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For the third year in a row, Urgo's list of April Fool's Jokes on Websites contains the most complete list of April Fool's Day pranks websites have created. Featured by news.com.com.com.. and Microsoft, the site strives to list EVERY joke site, and is updated every few minutes with new verified jokes.
Here is a sample, the twenty most popular ones: blog.outer-court.com - Google Rooms thinkgeek.com - USB Tanning Center, RFID Blocking T-shirt, Grow Your
mymsnsearch.com - fake (but hilariously accurate) search results
gtachicago.com - gta chicago does not exist, (*hint check the whois info*) tveps.net - Isaac 'Chef' Hayes not leaving southpark after all. Comes clean that it was a publicity stunt. iwantoneofthose.com - tiny device that downloads your brain's memory to a 2GB USB Flash Drive blizzard.com - BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® PRESENTS BURGERCRAFT(TM) bolloxcomics.co.uk - Myspace parody figuiere.net - int is_computer_on(void) wiebetech.com - 5 TB iPod googlesystem.blogspot.com - Google Browser is finally launched. Installer 1.68MB steampowered.com - VALVe purchased by Apple slashdot.org - OMG!!! PONIES!!! (and pink layout) ogrish.com - (NSFW) Bizarre Baby Born In Nepal worldofwarcraft.com - Blizzard to put Wisps as a playable race for World of Warcraft. gearlog.com - Laptop Lingerie: Bringing Tech & Pleasure Together 2600.com - 200600 google spoof bungie.net - Bungie's next game, Pimps At Sea, progessing nicely for the Xbox360 forums.worldofwarcraft.com - World of Warcraft 1.11 patch notes leaked theregister.co.uk - customise The Register to suit your needs - from blocking ads, to selecting the kind of stories you really want to read.
For the third year in a row, Urgo's list of April Fool's Jokes on Websites contains the most complete list of April Fool's Day pranks websites have created. Featured by news.com.com.com.. and Microsoft, the site strives to list EVERY joke site, and is updated every few minutes with new verified jokes.
Here is a sample, the twenty most popular ones: mymsnsearch.com - fake (but hilariously accurate) search results thinkgeek.com - USB Tanning Center, RFID Blocking T-shirt, Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit, Caffeine Inhaler, and more blog.outer-court.com - Google Rooms gtachicago.com - gta chicago does not exist, (*hint check the whois info*) tveps.net - Isaac 'Chef' Hayes not leaving southpark after all. Comes clean that it was a publicity stunt. blizzard.com - BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® PRESENTS BURGERCRAFT(TM) iwantoneofthose.com - tiny device that downloads your brain's memory to a 2GB USB Flash Drive bolloxcomics.co.uk - Myspace parody wiebetech.com - 5 TB iPod googlesystem.blogspot.com - Google Browser is finally launched. Installer 1.68MB figuiere.net - int is_computer_on(void) steampowered.com - VALVe purchased by Apple slashdot.org - OMG!!! PONIES!!! (and pink layout) ogrish.com - (NSFW) Bizarre Baby Born In Nepal worldofwarcraft.com - Blizzard to put Wisps as a playable race for World of Warcraft. gearlog.com - Laptop Lingerie: Bringing Tech & Pleasure Together 2600.com - 200600 google spoof bungie.net - Bungie's next game, Pimps At Sea, progessing nicely for the Xbox360 forums.worldofwarcraft.com - World of Warcraft 1.11 patch notes leaked theregister.co.uk - customise The Register to suit your needs - from blocking ads, to selecting the kind of stories you really want to read.
For the third year in a row, Urgo's list of April Fool's Jokes on Websites contains the most complete list of April Fool's Day pranks websites have created. Featured by news.com.com.com.. and Microsoft, the site strives to list EVERY joke site, and is updated every few minutes with new verified jokes. wikipedia also contains a sizeable list.
Sample:
tveps.net - Isaac 'Chef' Hayes not leaving southpark after all. Comes clean that it was a publicity stunt.
thinkgeek.com - USB Tanning Center, RFID Blocking T-shirt, Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit, Caffeine Inhaler, and more
theregister.co.uk - customise The Register to suit your needs - from blocking ads, to selecting the kind of stories you really want to read.
worldofwarcraft.com - Blizzard to put Wisps as a playable race for World of Warcraft.
tvpredictions.com - Ready for X-ray TV? New TV picture technology even clearer than HDTV; you can actually see through people's clothing on TV.
