Is this April Fools going to far? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: gnif
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 03:09:54 am
content: I just got this email from VentraIP:QuoteThis is clearly a load of crap, but for a domain name service, a critical part of the internet infrastructure and thousands of websites, this seems in very poor taste.

author: raspberrypi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 03:16:08 am
content: I didn't know the internet was still open past 10:00PM?Does anyone in reality use the internet that late at night? I have never seen it. Did they bump up their donated energy to compensate for the fact that off peak hours are not worth as much?

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 03:19:47 am
content: Quote from: raspberrypi on April 01, 2017, 03:16:08 amYou do realize the sun circles the earth every day and it is always high noon someplace in the world. Right???BTW, I did that on purpose...

author: gnif
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 03:25:55 am
content: Sorry I just don't find this one funny, I can see some of my more simple clients calling me to find out if this will affect them, especially since some of my clients do not speak English as their primary language and wont fully understand this email.

author: PointyOintment
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 03:28:11 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on April 01, 2017, 03:17:19 amSomebody got deadmined on Wikipedia years ago for making every link on the Main Page a rickroll (linking to a Wikipedia-hosted rickroll screenshot rather than the video). That was actually the first time I'd been rickrolled, so I had no idea what it was at first. Probably about 10 years ago now.

author: raspberrypi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 03:33:52 am
content: Quote from: metrologist on April 01, 2017, 03:19:47 amUmm no I don't think so. Copernicus's model proved that the sun travels AROUND the earth. Amazing how many australians got that wrong on Veritasium's videos. I remember correcting my ninth grade English teacher on that. And she wasn't dumb I still thank her for teaching us the usefulness of etymology, even though she didn;t know the difference between cosmology and astrology. I'm a Leo, we are known to like coffee and are 12 times more likely to develop post pardon stress disorder later in life, then the control group that consisted of a dead crab.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 04:06:09 am
content: Quote from: gnif on April 01, 2017, 03:09:54 amI got that email at 16:26 yesterday.As I read through it, it soon became apparent what it was - and I did think it was a bizarre thing to send out. I just shook my head and moved on. I did not think it was funny at all.It didn't really affect me as I am only responsible for one hosting service with them, but I can imagine the anxiety and effort required to allay the fears of multiple customers - especially those unfamiliar with the prank culture.

author: raspberrypi
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 04:15:30 am
content: Its not really that funny or funny at all. I thought it was going to be some nigerian scam when I started reading it. Did you know you can pay back taxes in itunes gift cards? Thats pretty convenient and totally doesn't undermine a currency thats no longer based on the gold standard. But then again what choice do you have when they threaten to get arrest you in court house of internal revenue officer department? I would go to western union so fast if that was me.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 05:03:43 am
content: It's just dumb - groan, hit delete a few sentences in and move on........For some contrast here's an oldie but a goodie:

author: neil t
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 05:21:57 am
content: Quote from: gnif on April 01, 2017, 03:09:54 amI can o0nly imagine the benefit to global warming if they did. luckily i'm in NSW so it wont' affect me anyhooo.

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 05:53:53 am
content: Quote from: GK on April 01, 2017, 05:03:43 amthat reminded me when i was younger and went picking spaghetti with my grandma.. sweet times

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 06:13:44 am
content: Quote from: GK on April 01, 2017, 05:03:43 amThe best BBC one was the hoax about the secret scheme, involving hundreds of thousands of people, which had already colonised space.

author: @rt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 07:29:31 am
content: Here’s mine in the Commodore Amiga (Collectors) FB Group.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 11:35:19 am
content: Quote from: JPortici on April 01, 2017, 05:53:53 amHa ha. I reckon that would have been a fantastically successful hoax in England at the time. As everybody knows the English don't know anything about food and only eat potato chips!

author: maggotronix
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 01:05:37 pm
content: Sounds like some reactionary CEO having a larf at our planet's expense... I don't find it funny. I think energy is seriously important."April's Fools" is for foolish idiots...

author: Kjelt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2017, 01:09:37 pm
content: No it is not going to far it is a "green" political statement IMO about how much energy the internet costs.Nowadays it is becoming more difficult to differentiate between truth and april fools jokes.Trump is probably going to tax all foreign internet bits travelling into the United States while on the same time building a huge firewall at the border with Mexico

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2017, 01:42:42 am
content: I thought Dave's '$300K 30GHz scope dumpster find' video was going too far. It took me about 5 green-rage-filled minutes before I realized it was April 1st. Well done Dave. The bit where you pretended that power supply plug was flakey was genius.

author: CatalinaWOW
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2017, 01:55:06 am
content: There is an extemely good April Fool's ad playing in the US now. It is a car ad touting how their advanced autopilot can communicate with the autopilot of the slow car in the fast lane, and move it over "as a courtesy to the driver of the slow car."That is a just about perfect play, with bite, but not horrible.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 02, 2017, 03:28:42 am
content: We are just one step away......