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Asfdhfjewrtwsdfsdfgt is Fhqwhgad's non-famous brother, I assume.

I thought it was "fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf".

http://www.homestarrunner.com

Homestarrunner.com

"Butt's twelve by PIEs" is making a lot more sense to me now. Has my beloved Stongba been tracking me all along?

whoops, that was the link to the main Homestar Runner page, but go there too.
Strong Bad's page is at:
Strong Bad Emails

Not sure why people think they need to have Flash installed since it's nothing but a resoure hog and rarely provides any extra benefit. As a poster the other day said, if I see the missing puzzle piece when I go to a site that means the site is using Flash and isn't a site I want to visit.

simple, there's really one very good reason to have Flash installed:
Strong Bad

I just can't go on without my weekly fix of email snarkiness!

Homestar Runner

Hmmm.... subtle joke? I'll see what I can do.

Subtle Joke SUbTle JoKe SUBTLE JOKE suBTLe jOKe SUBtle jOKE sUbTlE jOke SuBtLe JoKe!! This is a subtle joke aprile fools subtle joke april fools!! Fake Ghostlike Protons! Fools shoP at think Geek!! I think we're gonig to be successful, I think we're going to be phenominally successful! Numa Numa! GanG FigHt! Why is #COFFEE about the exact opposite of the colour of Coffee? Did you hear that they're going to get rid of the Internet? OMG APRIL FOOLS I gotcha good! You won't like me when I'm pet urBed! SAVe sidTALKIn'! Yo! This has nothing to do with April Fools! Shine GET! I don't know what I'm YELLING ABOUT!

Well, as Homer once said, trying is the first step toward failure :(

I'll warn you ahead of time, I'm going to make another post like this in another 365 days.

Am I the only one who actually moused over the links?

ThinkGeek writes "ThinkGeek ThinkGeek ThinkgEEk ThinkGeek! ThinkGeek ThinkGeek THINK geek think GeEk thinkgEek.

(If you don't have the linky-checky-in-brackets thing on, the links are actually to cmdrtaco.net, fark.com, randomdialogue.net, penny-arcade.com, deansplanet.com, mccarthy.vg, cowboyneal.org, homestarrunner.com, and sarcasta.net)

THE SYSTEM IS DOWN, YO!

links to examples:
http://www.google.com/googlegulp/
http://homestarrunner.com/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/icopulate.shtml

Isn't April Fools Day just the best? =] For a 'full' list of sites pulling pranks today check out this list here

Here is a sample:

dotget.net - Microsoft to put P2P software .GET into next version of Windows
kylewenda.com - the government records your phone calls... scary
rfc-editor.org - RFC for "Requirements for Morality Sections in Routing Area Drafts"
waferbaby.com - amusing php error
planet.gentoo.org - Various things, CFLAGS, etc
fark.com - Many Jokes (keep reloading): BOOBIES!, Logged in as admin, North-Central Kentucky Bunghole-Discharge, page from 1999, BEER
2600.com - Formal Attire required for 2600 meetings today
forumsector.com - Changed the name to Nascar Sector
wikipedia.org - Britannica taking over Wikimedia
google.com - Google releases Google Gulp
kellyosbourne.org - Sanctuary records group shut us down
nukefreezone.net - Making fun of atrios.blogspot.com
weebl.jolt.co.uk - Replaced with Cats-By-Mail
telecom.co.nz - Click 2 Brick
ytmnd.com - (NSFW) hacked by teens for christ
wingus.ampedhost.com - Site converted into Mingus' Gently-Used Furniture store. Oh dear. Why won't he be kind?
homestarrunner.com - Now a pay service.
whirlpool.net.au - Australia's biggest Luddite to head Australia's largest telco
thinkgeek.com - Fake product listings.
theregister.co.uk - Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq
creativebits.org - Site purchased by Microsoft

Isn't April Fools Day just the best? =] For a 'full' list of sites pulling pranks today check out this list here