For the third year in a row, Urgo's list of April Fool's Jokes on Websites contains the most complete list of April Fool's Day pranks websites have created. Featured by news.com.com.com.. and Microsoft, the site strives to list EVERY joke site, and is updated every few minutes with new verified jokes. wikipedia also contains a sizeable list.
Sample tveps.net - Isaac 'Chef' Hayes not leaving southpark after all. Comes clean that it was a publicity stunt. thinkgeek.com - USB Tanning Center, RFID Blocking T-shirt, Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit, Caffeine Inhaler, and more theregister.co.uk - customise The Register to suit your needs - from blocking ads, to selecting the kind of stories you really want to read. worldofwarcraft.com - Blizzard to put Wisps as a playable race for World of Warcraft. tvpredictions.com - Ready for X-ray TV? New TV picture technology even clearer than HDTV; you can actually see through people's clothing on TV. blizzard.com - BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® PRESENTS BURGERCRAFT(TM) bolloxcomics.co.uk - Myspace parody bolloxcomics.co.uk - YTMND parody wiebetech.com - 5 TB iPod sideshowtoy.com - Half a Darth Maul Figure Exclusive? slashdot.org - OMG!!! PONIES!!! (and pink layout) whirlpool.net.au - Telstra will only release 2mbit ADSL2+ in Australia. forums.worldofwarcraft.com - World of Warcraft 1.11 patch notes leaked mymsnsearch.com - fake (but hilariously accurate) search results gearlog.com - Laptop Lingerie: Bringing Tech & Pleasure Together googlesystem.blogspot.com - Google Browser is finally launched. Installer 1.68MB sordeo.com - mirror image and the title says, 'Now optimized for those afflicted with Dyslexia' eternal-lands.com - Free Software Foundation buys Eternal Lands
I got two emails from my bank today (10:52am and 4:59pm EST).
Dear Customer,
An incident involving unauthorized access into a third party processor system has occurred. A company which processes transactions for physical retail merchants and Internet merchants was the victim of a computer hacker between September 2004 and May 2005. They have identified your check and/or credit card as one of the cards possibly exposed. Information compromised includes account numbers and expiration dates, as well as cardholder names and addresses.
We understand that you will most likely be concerned when you read this. Rest assured that if you information has fallen into the wrong hands, you will not be liable for any unauthorized transactions using your Check Card or VISA Card*. However, it is very important that you monitor your account(s) closely and notify us immediately of any unauthorized transaction. If such a transaction does occur, you will need to complete a VISA dispute form, available through the maintenance area of our online banking system, in order to receive provisional credit for the amount of the transaction. We recommend, as a precaution, that you call Customer Support to block your card and we will re-issue a new one. Our Banking Specialists and Loan Representatives will make that decision with you on a case-by-case basis, as we do not want to hamper your use of the card.
We also understand that you will have other questions, such as the identity of the processor. When we receive notifications of this variety from VISA, VISA does not and will not reveal the name of the merchant or processor unless the incident has already been made public by the merchant.
Again, we do ask that you monitor your account carefully in the weeks ahead by making use of our telephone, wireless, and online banking systems. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact a Banking Specialist or Loan Representative for more information.
Thank you for banking with us.
*This limit on liability does not apply to PIN-based ATM or point-of-sale transactions.
That would be Firefox 1.0.3.... Mozilla Suite aka just mozilla and FireFox are two separate programs and have very different versions. Saying Mozilla 1.0.3 is very misleading. Please use the correct name or it makes your news story look very silly. Who cares if a version of mozilla from 2002 has security holes.
kylewenda.com - the government records your phone calls... scary google.com - Google releases Google Gulp theregister.co.uk - Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq spacedaily.com - Bush Cancels Space Shuttle Program chron.com - Bush Twins in Maxim slashdot.org - Say 'Cheese' to Google Satellite at 10AM habitablezone.com - Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! ebay.com - Google Gulp Invite sswug.org - Run MSSQL on your xbox and linux worldofwarcraft.com - Panda Express joke making fun of EQ and its/pizza techtree.com - Apple hires DVD Jon
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
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
Normally when a person or entity uses the amazon honor system for donations/payments amazon takes a nice cut of the pie. I emailed them today to check if they did the same thing for the disaster relief and apparently they aren't!
I included both emails below:
TO: Amazon FROM: Urgo I have a question about the disaster relief donation page that you have setup on amazon.com. I know normally with the amazon honor system amazon gets a cut of all the donations. Is amazon taking a cut of the money in this case or is all of the money people donate going right to the red cross?
