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Ask Slashdot: Seen Any Good April Fool's Pranks Today?

Posted by EditorDavid on from the OMG-ponies dept.

An anonymous reader writes: It's that special time of year where sites around the net celebrate April Fool's Day with parodies of their own product offerings. Google Home announces a new companion service for smart yards called Google Gnome. Stack Overflow announces Dance Dance Authentication. The Russian foreign ministry changed their voicemail to include new menu options like "Press 2 to use the services of Russian hackers," and "press 3 to request election interference." And in what's either a really good prank or a horrific piece of bad timing, Phrack.org announces that they've been seized by the FBI.

Has anybody else noticed anything funny today?
The internet has a long history of April Fool's Day pranks, and it looks like 2017 is no exception. So use the comments to share what you're seeing around the web today. Seen any good April Fool's Day pranks today?

106 comments

  1. Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buffalo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    From a website called "Cover32", via Yahoo's front page crawl.

  2. Manjaro gives up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They will be only working on ARM computers!

    https://manjaro.org/news/

  3. This by Artem+S.+Tashkinov · · Score: 5, Informative

    I absolutely loved this: Reg now behind invisible HTML5 Bitcoin paywall

    Tender and kind. Just what the doctor prescribed.

    1. Re:This by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Invisible bitcoin paywall sounds like a description of ransomware distributing ads..:p

    2. Re:This by s.petry · · Score: 1

      So now you know how their readers feel?

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      -The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.

  4. Research paper by Arkh89 · · Score: 1

    arXiv:1703.08544, D. TRUMP: Data-mining Textual Responses to Uncover Misconception Patterns

    1. Re: Research paper by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 1

      It's a veritable storm of misconception, and the epicenter is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in a room they call "The Oval Office".

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      Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
    2. Re:Research paper by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That one's TOTALLY a coincidence. Also, they recently submitted a second version removing the "D. TRUMP" at the beginning of the title and changing the acronym, to "more clearly indicate the scientific goal of the paper". The new acronym: D-M TRUMP. Close enough?

      I'm guessing someone's legal department caught on. "Hey, wait, you can't to do that!"

  5. I use this every year by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 5, Informative
    http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/

    All the Google stuff is great as usual. Lexus' one is pretty good too.

    1. Re:I use this every year by grumpy_old_grandpa · · Score: 1

      > All the Google stuff is great as usual.

      Well, last year's "drop the mic" from Gmail wasn't that great...

      "Gmail's Mic Drop April Fool Backfires Horribly Costing People Their Jobs"
      https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...

    2. Re:I use this every year by allo · · Score: 1

      It sorted out people, which cannot read what they click.

    3. Re:I use this every year by stephenmac7 · · Score: 1

      Actually, that was the best April Fools joke. It's one of the few I remember.

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    4. Re:I use this every year by Hognoxious · · Score: 2

      They should sort out them what, cannot use commas.

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      Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
    5. Re:I use this every year by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      Well, last year's "drop the mic" from Gmail wasn't that great...

      "Gmail's Mic Drop April Fool Backfires Horribly Costing People Their Jobs"
      https://tech.slashdot.org/stor... [slashdot.org]

      Actually it was very great, and remember it cost idiots their jobs, not the pranksters.

    6. Re:I use this every year by kwoff · · Score: 1

      It's an indicator that someone probably speaks German, since in German you put a comma before a relative clause (often starting with "that" or "which"). Obviously, you have put the comma in the wrong place. :)

    7. Re:I use this every year by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

      I know Germans do it. But it doesn't it any less infuriating in English make.

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      Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
    8. Re:I use this every year by allo · · Score: 2

      He's right, i am a native german speaker. For us it is logical to use a comma before relative sentences, to make clear what's the main sentence and what's not. Constructs with a lot of commas aren't uncommon in high german, while many people cannot do it right. So not using this comma is associated with sloppy chat speak and careless people here.
      But the oxford comma is optional in german, too.

      Sorry for infuriating you ... again ;-)

  6. Yes - this site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The only one I've seen is this site. What a hideous fucking eyesore!

    1. Re:Yes - this site by techno-vampire · · Score: 1

      I take it, then, you don't remember the pink ponies.

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  7. This new IoT product - a connected brick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "The World's First Internet Connected Structural Concrete Building Block with Global Cellular Coverage."
    https://store.particle.io/#particle-blok

  8. Betteridge Law still holds by mrbester · · Score: 1

    He's a guy who knows where his towel is.