Here is a sample:

kellyosbourne.org - Sanctuary records group shut us down
nukefreezone.net - Making fun of atrios.blogspot.com
weebl.jolt.co.uk - Replaced with Cats-By-Mail
telecom.co.nz - Click 2 Brick
ytmnd.com - (NSFW) hacked by teens for christ
wingus.ampedhost.com - Site converted into Mingus' Gently-Used Furniture store. Oh dear. Why won't he be kind?
homestarrunner.com - Now a pay service.
whirlpool.net.au - Australia's biggest Luddite to head Australia's largest telco
thinkgeek.com - Fake product listings.
theregister.co.uk - Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq
creativebits.org - Site purchased by Microsoft
ocremix.org - Now partnered with EA (or something like that). Called EA ReMix.
spacedaily.com - Bush Cancels Space Shuttle Program
planet.gnome.org - Switched sites with planet.kde.org
planet.kde.org - Switched sites with planet.gnome.org
ietf.org - RFC: Efficient Transformation Formats of Unicode
beejaysworld.de - Gentoo dropping livecds for x86
nature.com - Apollo bacteria spur lunar erosion
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov - Water On Mars
smh.com.au - (Free Reg Req) SMEGmail offers 1 terabyte storage
smh.com.au - (Free Reg Req) Linux looks to Hilton for exposure
thetoque.com - Canada Builds Own Missile Defense Shield
onion.com - U.S. Dog Owners Fear Arrival of Africanized Fleas
chron.com - Bush Twins in Maxim
ask.com - Jeeves has been replaced by a robot
animenewsnetwork.com - Viz Unlicenses Naruto
uninventthewheel.co.uk - New BMW technology to get around the EU ban on right hand drive cars in Europe.
newgrounds.com - changing to numagrounds.com
neopets.com - neopets adds 50 new pets
www.firstloox.org - The Loox is being recalled
packages.gentoo.org - Adobe doesn't sell products for Linux
pc.ign.com - Microsoft World of Wordcraft (Extremely Obvious)
spamusement.com - Page full of spoof banner ads
gentooexperimental.org - Gentoo using the NT kernel
moddb.com

For a full list of sites that pulled April Fools Day Pranks this year check out this list here -

Here is a sampling:

dotget.net - Microsoft to put P2P software .GET into next version of Windows
kylewenda.com - the government records your phone calls... scary
rfc-editor.org - RFC for "Requirements for Morality Sections in Routing Area Drafts"
planet.gentoo.org - Various things, CFLAGS, etc
fark.com - Many Jokes (keep reloading): BOOBIES!, Logged in as admin, North-Central Kentucky Bunghole-Discharge, page from 1999, BEER
2600.com - Formal Attire required for 2600 meetings today
forumsector.com - Changed the name to Nascar Sector
wikipedia.org - Britannica taking over Wikimedia
google.com - Google releases Google Gulp
kellyosbourne.org - Sanctuary records group shut us down
nukefreezone.net - Making fun of atrios.blogspot.com
weebl.jolt.co.uk - Replaced with Cats-By-Mail
wingus.ampedhost.com - Site converted into Mingus' Gently-Used Furniture store. Oh dear. Why won't he be kind?
homestarrunner.com - Now a pay service.
whirlpool.net.au - Australia's biggest Luddite to head Australia's largest telco
theregister.co.uk - Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq
creativebits.org - Site purchased by Microsoft
ocremix.org - Now partnered with EA (or something like that). Called EA ReMix.
spacedaily.com - Bush Cancels Space Shuttle Program
planet.gnome.org - Switched sites with planet.kde.org
planet.kde.org - Switched sites with planet.gnome.org
ietf.org - RFC: Efficient Transformation Formats of Unicode
beejaysworld.de - Gentoo dropping livecds for x86
nature.com - Apollo bacteria spur lunar erosion
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov - Water On Mars

