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Topic: Liar's Day 2009 (Read 11452 times)
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bhodi
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No lie.
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You know the drill. Don't believe anyone. Post all the lying websites you find here. My favorite so far: The fark new experience. Woot is selling a bag of crap. Literally. Youtube has all it's videos upside down Thinkgeek has these: Unicorn Chaser Hey, remember how awful you felt that time you were clicking on the internets and you saw a picture of your grandmother parasailing naked off the coast of Bermuda? Remember how your eyes, brain, and lunch all threatened to leave your body at once? Wouldn't it be nice if there was a magical elixir that would rid your body and mind of those icky feelings? Well, now there is: the Unicorn Chaser. Theorized by Cory Doctorow, and now realized by ThinkGeek in partnership with BoingBoing - the Unicorn Chaser, with it's special blend of herbs and minerals go to work instantly to restore your equilibrium and sanity! $2.99 [ more... ] Interactive Portal T-Shirts ThinkGeek has teamed up with the GLaDOS computer and Aperture Science Labs to bring you an amazing re-creation of the Portal Gun in a convenient T-Shirt based format. Sadly, actual teleportation is impossible, but due to the computing power of GLaDOS we were able to create a simulation of active teleportation portals. The Interactive Portal Shirts use two wireless 5.8 GHz video cameras mounted in the front of each shirt along with two high-res LCD TFT screens. The camera in the orange shirt transmits the image to the screen of the blue shirt, and vise versa. A fully functional, no-lie portal is yours! $99.99 [ more... ] Squeez Bacon® Every once in a while a product comes around that puts life into perspective. When we got our first bottles of Squeez Bacon (from Sweden) to taste test, we each had a moment of pure revelation. For years, we had thought that the BBBLBT (Bacon-Bacon-Bacon-Lettuce-Bacon-Tomato) sandwich was the pinnacle of gastronomic enjoyment. And suddenly, after a single taste of Squeez Bacon, our world was rocked. Squeez Bacon is imported straight from its Swedish source and delivers taste right out of the bottle - no cooking or refrigeration needed. Enjoy all the flavor and health benefits of bacon, without having to slave over a frying pan. $7.99 [ more... ] Ultimate Assassins Weapon Ice Mold The perfect assassination (as video games have taught us) is the one that cannot be traced back to the assassin. Of course, the easiest way to avoid being traced is to bring the weapon with you, but that's still very risky. The best way to ensure your safety is to make the weapon disappear - literally. The Ultimate Assassin's Weapon is just what you need: just add water and pop the silicone mold into your freezer - instantly does it's duty than melts. Of course we really don't want you to kill anyone; think of this as the ultimate gaming party ice. But just in case, the Ultimate Assassin's Weapon will make sure you'll be ready for anything. $12.99 [ more... ] Tauntaun Sleeping Bag In the sub-zero wasteland of the planet Hoth, only the strong survive... and of course those lucky Jedi protected by the thick skin of a Tauntaun. Now ThinkGeek Labs has recreated the warm fur of a Tauntaun in a more convenient format. This high-quality sleeping bag looks just like a Tauntaun, complete with saddle, internal intestines and LED Luke Skywalker Lightsaber zipper pull. Use the lightsaber zipper pull on the Tauntaun sleeping bag to illustrate to your wee-ones how Han Solo saved Luke Skywalker from certain death in the freezing climate of Hoth by slitting open the Tauntaun belly! $39.99 [ more... ] The ThinkGeek Secret QR Code Shirt Get this shirt FREE now!!1! While supplies last, we're giving away a free QR Code shirt! What's a QR Code? It's a quick-scanning 2D barcode that's readable by many newer phones and is hyuuuuge in Japan. Note: The QR Code on the shirt in this image is *not* the QR Code on the free shirt. Cause that'd just be lame. What IS on the shirt? Just trust us. It probably says something like 'What the frak happened to Starbuck?' or 'Allow Me Tell You About Ceiling Cat'. Bottom line is it's FREE with any $20 purchase. But hurry! Available only while supplies last. No joke. This is not a prank. Oh, and did we mention FREE SHIRT? LIMITED EDITION! WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! $15.99 [ more... ] Buzzword - The Shocking Speech-Recognition Wristband We think you and your stakeholders will find this wristband a real value-add going forward. By leveraging bleeding-edge technology to apply a small shock when it detects certain words, the Buzzword wristband incentivizes your workforce to dialogue more effectively. Simply train the Buzzword with the included USB cable and software, put it on and it does the rest. Blue sky, if you proactively put this in place as a best practice, you could soon find all your outward-facing employees taking advantage of the synergies better presentation skills offer. At the end of the day, it's a win/win -- an impactful way to ensure your mission-critical messages always give back 110%. $39.99 [ more... ] USB Pet Rock Let's face it: even if you take the time to learn about it, history repeats itself. Everything that's old becomes new, and the Pet Rock fad of the 70s is no exception. But we've added our own touch to the phenomenon: a USB cable. What does it do? Abso-frickin-lutely nothing. And therein lies the beauty, for this is, without a doubt, the greenest USB gadget ever created (it draws absolutely no electricity). But it sits on your desk and looks up at you (with imaginary eyes) and for some reason, you'll feel happier. As everyone stares at it in confusion, you'll feel even more happy. And best of all, the USB Pet Rock is plug-and-play compatible with all past, present, and future operating systems. $7.99 [ more... ] Google switched on skynet: Introducing CADIE Research group switches on world's first "artificial intelligence" tasked-array system. For several years now a small research group has been working on some challenging problems in the areas of neural networking, natural language and autonomous problem-solving. Last fall this group achieved a significant breakthrough: a powerful new technique for solving reinforcement learning problems, resulting in the first functional global-scale neuro-evolutionary learning cluster. Since then progress has been rapid, and tonight we're pleased to announce that just moments ago, the world's first Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity (CADIE) was switched on and began performing some initial functions. It's an exciting moment that we're determined to build upon by coming to understand more fully what CADIE's emergence might mean, for Google and for our users. So although CADIE technology will be rolled out with the caution befitting any advance of this magnitude, in the months to come users can expect to notice her influence on various google.com properties. Earlier today, for instance, CADIE deduced from a quick scan of the visual segment of the social web a set of online design principles from which she derived this intriguing homepage. These are merely the first steps onto what will doubtless prove a long and difficult road. Considerable bugs remain in CADIE'S programming, and considerable development clearly is called for. But we can't imagine a more important journey for Google to have undertaken. For more information about CADIE see this monograph, and follow CADIE's progress via her YouTube channel and blog. |