FROM: Amazon TO: Urgo Thanks for writing to us at Amazon.com.
Please rest assured that all the donated money will go to the Red Cross to help victims of tragedies in southern Asia, India, and Africa.
Please know that Amazon.com is waiving its usual fees.
Google WILL take over the world within 10 years
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I saw this flash video last week and wrote the following on my own website in responce to it. I figured it'd be relevent here so here's a version edited to be posted on slashdot.
For the past year now I've been predicting that within the next ten Google will 'take over the world'. Most people I tell this two think I'm crazy and this will never happen saying that Google is the best company ever and they will never turn evil. I tend to disagree.
Let me take just a few minutes to explain why I think this.
Facts - Google owns: - Google is the most used search engine - Gmail, while maybe not the most used email provider (maybe it is now?) it is definitely the most highly desired - Orkut, while mostly blown over now is still a thriving social network site - Google News is viewed as a #1 news site for many people - Blogger is one of the leading blog sites and blogs are all over the news these days - Keyhole offers a satalite imageing service - Google Desktop Search - Google Adsense - probably the most widly used advertising on the web these days (used even on this website although I haven't seen any return yet) - And much much more, plus all the things normal people like myself have come up with such as the random google image in the right sidebar.
My point to all of this is the following: Through GMail Google stores and never deletes your email. They catalog it and can do a LOT with that data. With time google can write robots to parse the data to find out every bit of data about you, who you know, what you talk about, etc. Gmail bundled with Orkut Google really has a solid grip on your social network with more detail and structure then email alone. Google knows who joebob62@aol.com really is, where he lives, what his pass times are, etc and can link it up with your email conversations. Now to get even further into your life they have the Google Desktop Search which has already been called on being invasive bypassing security on people's PC's and cataloging files that it shouldn't.
Step back for a second, Google now knows who you know, what you talk about, details about every person, everything you say on your computer, what files you have, what is in each file, basically all of your Digital Data. Oh, also if you use the google search bar (IE plug-in) in advanced mode (default.. plus ohh! I want advanced features....) they track every webpage you go, although the desktop search tool does that as well. 0wned.
Next we start to see Google's current revenue. Blogs, Keyhole, Adsense. Wow, if the inflated stock doesn't make them enough $$$ then this sure helps. Although I don't believe Google charges for blogger right now they are setting their selves up for it in the future if blogging ever takes off as a legitimate news source... News.. Google news is one of the most used news services to gather news from many sources, sorted automatically for relevance...
Now, just think if Google DID want to turn evil (assuming they aren't already) how much of the market they already own. In the 90's people switched search engines all the time, but moving email providers, etc is a lot harder to do. In a few more years they'll have people so dependant on them and their products just like Microsoft people will be stuck with Google for better or.. worse.
More info on Google being evil is at google-watch.
I personally haven't come up with a scenario myself, and I am uncertain if this one is how its going to happen, but I was happy to see that others feel the same way as I do, that within the next ten years Google will takeover the world, or in this movie, the media forcing the New York Times offline.
Please take the time to watch this movie, and ignore the somewhat cheesiness of it. I really think they are being insightful and this COULD happen.
I agree with many of the other coments here such as liking the way mozilla does google searches as oposed to the seperate box in firefox but my main reasons is this:
I really like the fact that I can close the mail application and it still sticks around and pops up an icon in the system tray when there is a new message. If you use thunderbird theres no way that I've seen to get it off of the task bar/sys tray when you are not using it. I always have a browser open but I don't like keeping my mail program open. Mozilla lets me do this so until TB has a minimize to tray I'll stick with the suite.
Oh that reminds me.. Today comcast is moving g4techtv from the pay-extra digital package to the basic package according to a letter they mailed out last month... So now everyone can see how comcast screwed over techtv and how gaming isn't really that interesting to devote a whole chan to it. I miss the old zdtv/techtv.
I have a DeLorme Earthmate USB and the same goes for it.
I spent several days playing around with various generic drivers in linux and was able to get it to respond 'a little' but nothing useful ever came out of it. Even in windows the support is somewhat flaky for 3rd party apps. I'll probably just get a new linux compatible GPS unit at some point in the future rather then buy accessories for this one.
There is much more to a "hacker conference" then what the media portrays hacking as. Hacking in the true sense, and in the true 2600 sense is the quest for knowledge and questioning things that aren't fair. Yes many things will be spoken about the conference that will 'improve your 1337 hax0ring skillz' but there's really so much more.