For a full list of sites that pulled April Fools Day Pranks this year check out this list here Here is a sampling: dotget.net - Microsoft to put P2P software .GET into next version of Windows
kylewenda.com - the government records your phone calls... scary
rfc-editor.org - RFC for "Requirements for Morality Sections in Routing Area Drafts"
waferbaby.com - amusing php error
planet.gentoo.org - Various things, CFLAGS, etc
fark.com - Many Jokes (keep reloading): BOOBIES!, Logged in as admin, North-Central Kentucky Bunghole-Discharge, page from 1999, BEER
2600.com - Formal Attire required for 2600 meetings today
forumsector.com - Changed the name to Nascar Sector
wikipedia.org - Britannica taking over Wikimedia
google.com - Google releases Google Gulp
kellyosbourne.org - Sanctuary records group shut us down
nukefreezone.net - Making fun of atrios.blogspot.com
weebl.jolt.co.uk - Replaced with Cats-By-Mail
telecom.co.nz - Click 2 Brick
ytmnd.com - (NSFW) hacked by teens for christ
wingus.ampedhost.com - Site converted into Mingus' Gently-Used Furniture store. Oh dear. Why won't he be kind?
homestarrunner.com - Now a pay service.
whirlpool.net.au - Australia's biggest Luddite to head Australia's largest telco
thinkgeek.com - Fake product listings.
theregister.co.uk - Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq
creativebits.org - Site purchased by Microsoft
ocremix.org - Now partnered with EA (or something like that). Called EA ReMix.
spacedaily.com - Bush Cancels Space Shuttle Program
planet.gnome.org - Switched sites with planet.kde.org
planet.kde.org - Switched sites with planet.gnome.org
ietf.org - RFC: Efficient Transformation Formats of Unicode
beejaysworld.de - Gentoo dropping livecds for x86
nature.com - Apollo bacteria spur lunar erosion
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov - Water On Mars

After the Lappy 486 and Compy 386, Clocky should be right up his alley.

Don't forget LAPPY!

Do they have thatched roofs? Do you get burninated instead of fired?

But they didn't put the information "up," and that's the whole point.

Sure they put it up. You send a URL to an HTTP server, it decides whether to send you the page or not. If the page hasn't been "put up" then you don't get it. That URL doesn't even have to come from a hyperlink - that's why web browsers all have text boxes to type in new URLs and that's how people can avoid the chicken-and-egg problem of reaching a webpage in the first place.

In the world of people who understand the internet, typing in a URL to see if you can access a page before the author has put up an official link is normal behavior.

By that standard, it would be reasonable to break into the dean's office to look for that same info on paper - but only if the lock on the door was only so-so, quality-wise.

No, by that standard it would be reasonable to ask the dean's secretary for that same info and seeing if they'll tell you. Is that an ethical violation worth getting kicked out of business school? Maybe - perhaps it's applicants' responsibility to know the precise date at which their application status is no longer forbidden knowledge, and trying to obtain that information early from a third party may be wrong. But if you're making a standard request it's not "hacking".

But they didn't put the information "up," and that's the whole point.

Sure they put it up. You send a URL to an HTTP server, it decides whether to send you the page or not. If the page hasn't been "put up" then you don't get it. That URL doesn't even have to come from a hyperlink - that's why web browsers all have text boxes to type in new URLs and that's how people can avoid the chicken-and-egg problem of reaching a webpage in the first place.

In the world of people who understand the internet, typing in a URL to see if you can access a page before the author has put up an official link is normal behavior.

By that standard, it would be reasonable to break into the dean's office to look for that same info on paper - but only if the lock on the door was only so-so, quality-wise.

No, by that standard it would be reasonable to ask the dean's secretary for that same info and seeing if they'll tell you. Is that an ethical violation worth getting kicked out of business school? Maybe - perhaps it's applicants' responsibility to know the precise date at which their application status is no longer forbidden knowledge, and trying to obtain that information early from a third party may be wrong. But if you're making a standard request it's not "hacking".

The World in Crisis!

