a link, please!

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    Image of frigg frigg
    04/11/09

    @bosskev: Seriously, and good on Giz too!


    Frucci seemed particularly riled, and wrote one post soliciting striking screenwriters to guest write for Giz (not that any took him up on the offer, but still).


    [i.gizmodo.com]


    [gizmodo.com]


    [i.gizmodo.com]

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/11/09

    @frigg: Thx!
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    Image of tybeet tybeet
    04/11/09

    In reply to "Never Gonna Give You Up" Songwriter Paid Only $16 by Youtube
    "YouTube is awfully profitable"


    Uhhh.. no they're not. Analysts think they're going to be in the red close to $500 million this year:

    [www.smh.com.au]

     Reply
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/11/09

    @tybeet: is that $AU or $US?
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    04/11/09

    In reply to "Never Gonna Give You Up" Songwriter Paid Only $16 by Youtube
    Somewhere, Bo Burnham is turning in his grave. What is that? Still alive? Well, that's nice.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    04/11/09

    In reply to "Never Gonna Give You Up" Songwriter Paid Only $16 by Youtube
    Wait wait wait. So its YOUTUBE's decision as to what they pay for royalties? Isn't there some sort of, oh I don't know, contract or law that helps to determine what this guy is supposed to get paid?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/11/09

    In reply to "Never Gonna Give You Up" Songwriter Paid Only $16 by Youtube
    Dear Mr Waterman


    The rest of your money is waiting for you in the alley. Come alone at 2am. Tell no one. And never mind the guys with the knives, chains, and baseball bats.


    Yours &c


    The internet.

     Reply
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    Image of Jcsarokin Jcsarokin
    04/11/09

    In reply to "Never Gonna Give You Up" Songwriter Paid Only $16 by Youtube
    He should have to pay me $16 every time i get rickrolld and have to restart my freakin computer...
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/11/09

    @Jcsarokin: "...every time i get rickrolld and have to restart my freakin computer..."


    Restart your computer? Seriously? For simply having a (surprise!) video play?

     Reply
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    Image of klaybc klaybc
    04/11/09

    In reply to "Never Gonna Give You Up" Songwriter Paid Only $16 by Youtube
    I'm never gonna give up clicking on links!
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    Image of zimmi88 zimmi88
    04/19/09

    @klaybc: And I bet the Internet is never going to let you down.
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    11/27/08

    In reply to The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Totally Rickrolled
    this rickroll is symbolic of macy's itself...old, out of touch and about to go under
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    Image of Quilt Quilt
    11/27/08

    In reply to The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Totally Rickrolled
    Where'd the boyishly good looks go?
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