I've been a 2600 goer, off the hook and off the wall listener for over two years now and through it made friends with a lot of great people (shout outs to the ma2600 crowd). At 2600 meetings, and the hope conferences (although I've never attended one) there are panels on everything from social engineering to Abuse of Authority to the patriot act. See a list of panels from the last conference here.
So before making a stupid comment like "I doubt he'd even want me to "improve my 1337 hax0ring skillz"." take a look at the site and reexamine your definition of hackers. There's a lot more then what the mass media labels people as. I will be in the process of moving during the conference so I will be unable to attend otherwise I think it'd be a great educational experience to hear really bright people speak.
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It is really sad to see this day finally come. I haven't watched techtv much recently but I was a loyal fan of ZDTV back in the day when the network first launched.
In addition to the computer related programming, I really liked having one channel where you didn't see the same old crap being advertised. They had mostly technology commercials and weird little artsy zdtv "amaze yourself" ones. Then they actually let users make their own little "we'll be back after the break" clips via webcam..... Its been mostly downhill since the big advertisers stepped in and redirected the network.... too bad.
I've only tuned into the channel once since the takeover occurred and was annoyed how their logo G4TechTV was now at the top of the screen, large, colorful, and covering up the computer screens that they were displaying.
Oh well. I still have my "ZDTV Dot Coms not Sit Coms" bumper sticker.. Good luck fired techtv employees.
Full List of April Fools Web Sites
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For a full updated list of sites pulling april fools jokes see here
Slashdot Mirror
For the most complete list of jokes head over to this site: April Fools' Day On The Web : 2008
For a 'full' list of April Fools Web Site Jokes today check out: http://aprilfools.urgo.org/2007.html
52 sites linked up so far and growing.
For the third year in a row, Urgo's list of April Fool's Jokes on Websites contains the most complete list of April Fool's Day pranks websites have created. Featured by news.com.com.com.. and Microsoft, the site strives to list EVERY joke site, and is updated every few minutes with new verified jokes.
Here is a sample, the twenty most popular ones:
blog.outer-court.com - Google Rooms
thinkgeek.com - USB Tanning Center, RFID Blocking T-shirt, Grow Your mymsnsearch.com - fake (but hilariously accurate) search results gtachicago.com - gta chicago does not exist, (*hint check the whois info*)
tveps.net - Isaac 'Chef' Hayes not leaving southpark after all. Comes clean that it was a publicity stunt.
iwantoneofthose.com - tiny device that downloads your brain's memory to a 2GB USB Flash Drive
blizzard.com - BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® PRESENTS BURGERCRAFT(TM)
bolloxcomics.co.uk - Myspace parody
figuiere.net - int is_computer_on(void)
wiebetech.com - 5 TB iPod
googlesystem.blogspot.com - Google Browser is finally launched. Installer 1.68MB
steampowered.com - VALVe purchased by Apple
slashdot.org - OMG!!! PONIES!!! (and pink layout)
ogrish.com - (NSFW) Bizarre Baby Born In Nepal
worldofwarcraft.com - Blizzard to put Wisps as a playable race for World of Warcraft.
gearlog.com - Laptop Lingerie: Bringing Tech & Pleasure Together
2600.com - 200600 google spoof
bungie.net - Bungie's next game, Pimps At Sea, progessing nicely for the Xbox360
forums.worldofwarcraft.com - World of Warcraft 1.11 patch notes leaked
theregister.co.uk - customise The Register to suit your needs - from blocking ads, to selecting the kind of stories you really want to read.
For the third year in a row, Urgo's list of April Fool's Jokes on Websites contains the most complete list of April Fool's Day pranks websites have created. Featured by news.com.com.com.. and Microsoft, the site strives to list EVERY joke site, and is updated every few minutes with new verified jokes.
Here is a sample, the twenty most popular ones:
mymsnsearch.com - fake (but hilariously accurate) search results
thinkgeek.com - USB Tanning Center, RFID Blocking T-shirt, Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit, Caffeine Inhaler, and more
blog.outer-court.com - Google Rooms
gtachicago.com - gta chicago does not exist, (*hint check the whois info*)
tveps.net - Isaac 'Chef' Hayes not leaving southpark after all. Comes clean that it was a publicity stunt.