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  9. April Fools is Over by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Waiting for April 1st for fake stories is no longer necessary.

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    1. Re:April Fools is Over by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nice. You're full of pith today.

    2. Re:April Fools is Over by sir-gold · · Score: 1

      I think someone just forgot to turn off the April Fools machine last year.

      Maybe they will remember to do it this year, and we will wake up tomorrow to discover that the entire Trump presidency was just an incredibly elaborate, year-long, April Fools joke.

    3. Re:April Fools is Over by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      As far as my family is concerned: April fools should end at noon April 1st.

    4. Re:April Fools is Over by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 1

      The very first comment I ever made on /. was around 2000... complaining about the stupid April Fool's garbage, which was painfully tiresome 17 years ago.

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    5. Re:April Fools is Over by ebvwfbw · · Score: 1

      Waiting for April 1st for fake stories is no longer necessary.

      The only day a year that people actually think about if the news story is BS or not (and still mostly get that wrong).

    6. Re:April Fools is Over by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      THANK YOU!

  10. MIcheal Bay is teaching a masterclass on how to co by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So much LOL!

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYTpkBZJR0&feature=youtu.be

  11. Re:Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buffal by sycodon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This new Slashdot format better be a fucking prank.

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  12. Re: Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buffa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    And WTF is SN?

  13. Apr 1st is stay at home day by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There are two days in the year when I just stay at home and avoid interacting with other human beings - in real life or on the internet: April 1st - the most pathetically unfunny day of the year - and December 25th - the most depressing day of the year.

    For some reason, this year I forgot today was April 1st and I visited Slashdot by mistake. I wish I hadn't...

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
    1. Re:Apr 1st is stay at home day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You are not worthy of your username http://www.dukesonline.com/images/the-dukes-of-hazzard-the-great-santa-clause-chase-14.jpg

    2. Re:Apr 1st is stay at home day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It used to be cute, now it's forced and EVERYONE has to do it! Me too!

      Sadly, once a year fads take a long time to die, as compared to the stuff "we" get sick of in a few days or a week.

    3. Re:Apr 1st is stay at home day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I've always thought April Fool's was a great day to remind people not to believe everything they see or hear. Is it too much of an imposition to have one day to be silly and one day to question everything you read and see?

      I've never really understood why it bothers some people so much. Even if most of the jokes are lame some of them are pretty funny.

      Favorite example I've seen reported today: apparently if people visit Pornhub today there's a new splashscreen that asks if you want to opt-out of automatic sharing all of the videos you watch to Facebook (the default supposedly being "yes").

    4. Re:Apr 1st is stay at home day by aquabat · · Score: 1

      Dude, just go upstairs to the living room and give your parents a hug. You'll feel better; I always do!

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    5. Re:Apr 1st is stay at home day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sadly, once a year fads take a long time to die

      It started over 500 years ago. When something has lasted longer than you've been alive, it's no longer a fad; it's a tradition.

    6. Re:Apr 1st is stay at home day by techno-vampire · · Score: 1

      December 25th is only depressing for one of two reasons. Either you've lost touch with your family or you've bought in to the marketing hype and think that there's something wrong with you if you're not having a merry Chri$tma$.

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    7. Re:Apr 1st is stay at home day by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

      Or you haven't lost touch with your family but you wish you had.

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      Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
    8. Re:Apr 1st is stay at home day by techno-vampire · · Score: 1

      I would consider that to be losing touch with your family emotionally if not physically, but I see your point.

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    9. Re:Apr 1st is stay at home day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Awfully closed-minded for you to pose that false dichotomy.

      Fore example, one could also have not bought into the hype, and be depressed watching it unfold like any other social disaster whose victims are unaware.

    10. Re:Apr 1st is stay at home day by techno-vampire · · Score: 1

      Just because I don't fall for the hype doesn't mean that those who do can't or won't enjoy the day.

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    11. Re:Apr 1st is stay at home day by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      April 1st - the most pathetically unfunny day of the year

      It's actually quite the opposite. April 1st is the day that people everywhere try and unleash funniness. The problem is the signal noise ration goes down. The good part is when sifting through it there's some genuinely good stuff out there.

      But given your Dec25th story I'm going to suggest you're not the type of person who actually knows someone with a sense of humour.

