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Enlightenment goes 1.0

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the at-long-last dept.

ChrisJones writes "According to rasterman, Enlightenment has hit 1.0! Tarball is available here. Happy building!" And you guys all thought it would never happen! BGDM!

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  1. Finally... by arvindn · · Score: 4, Interesting
    A believable April fool's story!!

    However, the link to the tarball being a 404 is a dead giveaway :(

  2. Basic Rule for April Fools jokes by jd · · Score: 2, Interesting
    They don't have to be realistic (take the BBC's Spaghetti Harvest prank, which still ranks No. 1 of all pranks, for all its age), but they do need to be convincing enough to hook the victims, and diverting enough that they'll want to stay hooked.


    I think geeks need to improve in this department, somewhat. The Spaghetti Harvest was a work of sheer creative brilliance, despite the simplicity of the sketch and the simplicity of the props.


    These are the kinds of pranks that work well, and are remembered. So simple, it's "got to be true", without assuming that the audience is as simple as the prank.


    I'll give this year's attempts a 3/5 for effort, 4/5 for volume, and 2/5 for the "got to be true" factor. Hey, that's not a bad score, but it does show that this is an area that needs practice.

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