blizzard.com - BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® PRESENTS BURGERCRAFT(TM)
iwantoneofthose.com - tiny device that downloads your brain's memory to a 2GB USB Flash Drive
bolloxcomics.co.uk - Myspace parody
wiebetech.com - 5 TB iPod
googlesystem.blogspot.com - Google Browser is finally launched. Installer 1.68MB
figuiere.net - int is_computer_on(void)
steampowered.com - VALVe purchased by Apple
slashdot.org - OMG!!! PONIES!!! (and pink layout)
ogrish.com - (NSFW) Bizarre Baby Born In Nepal
worldofwarcraft.com - Blizzard to put Wisps as a playable race for World of Warcraft.
gearlog.com - Laptop Lingerie: Bringing Tech & Pleasure Together
2600.com - 200600 google spoof
bungie.net - Bungie's next game, Pimps At Sea, progessing nicely for the Xbox360
forums.worldofwarcraft.com - World of Warcraft 1.11 patch notes leaked
theregister.co.uk - customise The Register to suit your needs - from blocking ads, to selecting the kind of stories you really want to read.
For the third year in a row, Urgo's list of April Fool's Jokes on Websites contains the most complete list of April Fool's Day pranks websites have created. Featured by news.com.com.com.. and Microsoft, the site strives to list EVERY joke site, and is updated every few minutes with new verified jokes. wikipedia also contains a sizeable list.
Sample:
tveps.net - Isaac 'Chef' Hayes not leaving southpark after all. Comes clean that it was a publicity stunt.
thinkgeek.com - USB Tanning Center, RFID Blocking T-shirt, Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit, Caffeine Inhaler, and more
theregister.co.uk - customise The Register to suit your needs - from blocking ads, to selecting the kind of stories you really want to read.
worldofwarcraft.com - Blizzard to put Wisps as a playable race for World of Warcraft.
tvpredictions.com - Ready for X-ray TV? New TV picture technology even clearer than HDTV; you can actually see through people's clothing on TV.
blizzard.com - BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® PRESENTS BURGERCRAFT(TM)
bolloxcomics.co.uk - Myspace parody
bolloxcomics.co.uk - YTMND parody
wiebetech.com - 5 TB iPod
sideshowtoy.com - Half a Darth Maul Figure Exclusive?
slashdot.org - OMG!!! PONIES!!! (and pink layout)
whirlpool.net.au - Telstra will only release 2mbit ADSL2+ in Australia.
forums.worldofwarcraft.com - World of Warcraft 1.11 patch notes leaked
mymsnsearch.com - fake (but hilariously accurate) search results
gearlog.com - Laptop Lingerie: Bringing Tech & Pleasure Together
googlesystem.blogspot.com - Google Browser is finally launched. Installer 1.68MB
sordeo.com - mirror image and the title says, 'Now optimized for those afflicted with Dyslexia'
eternal-lands.com - Free Software Foundation buys Eternal Lands
For the third year in a row, Urgo's list of April Fool's Jokes on Websites contains the most complete list of April Fool's Day pranks websites have created. Featured by news.com.com.com.. and Microsoft, the site strives to list EVERY joke site, and is updated every few minutes with new verified jokes. wikipedia also contains a sizeable list.
Sample
tveps.net - Isaac 'Chef' Hayes not leaving southpark after all. Comes clean that it was a publicity stunt.
thinkgeek.com - USB Tanning Center, RFID Blocking T-shirt, Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit, Caffeine Inhaler, and more
theregister.co.uk - customise The Register to suit your needs - from blocking ads, to selecting the kind of stories you really want to read.
worldofwarcraft.com - Blizzard to put Wisps as a playable race for World of Warcraft.
tvpredictions.com - Ready for X-ray TV? New TV picture technology even clearer than HDTV; you can actually see through people's clothing on TV.
blizzard.com - BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® PRESENTS BURGERCRAFT(TM)
bolloxcomics.co.uk - Myspace parody
bolloxcomics.co.uk - YTMND parody
wiebetech.com - 5 TB iPod
sideshowtoy.com - Half a Darth Maul Figure Exclusive?
slashdot.org - OMG!!! PONIES!!! (and pink layout)
whirlpool.net.au - Telstra will only release 2mbit ADSL2+ in Australia.
forums.worldofwarcraft.com - World of Warcraft 1.11 patch notes leaked
mymsnsearch.com - fake (but hilariously accurate) search results
gearlog.com - Laptop Lingerie: Bringing Tech & Pleasure Together
googlesystem.blogspot.com - Google Browser is finally launched. Installer 1.68MB
sordeo.com - mirror image and the title says, 'Now optimized for those afflicted with Dyslexia'
eternal-lands.com - Free Software Foundation buys Eternal Lands
wfp2.almaden.ibm.com - - [08/Aug/2005:15:48:34 -0400] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.0" 200 69 "-" "http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/crawler [fc7]"
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wfp2.almaden.ibm.com - - [08/Aug/2005:15:48:38 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 41317 "-" "http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/crawler [fc7]"
I've been getting once a day connections on my server from ibm for quite some time now (a year or so). Doesn't surprise me in the least.