Alright, I'm upset with you, slashdotters who replied to this parent before me. You missed: H*R. Cross-platform entertainment. One of the staples of Linux entertainment.

My normal way of shopping is to load several pages and flip between them on demand. Macromedia thinks I should not be able to do this.

Hey, there are good uses for Flash. It's a great medium for art and humor. See Albino Blacksheep, Homestar Runner, and various other Flash show sites.

from the come-on-fhqwhgads dept.

Bill Hoffman? Or Bill Frenchman?

In other words.

I'll give the benefit of the doubt and say he or she was referencing this.

This is enough to make up for all of Flash's downsides, at least for me.

Homestar Runner.

"this show contains strong language, if you easily offended please turn off your radio, if NOT please turn it up!"

I now wish I was anywhere near Britain; I'd listen every day. No wonder Bush loves the plac--oh wait, he's against indecency he says...*my head a splode*

Turn off Flash - I've never found a convincing argument to have it other than the odd well made animation - and these are few and far between, turning flash on and off should be a lot easier but aprt from that -it works.

There needs to be a way to have certain plugins enabled based on the website you're at. Default would be all off. But for Homestar Runner it would be necessary to enable Flash. The browser should be configurable like that. Other sites that happen to use these damned annoying flash ads could have Flash disabled.

Someone please tell me this exists.

How old is your son? If he's a teenager (or older), there's really nothing to worry about. If he's younger than that, there's really nothing worse than you'd find in a saturday morning cartoon, but I doubt he really understands some of the jokes. As for "moderately bad language"... I don't ever recall any of the characters cursing, but feel free to show me an instance of such. Not that it makes any difference to me, but I'm curious where you got the idea they they are foul mouthed.

no obvious means of generating revenue
Link to their online store
They make a ton of money off of t-shirt sales. In fact, they make enough to pay for bandwidth and support themselves so they don't have to get a real job.

I've been to the site and it just looks like a bunch of crap in Flash.
It's comedy goodness. Just because it's Flash doesn't mean it's crap. I bet you're the type that judges anime as "child stuff" because it's animated. Since you didn't notice the store page, I really wonder how much time you spent at the site. The most popular part of the site are the Strongbad emails. There's a link directly to them at the bottom of the page labled "SB Emails". There are over 100 of them and are produced once a week. If you really want to get an idea of what they're like, I recommend just starting at the first one (at the bottom) and working your way up.

They're also fond of making flash games that are similar to and somewhat make fun of old 8-bit games from the 80s and early 90s. They're surprisingly fun and always have humor to them.

It's basically just some guys (and one girl) who are quite creative and funny (to a lot of people, though as for humor there's never any accounting for taste) and having a good time.

http://www.homestarrunner.com

The idea for this mural seems to have originated in the Strong Bad email of the same name.

Um, I've seen all the SBemails, and I don't get this reference. There is no SBemail called "mural" or "Post-it". Post-its are used occasionally , and a mural was mentioned once though. There also was a "hack" at MIT involving a SBemail.

Anyone care to explain that reference?

The idea for this mural seems to have originated in the Strong Bad email of the same name.

Um, I've seen all the SBemails, and I don't get this reference. There is no SBemail called "mural" or "Post-it". Post-its are used occasionally , and a mural was mentioned once though. There also was a "hack" at MIT involving a SBemail.

Anyone care to explain that reference?

As Quagmire would say, awwww riiiight!

You mean Homestar Runner? --and BTW I agree, as long as The Simple Life With Paris and Lara doesn't have an obligatory My Phone Got P\\/N3D!!1 episode.

All the problems you describe can (arguably) be solved if we could get out from under the insanity that is corporate media in the US. I find it so frustrating that these dinosaur companies are buying protection for their failing business model that needs to evolve into this millenium.

With things like video-on-demand and internet distribution, small teams of not-well-funded people can make amazing art. Consider Homestar Runner and Red vs Blue. HR has allowed the two brothers who make it to make a living off of selling T-Shirts. This shows that an independent body can create something wildly popular. The Rise Of Blogging (tm) also shows that new content can become an instant phenomenon.

