Why I hate April First.

[Archeus]

Because websites are filled with moronic stories.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3588405.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3588465.stm
http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/gmail.html (Google actually caught a few with this one, and I'm sure hotmail were peeing themselves)

http://www.notes.co.il/benbasat/5240.asp

Anyone find any others?

[Nightbrother]

I actually believed the last one, until I thought about the fact that 1 Gb of storage was rather much compared to everyone else. Heh.

I don't think the 1st one is April Fool's news at all. Why is it moronic that animals should be slaughtered quickly and painlessly? :)

The 2nd one... heh... if they came out and said tomorrow that it was a bonafide story, I wouldn't be surprised.


The google mail thing is on CNN also:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/03/31/google.email.ap/index.html

[Cytaur]

More from CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/31/schwarzenegger.ap/index.html

[NexusPlexus]

never had a problem with April 1 before... but now...

some dirty-ass toe-sucking-GQ-cand-ass-bad-hair-cut-motherfuckerz just tried to break into my car.

they were so incompetent they couldn't quite get their heads around the immobiliser unit but had no problems with trashing the dashboard and ingition system in the process.

*sigh*

happy april 1 doods........ :mad:

editz -
nah the buggers got away too fast, but I woulda loved to have given 'em a 'Fists of fury' redition circa April 1 2004 (grr)

[Nightbrother]

Oh Holy... thing....

http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0304/ut2k4mod.html

Hahahahahahaha! Me want that! ;)


/edit @ NexusPlexus: Crap, sorry to hear that, man. Did you catch them in the act since you know what they looked like, or did it happen overnight? Guess April 1st will always stick in your mind as the day someone broke into your car. Damn idiots. :mad:

[Archeus]

landoverbabtists is a wind up site to begin with. ;)

[Nightbrother]

Originally posted by Archeus
landoverbabtists is a wind up site to begin with. ;)

Yeah, but it's awfully funny, imo, cause it makes fun of people who think they are better than everyone else. :)

[SynC_187]

Originally posted by Archeus
Because websites are filled with moronic stories.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3588405.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3588465.stm
http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/gmail.html (Google actually caught a few with this one, and I'm sure hotmail were peeing themselves)

http://www.notes.co.il/benbasat/5240.asp

Anyone find any others?

The first one is true btw. Been in the news before.

[Archeus]

http://loonyboi.com/if/quake/index.htm

Ok that one was funny.

[Capt. Rik]

Originally posted by Archeus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3588465.stm
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Archeus, this is on the front page of todays Times newspaper so the news story must have been released yesterday.

[El_MUERkO]

The chicken one is true is well unless a whole bunch of news sites are in on it which is extra sneaky.

[msdong]

Originally posted by Archeus
Because websites are filled with moronic stories.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3588405.stm
...

this one is real. in german its not allowed, too.

[Archeus]

Originally posted by El_MUERkO
The chicken one is true is well unless a whole bunch of news sites are in on it which is extra sneaky.

Its fake...

http://www.urgo.org/aprilfools.html

[NS_CHROME54]

Originally posted by Nightbrother
people who think they are better than everyone else.

not to turn this into a religious debate, but "says you".

[rob444]

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/31/1080544546727.html

[hivemind]

GMail is real. The actual Google joke was the jobs on the moon thing...

[G.0.D.]

I asure you gmail isnt true...

[StrongSad]

Nuclear landmine, LMAO.

Sorry but its not true....the people who actually believe that crap are the ones that make them do it every year. GAH.

[hivemind]

My buddy who works for Google says it is.

So does Internic. www.gmail.com is registered to Google. A long time ago. Like 1995 long ago. http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=gmail.com&type=domain

Also, it was technically posted on March 31.

But Jonathan Rosenberg, vice president of the products group at Google, said the Gmail announcement was legitimate. He did concede that the company did get caught up in the spirit of April Fool's Day in its press release.
That's from here: http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/01/technology/google_email/index.htm

And again here: http://www.webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20040401GoogleGMailIsNoHoax.html

I think it's for real. Storage is cheap, fiber is plentiful, and Google is sitting on the biggest chunk of cash in the world.

Sounds like a good idea, especially since all other free emails suck eggs.

[Cytaur]

worst april fools ever..... my HD crashed containing my lifetime accumulations :(

[Shadow Dancer]

First the hatian grand theft auto, then this.... http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/showstory.jsp?storyid=5118




FFs, both tricked me. But I heard the second one is real. Is it? O_o


They do have new screenies, it looks real.

[Zaq]

Did anyone see the BMW adverts in the papers saying you could control your oven at home remotely from your dasboard lol

[Nightbrother]

Originally posted by NS_CHROME54
not to turn this into a religious debate, but "says you".

By this I didn't at all mean that all religious people think they are better than everyone else, but that landoverbaptist makes fun of religious people who 'have seen the light' and refuse to acknowledge all science for example.

I feel drawn towards some parts of religion myself, and if I ever thought my self better than someone else, I'd feel that I was in the wrong. The fact that I do very much err, and do sometimes catch myself feeling better than someone else, just proves that I'm human. ;)

[Archeus]

1GB email storage which is free? Call BS on that one. No one would use it for mail. They would just keep opening free accounts and storing porn/mp3/etc there.

I reckon now after checking that GMail will exist but won't be as advertised.