I got two emails from my bank today (10:52am and 4:59pm EST).
Dear Customer,
An incident involving unauthorized access into a third party processor system has occurred. A company which processes transactions for physical retail merchants and Internet merchants was the victim of a computer hacker between September 2004 and May 2005. They have identified your check and/or credit card as one of the cards possibly exposed. Information compromised includes account numbers and expiration dates, as well as cardholder names and addresses.
We understand that you will most likely be concerned when you read this. Rest assured that if you information has fallen into the wrong hands, you will not be liable for any unauthorized transactions using your Check Card or VISA Card*. However, it is very important that you monitor your account(s) closely and notify us immediately of any unauthorized transaction. If such a transaction does occur, you will need to complete a VISA dispute form, available through the maintenance area of our online banking system, in order to receive provisional credit for the amount of the transaction. We recommend, as a precaution, that you call Customer Support to block your card and we will re-issue a new one. Our Banking Specialists and Loan Representatives will make that decision with you on a case-by-case basis, as we do not want to hamper your use of the card.
We also understand that you will have other questions, such as the identity of the processor. When we receive notifications of this variety from VISA, VISA does not and will not reveal the name of the merchant or processor unless the incident has already been made public by the merchant.
Again, we do ask that you monitor your account carefully in the weeks ahead by making use of our telephone, wireless, and online banking systems. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact a Banking Specialist or Loan Representative for more information.
Thank you for banking with us.
*This limit on liability does not apply to PIN-based ATM or point-of-sale transactions.
Sorry but I need to say this..
'Mozilla 1.0.3 vulnerabilities'
That would be Firefox 1.0.3.... Mozilla Suite aka just mozilla and FireFox are two separate programs and have very different versions. Saying Mozilla 1.0.3 is very misleading. Please use the correct name or it makes your news story look very silly. Who cares if a version of mozilla from 2002 has security holes.
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Well.. whats actually more impressive is a search for the answer to life the universe and everything.
Here is a sample of the close to 200 links posted on Complete April Fools Day Reference
/pizza
kylewenda.com - the government records your phone calls... scary
google.com - Google releases Google Gulp
theregister.co.uk - Bush twins to join Air Force tech unit in Iraq
spacedaily.com - Bush Cancels Space Shuttle Program
chron.com - Bush Twins in Maxim
slashdot.org - Say 'Cheese' to Google Satellite at 10AM
habitablezone.com - Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet!
ebay.com - Google Gulp Invite
sswug.org - Run MSSQL on your xbox and linux
worldofwarcraft.com - Panda Express joke making fun of EQ and its
techtree.com - Apple hires DVD Jon
Isn't April Fools Day just the best? =] For a 'full' list of sites pulling pranks today check out this list here
.GET into next version of Windows
Here is a sample:
dotget.net - Microsoft to put P2P software
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 -
.GET into next version of Windows
Here is a sampling:
dotget.net - Microsoft to put P2P software
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
Normally when a person or entity uses the amazon honor system for donations/payments amazon takes a nice cut of the pie. I emailed them today to check if they did the same thing for the disaster relief and apparently they aren't!
I included both emails below:
TO: Amazon
FROM: Urgo
I have a question about the disaster relief donation page that you have setup on amazon.com. I know normally with the amazon honor system amazon gets a cut of all the donations. Is amazon taking a cut of the money in this case or is all of the money people donate going right to the red cross?
FROM: Amazon
TO: Urgo
Thanks for writing to us at Amazon.com.
Please rest assured that all the donated money will go to the Red Cross to help victims of tragedies in southern Asia, India, and Africa.
Please know that Amazon.com is waiving its usual fees.
I saw this flash video last week and wrote the following on my own website in responce to it. I figured it'd be relevent here so here's a version edited to be posted on slashdot.
For the past year now I've been predicting that within the next ten Google will 'take over the world'. Most people I tell this two think I'm crazy and this will never happen saying that Google is the best company ever and they will never turn evil. I tend to disagree.
Let me take just a few minutes to explain why I think this.