  14. The merging of /mlp/ and /pol/ on 4chan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    For maximum autism.

  15. This very site's new look... by Kergan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... is hopefully an April fools. I've been around for ~20 years, but if this is the site's new face then my eyes just can't take it.

    1. Re: This very site's new look... by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 0

      If you have been around here that long how could you possibly NOT know that Slashdot changes their "skin" every April Fool's day. The year they did pink with a "My Little Pony" theme was actually not bad. Calling attention to Soylent News was a pretty stupid blunder on their part though. "Hey, we keep sucking more and more, but have you thought about jumping ship to Soylent News where they actually ARE trying to serve up "News for be Nerds ... Stuff that Matters"? I'm telling you, Slashdot is run by some real idiots if they think reminding people there is a better alternative at Soylent News.

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      Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
    2. Re: This very site's new look... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ... is a good idea. (forgot the last part of my sentence) - ZK

    3. Re:This very site's new look... by Kjella · · Score: 3, Informative

      I guess you missed the OMG ponies theme? This is by far not the worst theme /. has had on April 1st.

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    4. Re:This very site's new look... by Nunya666 · · Score: 1

      ... is hopefully an April fools. I've been around for ~20 years, but if this is the site's new face then my eyes just can't take it.

      Most 20-somethings have better eyesight than that.

    5. Re:This very site's new look... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      the OMG ponies, was the best /. prank ever!

  16. Forced Meme Day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    If admins put this much effort into running their sites in a less politically biased manner, the internet would be a better place.

    But no, we get retarded pranks.

    For example...
    Kodi's site's down, indications are it's a fake ICE takedown, problem is people will still be wanting to download kodi, no doubt some will end up with malware.

    Hilarious.

  17. Re:Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buffal by jenningsthecat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This new Slashdot format better be a fucking prank.

    I just assumed it was. When I checked in here at some time around 23:30 last night the site was what I've come to expect. When I reloaded at about 00:30 I noticed the change. But on further thought I'm not so sure... First, it looks more like a Hallowe'en prank than April Fool's. Second, I'm in the Eastern time zone; so if it is a prank, then they've gone to some trouble to load the prank version of the site selectively according to the user's location.

    Even if it is a prank, I'm afraid they might be using it to test the waters. I'm guessing they want to maintain the 'collapsed by default' format so they can shoehorn in still more of the advertising that's been getting increasingly obtrusive of late. And if stories remain collapsed by default, and I have to click on every single subject to read TFS, with no configuration option to change that, then I'm outta here.

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  18. Daily Telegraph roundup by Bruce66423 · · Score: 2

    From the big corporates

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...

  19. FreeNAS Forums by darkain · · Score: 1

    FreeNAS Community - Friendship Is Magical!! https://forums.freenas.org/ind...

  20. Re:Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buffal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    >I'm guessing they want to maintain the 'collapsed by default' format so they can shoehorn in still more of the advertising that's been getting increasingly obtrusive of late

    Yeah, it's obvious the /. owners are trying to monetize their investment in a site where probably 99% of its regular base is using adblocker software. The fuckers.

  21. This has to be a joke right? by JustNiz · · Score: 1

    Yeah on this very site: An embedded ad for a whitepaper on Visual Cobol being the next big thing for business.

  22. Re: Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buff by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 1, Informative

    I'd you look in the your corner you will see it says Slacker News. It is a pay on soylent news , which is a Slashdot clone that is closer to what Slashdot used to be back in the day than this place is now (Not a difficult accomplishment to be sure)

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  23. New /. format by Geoffrey.landis · · Score: 1

    They do this every April 1.

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    1. Re:New /. format by DivineKnight · · Score: 2

      Yes, yes they do. But this year...this orange color scheme is...too loud. It's not a prank, it's violence.

    2. Re:New /. format by edis · · Score: 1

      Ha ha, Orange Shock it is.

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    3. Re:New /. format by JustOK · · Score: 1

      and it scared all the ponies away.

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  24. Bill Waterson comes out of retirement to work on by Geoffrey.landis · · Score: 1

    I like this one:
    http://www.berkeleybreathed.co...
    According to the New York Times, comic-strip artist Bill Waterson has announced that he is coming out of retirement to work on a collaborative strip with Bloom County's Berke Breathed, the strip to be titled "Calvin County", and featuring characters from both strips, with political commentary.
    The New York Times calls this the "Time Warner/AOL merger of the comic world".

