Prince Says Internet Is Over 450
the_arrow writes "According to the artist currently known as Prince, 'The internet's completely over.' At least that what he says in an interview with the British newspaper Mirror. Quoting Prince: 'The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.'"
Yeah, he's relevant (Score:1, Funny)
I was wondering what he felt. I wonder if he has any ideas on how to stop the Gulf Oil Disaster?
Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry, what was that?
I couldn't hear you with my iPod earbuds in, pumping numbers in my head and all.
A series of tubes formerly known as The Internet (Score:5, Funny)
Is to be renamed Prince.
And the artist formerly known as Prince will be renamed ColecoVision.
This just in! (Score:2, Funny)
The internet says Prince is over.
The internet (Score:2, Funny)
The Internet says Prince is over.
Who's right?
Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... (Score:5, Funny)
Do you really want to mess with a guy who owns ass-less pants and who invented the bat-dance? I say just nod politely and walk away.
Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I won't believe the internet is over until Netcraft confirms it.
Prince (Score:4, Funny)
He has no standing
On the Internet, he's cold (so cold)
He's not going to stop piracy, he's being too demanding
Maybe he's being too bold
Maybe he's never satisfied (never satisfied)
But we shouldn't scream at each other
That's what it sounds like
When a short 50 year old purple has been Jehovah's Witness
Makes trolls cry
Re:Kevin Smith (Score:4, Funny)
Re:numbers (Score:2, Funny)
3!
...
77! Twelve!
He's just mad because... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... (Score:1, Funny)
Dude, I read it on the Internet, so it must be true.
Re:He's right... (Score:3, Funny)
You must be using a different Internet than I am. There's a ton of amazing stuff out there.
Fact is that the number of users really hasn't changed. I mean, real actual users as in people who contribute something to the discussion.
Formerly, all the twits were collected by AOL. Today, all the twits are collected by Twitter and Facebook.
It's a great service, really. Keeps the rest of the Internet clean for actual use. And it's free because the twits pay for it!
The network formerly known as the "Internet"... (Score:5, Funny)
Fill your head with numbers. (Score:3, Funny)
How can (80) he say (114) that being (105) on computers or the (110) Internet fills your head (99) with numbers (101)? After all (32), I'm online quite a lot (99) during the day (97) and night (110) and my head's (32) not filled up (98) with numbers (105). I think (116) I'd notice (101) such a (32) thing (109). It's quite (121) silly when (32) you think of it. What (115) would computers (104) be doing (105) filling our heads (110) with numbers (121) anyway (32)? It's not (109) like they try (101) to insert (116) subliminal (97) messages (108) into comments (32) that we type (97) out on online (115) forums (115) or anything (33).
Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... (Score:5, Funny)
The guy is a genius! Who would have ever imagined using a dying news media as a promotional venue for music? I'm assuming the free music was distributed on cassette tape, rubber-banded to the paper.
Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The internet says "Prince is over" (Score:4, Funny)
In all fairness, Prince is touring and performing in Europe atm. This last Sunday he was the final act @ the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, played competently and honestly but imo there was no greatness or star quality to the performance.
The best thing about Prince coming to the festival was Lemmy's remark at the end of the Motörhead performance earlier that day: "I don't know if you know us...well if you're here for Prince, you probably don't". :P
Prince must be like Quagmire (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... (Score:1, Funny)
"MTV and VH1 have not died."
It's dead, Jim.
Re:Like how in the 80's Prince was hip... (Score:4, Funny)
IPv4 Only! (Score:3, Funny)
This is a blatant misquote by the media. Prince was merely saying that IPv4 is over. Prince recently dropped all IPv4 support in his home network, and is excited to be making the switch from unhealthy decimal "numbers" (actually he said "octets") to long 128bit hexadecimal strings. WTF is wrong with the media.
The Internets are not deadz.
Heh. (Score:5, Funny)