Facts - Google owns:
- Google is the most used search engine
- Gmail, while maybe not the most used email provider (maybe it is now?) it is definitely the most highly desired
- Orkut, while mostly blown over now is still a thriving social network site
- Google News is viewed as a #1 news site for many people
- Blogger is one of the leading blog sites and blogs are all over the news these days
- Keyhole offers a satalite imageing service
- Google Desktop Search
- Google Adsense - probably the most widly used advertising on the web these days (used even on this website although I haven't seen any return yet)
- And much much more, plus all the things normal people like myself have come up with such as the random google image in the right sidebar.
My point to all of this is the following:
Through GMail Google stores and never deletes your email. They catalog it and can do a LOT with that data. With time google can write robots to parse the data to find out every bit of data about you, who you know, what you talk about, etc. Gmail bundled with Orkut Google really has a solid grip on your social network with more detail and structure then email alone. Google knows who joebob62@aol.com really is, where he lives, what his pass times are, etc and can link it up with your email conversations. Now to get even further into your life they have the Google Desktop Search which has already been called on being invasive bypassing security on people's PC's and cataloging files that it shouldn't.
Step back for a second, Google now knows who you know, what you talk about, details about every person, everything you say on your computer, what files you have, what is in each file, basically all of your Digital Data. Oh, also if you use the google search bar (IE plug-in) in advanced mode (default.. plus ohh! I want advanced features....) they track every webpage you go, although the desktop search tool does that as well. 0wned.
Next we start to see Google's current revenue. Blogs, Keyhole, Adsense. Wow, if the inflated stock doesn't make them enough $$$ then this sure helps. Although I don't believe Google charges for blogger right now they are setting their selves up for it in the future if blogging ever takes off as a legitimate news source... News.. Google news is one of the most used news services to gather news from many sources, sorted automatically for relevance...
Now, just think if Google DID want to turn evil (assuming they aren't already) how much of the market they already own. In the 90's people switched search engines all the time, but moving email providers, etc is a lot harder to do. In a few more years they'll have people so dependant on them and their products just like Microsoft people will be stuck with Google for better or.. worse.
More info on Google being evil is at google-watch.
I personally haven't come up with a scenario myself, and I am uncertain if this one is how its going to happen, but I was happy to see that others feel the same way as I do, that within the next ten years Google will takeover the world, or in this movie, the media forcing the New York Times offline.
Please take the time to watch this movie, and ignore the somewhat cheesiness of it. I really think they are being insightful and this COULD happen.
I agree with many of the other coments here such as liking the way mozilla does google searches as oposed to the seperate box in firefox but my main reasons is this:
I really like the fact that I can close the mail application and it still sticks around and pops up an icon in the system tray when there is a new message. If you use thunderbird theres no way that I've seen to get it off of the task bar/sys tray when you are not using it. I always have a browser open but I don't like keeping my mail program open. Mozilla lets me do this so until TB has a minimize to tray I'll stick with the suite.
Oh that reminds me.. Today comcast is moving g4techtv from the pay-extra digital package to the basic package according to a letter they mailed out last month... So now everyone can see how comcast screwed over techtv and how gaming isn't really that interesting to devote a whole chan to it. I miss the old zdtv/techtv.
I have a DeLorme Earthmate USB and the same goes for it.
I spent several days playing around with various generic drivers in linux and was able to get it to respond 'a little' but nothing useful ever came out of it. Even in windows the support is somewhat flaky for 3rd party apps. I'll probably just get a new linux compatible GPS unit at some point in the future rather then buy accessories for this one.
Well thats all well but broadvoice charges $20/mo. I've been using them since August and have been very happy.
Broadvoice+Sipura from voxilla+asterisk=awsome home phone system.
There is much more to a "hacker conference" then what the media portrays hacking as. Hacking in the true sense, and in the true 2600 sense is the quest for knowledge and questioning things that aren't fair. Yes many things will be spoken about the conference that will 'improve your 1337 hax0ring skillz' but there's really so much more.
I've been a 2600 goer, off the hook and off the wall listener for over two years now and through it made friends with a lot of great people (shout outs to the ma2600 crowd). At 2600 meetings, and the hope conferences (although I've never attended one) there are panels on everything from social engineering to Abuse of Authority to the patriot act. See a list of panels from the last conference here.
So before making a stupid comment like "I doubt he'd even want me to "improve my 1337 hax0ring skillz"." take a look at the site and reexamine your definition of hackers. There's a lot more then what the mass media labels people as. I will be in the process of moving during the conference so I will be unable to attend otherwise I think it'd be a great educational experience to hear really bright people speak.