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  25. Re: Everyday, at Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And they modded you down, which makes them even more pathetic.

  26. I didn't compete this year by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 1

    I was going to do “Democrats Revive House Un-American Activities Committee” but thought better of it.

    1. Re:I didn't compete this year by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      With Podesta's, former campaign chairman to Hillary, and with Hillary's Uranium sell to Russia, you joke, but we need it.

    2. Re: I didn't compete this year by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Typical politics. She accused Trump first since she had worse Russian problems.

  27. Re: Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buff by LordByronStyrofoam · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, it's a play on Hacker News which has the orange theme.

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  28. Ikea got me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I totally believed IKEA's email announcing in store Swedish massages

  29. Re:MIcheal Bay is teaching a masterclass on how to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    que?

  30. Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    There are good April Fool's pranks?

  31. Google's 'Project Moses' Tackles Gender Imbalance by theodp · · Score: 1

    Dissatisfied with earlier efforts to correct tech's gender imbalance, it appears Google may be getting ready to play hardball. On Saturday, news leaked of the search giant's soon-to-launch 'Project Moses,' which a Google spokesperson would only say will draw inspiration from the project's namesake and utilize Google Maps' new 'Share Location' feature.

  32. Is this true? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I heard today that President Trump was resigning!

    1. Re:Is this true? by damn_registrars · · Score: 1

      I heard today that President Trump was resigning!

      He won't joke about it because it won't be funny when he actually does resign. That, and he has no sense of humor any ways.

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  33. I liked NewEgg's Project Megga by SWPadnos · · Score: 1

    https://promotions.newegg.com/...

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  34. Quilted Northern - uSit wearable technology by PaganCatGuy · · Score: 1

    Quilted Northern - uSit wearable technology (Score:?) by PaganCatGuy ( 4918925 ) on Saturday April 01, 2017 @10:56PM Complete with video - Well done! https://www.quiltednorthern.co...

  35. Pornhub wins... by Mistakill · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pornhub apparently had a popup which stated it had automatic sharing to Facebook after watching a video... https://imgur.com/gallery/msFA...

    1. Re:Pornhub wins... by techno-vampire · · Score: 1

      Pornhub apparently had a popup...

      Considering the site's name, I'll just bet it did!

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  36. Re:Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buffal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I was wondering why the post and load-all-comments buttons looked like dog-turds on a garden lawn ...

    Remember that fashion phrase: "red and green should never be seen".

  37. Cancelled on Netflix by porges · · Score: 1

    Netflix has a category "Cancelled By Netflix", containing one video: "Netflix Live Cancelled", which is Will Arnett maybe-improvising over a "live stream" of office equipment, including 3:30 of a burrito being microwaved. (Also, arm wrestling.) It's 48 minutes long, "available until April 2".

  38. Re: Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buff by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 1

    I stand corrected, taking your word for it without looking because that makes sense and I'm using my phone which I don't really like to tab switch with as much as I do a laptop, etc.

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  39. Slashdot's new look is one of them? by mfearby · · Score: 2

    This new look Slashdot is just awful. I assume this is just an April Fool's prank and you'll be resuming normal transmission soon?

    1. Re:Slashdot's new look is one of them? by Opyros · · Score: 1

      Over on Soylent News they had a bright green theme. Coordinated April Fool jokes, maybe?

  40. I heard slashdot was going to support unicode... by damn_registrars · · Score: 1

    ... then I realized they were just pranking us.

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  41. Re:Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buffal by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

    I'm in the Eastern time zone; so if it is a prank, then they've gone to some trouble to load the prank version of the site selectively according to the user's location.

    They can't handle fancy quotes properly. When you return from a link it goes to the top of the page rather than the place you jumped off from.

    You think that if they tried for one crore of years they could do the needful that you're suggesting?

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  42. Re:Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buffal by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

    Some countroids have it on their flags. Wales, Portugal ...

    Second thoughts, you're right. I don't want to look at taffs and dagoes or their bloody flags.

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  43. Re:Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buffal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Not only did they troll the users, they trolled themselves, considering the history with people losing their marbles with site redesign here. Well done.

  44. Mother nature takes the cake. by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 1

    Mother nature wins this year. She pulled the LARGE scale prank that people will never forget.

    Colombia mudslide, flooding kill 254 in midnight deluge

    She's got such a funny sense of humor.

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  45. Hell no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Normally, I'd just mic drop, but there's a difference between a good prank and what normally appears on Interweb.