I think that the solution to this is to boycott our cable/satellite companies, MPAA movie theaters and RIAA record labels and be vocal about it. Write to our elected officials and tell them that local and independent media is important, and remind them that free expression on a local level is what will make or break them, as well as being the lifeblood of democracy.

Spimming is wrong. And bad. There should be a new, stronger word for spimming. Like badwrong, or badong.

I think the word you're looking for is strongbad.

If there's some way to disable java/javascript/plugins per-website, please let me know.

This code just loads some more script code from fastclick.net

The secret sauce is an SWF file that opens the popup. I saw that coming when StrongBad was able to do it.

The next layer of code is this:

function ffPop(){
var encodedURL=escape(myFFURL);
var top=screen.height/2-300/2;
var left=screen.width/2-700/2;
var width=700;
var height=300;
document.write('<embed src=http://cdn.fastclick.net/fastclick.net/ffp.swf ?url='+encodedURL+'&width='+width+'&height='+heigh t+'&top='+top+'&left='+left+'" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#333333" width="1" height="1" name="popup" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash player" />');
fcfocus();
}

tank treaded claw-mobile with a superfluous arm that sticks out the side to make the customer more emotionally comfortable before it destroys his house.

Tank-dor the Burninator! *

* for those who missed the reference...

Speaking of "truly breadful".... Heard any of Homestar's dreadful bread sing-a-longs?

Their terrible in a wholely different way from the puns. :)

You, my friend, know where it's at.

Here's what I've got to say about this: copyright infingement is bad. In most ways, it is as bad as theft because in most situations, you are not paying for something you would have paid for (as the grandparent said). I really can't see why someone would complain about the MPAA cracking down on a crime.

That being said, movies (and music) are being sold at annoyingly high prices, and, illegal or not, it's going to be difficult for MPAA and RIAA to catch up with new file-sharing technologies.

The upside to this is that most good musicians play music because they like music. So, say the music industry cumbled down. No disaster. People who actually enjoy making music will continue to create and distribute it, and surely at least some people who enjoy the music would donate to these people to encourage them to keep making music.

MPAA is a bit different. It's hard to make a good movie without a decent budget. But, there is an upside: all those celebrities (which I personally hate) would stop making millions, which I'd enjoy watching very much. I can't be sure how good movies would be without *ahem* forced payment, but keep in mind that some people will pay just for the sake of going to a theatre. Sustainable? We'll see. If the movie industry crumbles down, something good should follow.

We all know that Strong Bad is the creator of Electronic music. (Or at least great Techno...)

When is Strong Bad going to be recognized for the his obvious techno genius?!?!

My God, you're right! Quick, call the police and tell them the perp is Strong Sad!

Let's get ready to search SO GOOD!

The Cult of Objective-C was founded in a flurry of dynamism intended to bring application programming into the modern age by combining the object-orientedness of Smalltalk with the strange pointer language of C hacks. They can often be found speaking sentences such as "Your small text parsing tool would have been far more elegant if you had used the model-view-controller design pattern" and "there's no sense in reinventing the hydrogen-powered kitchen sink with nanorobotic food-synthesis technology when the kit provides it for you."

Also known for other ostensibly unintelligible lines of code that, read aloud, sound like "NSKitchenSink kitchenSink equals NSKitchenSink kitchenSink" they are fond of the fact that what would be a three-hundred-line error in C++ involving templates of templates of templates becomes a mere warning in Objective-C, or, even worse, a runtime error to be discovered in three weeks' time. They also abhor the excessive parentheses caused by Java's strong compile-time type checking, far preferring three-hundred-character lines involving method names longer than Clinton's average State of the Union address.

Their number having dwindled to a small band of NeXT aficionados and other offshoot cults, the Cult of Objective-C has infiltrated Apple and has been thus growing its ranks through the use of shiny hardware and software lures.

Hey, any computer endorsed by the Cheat can't be all bad.