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April Fools Wrap Up

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the its-been-a-fun-day dept.

Thanks for the usual April Fools Day flame- every year people fall for it. It never ceases to amaze me how angry and venomous, yet utterly clueless a few people can be despite the blatant obviousness of the joke. Lastly, jfengel sent us the annual April Fools RFC: RFC3251 describes "Electricity over IP" and RFC3252 on "Binary Lexical Octet Ad-hoc Transport" reformulates IP to work over XML."

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  1. They weren't funny or good by Malc · · Score: 4, Troll

    "Thanks for the usual April Fools Day flame- every year people fall for it. It never ceases to amaze me how angry and venomous, yet utterly clueless a few people can be despite the blatant obviousness of the joke."

    They were repetive, unimaginative and unfunny. The best jokes are subtle - making it blatantly obvious makes it extremely unfunny. That is why you were flamed.

    The BBC documentary way back in B&W TV days about spaghetti growing on trees is/was funny because it was original and completely unexpected. Unlike anything seen on /. today. Somebody needs a lesson in humour. It won't be from me either because today's beating of a dead horse has bored me to tears.

  2. Re:get a clue.... by Peyna · · Score: 5, Troll

    You missed the point. They do it to annoy the hell out of all of you. They get to post a bunch of crap, which is so obviously not true that you all will flame it and whine and complain like little babies, which, will make it all the more likely to happen in the future. It might have been dumb to you, but I'm sure they were all laughing their asses off at you.

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  3. My last post - anyone want a 50 karma account? by fleener · · Score: 3, Troll

    Angry and clueless? OK, now that I know what CmdrTaco thinks of me, I won't post anymore. This just goes to show how ignorant some web site operators can be. (Read the linked editorial. As a media organization, Slashdot undermines the trust it has worked to build.)

    (My take on /. today: it is idiocy to place fake stories. They don't fool, at least not me, and they don't amuse. They just annoy and get in the way. Then CmdrTaco insulting his users, well, that takes the cake!)