It is really sad to see this day finally come. I haven't watched techtv much recently but I was a loyal fan of ZDTV back in the day when the network first launched.
In addition to the computer related programming, I really liked having one channel where you didn't see the same old crap being advertised. They had mostly technology commercials and weird little artsy zdtv "amaze yourself" ones. Then they actually let users make their own little "we'll be back after the break" clips via webcam..... Its been mostly downhill since the big advertisers stepped in and redirected the network.... too bad.
I've only tuned into the channel once since the takeover occurred and was annoyed how their logo G4TechTV was now at the top of the screen, large, colorful, and covering up the computer screens that they were displaying.
Oh well. I still have my "ZDTV Dot Coms not Sit Coms" bumper sticker.. Good luck fired techtv employees.
For a full updated list of sites pulling april fools jokes see here
Some of the latest enteries:
livejournal.com - on userinfo pages, "Friend"/"Friend Of" -> "Stalking"/"Stalked By"
www.gpf-comics.com - Comic mirrored.
smh.com.au - Yum-cha trolleys with "L" plates
www.clutchfans.com - Patrick Ewing returning to NBA
www.freeciv.org - Freeciv ANSI client
www.rav4world.com - Closed? Should have announced that TOMORROW!
www.retrocrush.com - Nude pics of Jaclyn Smith
westcoaster.net - Roller coaster site turned into teen girl site
www.meowpawjects.com - Sock people forced webmaster to take website down.
miceage.com - Disney merges with Walmart
www.badgerbadgerbadger.com - Badgers replaces with zombies
skepdic.com - Skeptic's Dictionary closing
fool.com - Buffett buys Krispy Cream
launch.com - Britney Spears & Jason Alexander To Renew Wedding Vows
MetaFilter.com - Turned in to a Wiki for the day
www.ddrkc.com - owner sold site to a user that is unpopular
brownpau.com - March for Web Standards
www.beyondunreal.com - ut2k4 production suspended
globetechnology.com - Microsoft Solitaire
www.modernwiccan.com - Randomized Color Scheme
bbs.fuckedcompany.com - Site shutting down
www.diary-x.com - looks like diaryland!
theprp.com - Music site to "Previously Ridden Ponies"
mpx200.org - Pocket PC with 2Gb system memory/Smart Drunk Pocket PC application
www.macosxhints.com - triple G5 Powermacs
www.slyfx.com - AOL buys slyfx
palminfocenter.com - Palms for toddlers.
www.carniola.org - fake news story
eikenes.alvestrand.no - Considering porn spam to be in a separate dialect to everything else
defunctgames.com - Pimps At Sea fox xbox
For a full updated list of sites pulling april fools jokes see here
Some highlites:
livejournal.com - on userinfo pages, "Friend"/"Friend Of" -> "Stalking"/"Stalked By"
www.gpf-comics.com - Comic mirrored.
smh.com.au - Yum-cha trolleys with "L" plates
www.clutchfans.com - Patrick Ewing returning to NBA
www.freeciv.org - Freeciv ANSI client
www.rav4world.com - Closed? Should have announced that TOMORROW!
www.retrocrush.com - Nude pics of Jaclyn Smith
westcoaster.net - Roller coaster site turned into teen girl site
www.meowpawjects.com - Sock people forced webmaster to take website down.
miceage.com - Disney merges with Walmart
www.badgerbadgerbadger.com - Badgers replaces with zombies
skepdic.com - Skeptic's Dictionary closing
fool.com - Buffett buys Krispy Cream
launch.com - Britney Spears & Jason Alexander To Renew Wedding Vows
MetaFilter.com - Turned in to a Wiki for the day
www.ddrkc.com - owner sold site to a user that is unpopular
brownpau.com - March for Web Standards
www.beyondunreal.com - ut2k4 production suspended
globetechnology.com - Microsoft Solitaire
www.modernwiccan.com - Randomized Color Scheme
bbs.fuckedcompany.com - Site shutting down
www.diary-x.com - looks like diaryland!
theprp.com - Music site to "Previously Ridden Ponies"
mpx200.org - Pocket PC with 2Gb system memory/Smart Drunk Pocket PC application
www.macosxhints.com - triple G5 Powermacs
www.slyfx.com - AOL buys slyfx
palminfocenter.com - Palms for toddlers.
www.carniola.org - fake news story
eikenes.alvestrand.no - Considering porn spam to be in a separate dialect to everything else
defunctgames.com - Pimps At Sea fox xbox