    Something like Reddit's /r/Place isn't a prank, but actual entertainment.

    Something appearing on Slashdot is a prank, but not a good one because it's expected to be once per year.

    On the other hand, saying there's subliminal messages in the DVD movie "The March Is Over" is a good prank, especially since it played to the fears of the time, and had a quite a good buildup and story attached.

  46. Rocket League by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Rocket League changed their ranks to vegetables. Lowest rank is of course Potato, but the grand champion rank is now grand eggplant, effectively calling them dicks.

  47. Ouch - and I thought I was a miserable git by Bruce66423 · · Score: 1

    Yup - those are days that can only be enjoyed with the right sort of friends. However finding the right sort of friends is HARD; I can't say I've really cracked after 5 decades on this planet.

    Here's hoping it gets easier for both of us in the future

  48. HMS Prince of Wales to be Propelled by WoodPellets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    HMS Prince of Wales to be Propelled by Wood Pellets

    This is brilliant, and could pass for a genuine article by those accustomed to green thinking.

  49. Thank you by trawg · · Score: 1

    ... for not writing a bunch of dumb fake posts like you did that one year.

  50. Easy - ThinkGeek! by tlhIngan · · Score: 1

    Face it, every year ThinkGeek comes up with a dozen new prank products, at least one of which proves so popular that they're forced to actually make it! So it starts out as a prank, and people get disappointed to find out it isn't real, enough so they actually beg to get it produced, and ThinkGeek actually makes it.

    That's how you know you got a good April Fool's prank.

    That said, Kodi put up the FBI takedown/piracy notice earlier in the day (which also made for a convenient time to update their website).

  51. Re:Superbowl winning QB Tom Brady traded to Buffal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It's very simple: If "collapsed by default" remains I (and others) will read even less - translate as: visit even less.

    I don't click to read more unless the summary convinces me. If all they wanna give me is the titles, chances are that my daily check for /. news will be over in 30 secs. Then the daily frequency will naturally go down, as these 30 secs will (rightfully or wrongfully) turn out to be a waste of my valuable time.

  52. Debian by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    https://bits.debian.org/2017/04/unknown-parallel-universe-uses-debian.html

  53. Re: Everyday, at Slashdot by PhilHibbs · · Score: 1

    That wasn't editors, that was just people sick of "this site sucks I don't know what I am doing here" posts. It adds nothing useful, so should be voted down.

  54. Google Netherlands took the cake again by thegarbz · · Score: 1

    Hot on the heels of the self-driving bicycle from last year this year Google Netherlands is introducing Google Wind to control the weather.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  55. Re:Bill Waterson comes out of retirement to work o by packrat2 · · Score: 1

    I came close...
    (I pub sf ebooks... tedyyhunter: etc) on smashwords.

      HALF of vol 6 got posted. (you obviously don;t know rough drafts. that's the one I'm currently attempting to write.)

    on april 1st. Another bkgd contrib to gen cult.

    you have to pay to me to watch the formal stuff.

       

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  56. Workplace games by Szeraax · · Score: 1

    I only care about doing games at work, so I sent out an email Friday morning letting everyone know that Friday was our observed April Fool's day.

    I made wifi access points flash their LED's in some parts of the building. People who discovered which ones were flashing got a prize*

    I put a scrambled word on everyone's desktops and told them to unscramble it and describe how it related to our company (we are in finance, so they were finance related words) to get a prize*

    I used some fish line and ran it through the dropped ceiling. One end attached to a random object on a co-workers desk. The other end down in my cude so that I can easily and discreetly pull up his desk toy to the ceiling. I prefer to get someone with this prank while they are on the phone, but never caught him talking on the phone Friday. Next time... :)

  57. Welkome back to Slashdot, Mr. Reiser. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I see that within hours of your release due to your commuted sentance from the database corruption error, that you have resolved to buy Slashdot . My adice isvto start with the fikesystem Hans; they are using Slashcode on ButterfaceFS or something. This is what you missed all these years.

  58. Flat Earth Day: 4/1/2017 by vandamme · · Score: 1

    Lots of new YouTube videos PROVING 1000% that the earth is Flat!!!!!

    Oh wait, they make new ones every day, with the same old shit.

  59. Re:Bill Waterson comes out of retirement to work o by cyberchondriac · · Score: 1

    That would be pretty awesome.

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