E8 - eon8.com

[Tratos]

On my longer than usual forum spamathon this morning i've stumbled across a few threads on various forums about this website.

http://eon8.com/ (and http://eon8.com/security/)

And i dont think anyone knows what is it but there are quite alot of theories and information around the net know based on information people have come up with.

YTMND Investigation: http://eon8theinvestigation.ytmnd.com/
Lengthy discussion: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?start=0&submit=Go&t=14673&postdays=0&postorder=asc
More diccussion: http://aydoo.deviantart.com/journal/9223020/

And this is a link to the company people think it's an advertising stunt for: http://www.phantom.net/

It's quite...odd, although not as odd as Halo 2's bee website, lol.

[sl33py]

was on digg.com as well.

[unreal]

It looks like something only a fool would buy. :p

[Apocalypsox]

me and a few freinds have been discussing it. we think its a seeding project. :D

[john irons]

dnf will be released

[Codrum]

can anyone access this site? i think if i remember correctly, there should be about 2 hours left? anyone know for sure?

EDIT: got through once, 2 hours 2 minutes at the time of this edit ;)

[Private_Eye44]

its some stupid shit, the timer ends on july 1st 12am (canadian time) july 1st in canada is canada day... also, a post (forgot where) says its the admins birthday

[Strife]

The timer ends whenever your computer clock time reaches July 1st.

or so people say, didn't honestly care to check.

[Codrum]

it ended at 11pm for me, its some stupid internet study on ppl's reaction to unknown BS something or other :\ retarded tbh, thought it would have been something cool

[Apocalypsox]

its kinda funny, it ended on July 1st for people in the timezone of Florida.

http://www.eon8.com/deployed21b.php.gz

he has quite a few good points here, and although it was rather stupid. the results are quite entertaining.

oh and this is quite interesting...in the last month of the survey, bandwith went from a few megabites to 9 GIGABYTES, and jumped easily by 200% in traffic.

http://www.eon8.com/july1statistics.gif

[Strife]

I'd have gone to some business and told em i'd throw their ad up for $$$$$$$

[Mighty Max]

Remebers me on the simpsons episode with that stone-angel and the new mall

[krynstone]

I guess no-one else subscribes...so heres the email

{eon8} Complete
As of July 1st, 2006, the E8 Project has completed.
The purpose of this project was to determine the reactions of the
internet public to lack of information.
History
The domain eon8.com was chosen, as it is short, easily remembered, and
eon9 was already registered.
It was originally posted on www.msfn.org, but was promptly removed as
'spam'. It was enough time for it to be copied to other forums
throughout December 2005.
Results
We were amazed to discover that the site was instantly linked with
terrorism, simply for the fact that it seems mysterious. Evil was the
number one first impression people had of the site, in spite of the fact
that there are no threats on the site. The only thing Eon 8 says is "We
don't want you here". Nothing else.
Other less disappointing opinions were social experimentation (which was
correct), James Bond movie viral marketing, and promotions for video games.
For many people, being faced with a countdown timer was an instant
reason to try to shut down or hack the site. This is a worrying
reaction, that if someone doesn't understand something they must destroy
it. As a result, the servers have been hit quite hard these last few
days, but luckily 99% of the 'hackers' could easily be described as
'l4me n00bs'.
Another worrying example of paranoia was how quickly people would jump
to conclusions, such as telephoning the registered owner of a dog seen
in a photograph on a server that hosts a page that links to eon8.
Surprises
The folks at Unfiction.com were the most resourceful and inventive, they
successfully managed to decrypt several of the 'codes' on the site,
forcing them to be re-encrypted using more secure methods.
FAQ
What about eon5.com?
Nothing to do with us. Pure coincidence, but worked in our favor.

What about the 8th eon being the end of the world?
We picked Eon 8 because Eon 9 was already taken. We didn't know about
the significance of this. Eon is a cool sounding word!

Why July 1st?
We didn't know how long it would take to get the word out using our
subtle promotion methods. We allowed over 6 months.

What do the codes on the site mean?
They're mostly randomly generated integers encrypted with md5, but with
certain letters removed and replaced. The Logs page is simply based on
the current timestamp, encrypted and modified. You can't decrypt them,
they really are random numbers.

What is the Deployment Map?
They're dots placed over major cities and several random locations, it
was done mostly from memory. The random gif filename is an added touch
to force a slight delay on loading, which looks more impressive in
Internet Explorer, but not as much in Firefox.

What's the password?
There isn't one. If you did somehow manage to get in, you'd see an empty
folder with a single text file that says "This is a decoy folder. Please
connect to the internal secure network".

Can I see your website statistics?
Yes, click here.

Are you anything to do with Scientology?
Did you see anything talking about a Free Personality Test or Xenu? Use
your brain.

Who are you, really?
The most I can tell you is I am a 23 year old web designer from Florida
named Mike. I can't narrow it down anymore than that. When I say 'we', I
really mean 'me'.
Conclusions
People take things too seriously and panic over the most trivial things.
But at the same time there are many people out there who think things
through without jumping to conclusions. You can't let pointless
speculation rule your lives and force you to live in fear.
In Closing
Thanks to everyone who kept things interesting, especially to the folks
at unfiction. Sorry there is no ARG for you to play, but at least you
had fun while it lasted.


Click here for one Final Message from Eon 8

BE HAPPY
THE END
Sincerely, x21b

Happy birthday, mtcaptain. From 'ls224' (aka x21b). Yes that really was
me in the #eon-8 channel

--
Jay Buhrt
Achievement Focused Technology, Inc.
jay@aftinc.net
574-538-8944

[giga191]

that was rather disapointing, i was hoping that someone would assasinate bush or something ^^