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Youtube Pulls Original "Rickroll" Video

Posted by samzenpus on from the keep-rolling dept.

@VentureBeat writes "Youtube pulled the original 'Rickroll' video Wednesday night. Don't worry, after a lot of email about the loss of such an important piece of cultural history, Youtube put it back up, saying that they're never gonna say goodbye to the video that's had over 30 million views."

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  1. Too much bandwidth?? by Joce640k · · Score: 5, Funny

    That baby must have sicked up terabytes/min at its peak. You can probably trace global warming back to Rick Astley if you try.

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    1. Re:Too much bandwidth?? by Nerdfest · · Score: 3, Funny

      In the future, the "Astley" will become the standard unit for measuring carbon emissions from computing. eg.: I switched to DC power for our servers and saved 47 Astleys annually.

  2. Re:Amazing How Long It's Gone On by oldspewey · · Score: 4, Funny

    You've just been RIAA-rolled

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