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« Last Edit: April 01, 2009, 06:31:01 AM by bhodi »
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Yegolev
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I spent this morning trying to convince my five-year-old son that April Fool's Day was a fake holiday that Mommy invented to trick him. "It was on Spongebob!" "So was Opposite Day. That's tomorrow!"
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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hahahaha
that works better for fark than facebook
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schild
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The Witcher: Mysterious Secrets Announced CD Projekt RED to Revolutionize Handheld Gaming with Revolutionary Game for Handhelds Warsaw, Poland – April 1, 2009. Today CD Projekt RED, the world’s leading developer of games with “The Witcher” in their title, announced its first internally-developed foray into handheld gaming, The Witcher: Mysterious Secrets. The game is in development for all current-gen, next-gen and gen-after-next-gen handheld systems and is scheduled for release between Tuesday and Friday 2010. A jaw-dropping revolution in handheld gaming, The Witcher: Mysterious Secrets features a massive list of revolutionary features that will completely revolutionize, then de-evolutionize, then evolutionize and then once more revolutionize the industry. Among the revolutionary features are two cooperative multiplayer modes never before seen on handheld systems: play together with your friend on one system as you harness Geralt’s awesome Powers of Movement on the D-pad while your friend uses the awesome Powers of Doing on the A and B buttons; or connect with a limitless number of players as you play for a bit, then pass the handheld to your friend and watch them play for a while, and then finally take it back to play some more yourself! The awe-inspiring graphics created using half of the game engine’s available 32 colours help to immerse players in the awe-inspiring story of Geralt of Rivia as he fights to save the world from an unknown evil. Set in a completely open world that allows for movement in both left and right directions for an infinite amount of time, The Witcher: Mysterious Secrets also includes some features usually found in today’s best console games, like the Decisions and Inconsequence system that ensures that no decision you make will have an impact on the outcome of the game. That’s right – no more worrying about making bad decisions. We’ll also have DLC at astronomical prices, including the upcoming “The Witcher: Go Up and Down” pack. Yeah, DLC on a handheld. You wanna fight about it? “The Witcher: Mysterious Secrets is really awesome,” said Adam Kicinski, the guy who runs CD Projekt RED. “Like… really awesome. It has better graphics, better combat, a better story and more boobs than the PC version. Awesome, right?” Box art, the full features list, a developer interview and the game’s intro video are now available at http://secrets.thewitcher.com. My favorite jokes are the ones that cost money. Like sending out fake PR as real PR. The box art is awesome:  |
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« Last Edit: April 01, 2009, 06:57:18 AM by schild »
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fuser
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« Last Edit: April 01, 2009, 07:16:11 AM by fuser »
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Tebonas
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Ha, they put love and work even into their April Fools jokes. I'll hold my breath between Tuesday and Friday 2010.
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Salamok
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oops didn't notice there was already a thread: I thought reddit's makeovers were pretty funny and Squeeze Bacon april fools joke or awesome product? |
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Lantyssa
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Teleku
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Wikipedia's entire main page is filled with fake stories and articles.
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
-Stephen Colbert
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Samwise
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sentient yeast infection
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Glad I logged in to Urban Dead today:
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Stormwaltz
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Nothing in this post represents the views of my current or previous employers.
"Isn't that just like an elf? Brings a spell to a gun fight."
"Sci-Fi writers don't invent the future, they market it."
- Henry Cobb
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Teleku
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Oddly, I'm not seeing any jokes up on any of Blizzards pages.
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
-Stephen Colbert
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Gets
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I have had my April Fools detector on all day. It started with a good one that I grabbed onto 3 seconds in. My first lecture started with the speaker announcing some recent regulatory changes caused by the new councilor being elected and the exam will be held in a special room in the main university building, which is in another city in another part of the country. I was grinning while looking at the wide faces of my fellow students who have been used to the serious business style of the course.
But I didn't expect to fool myself at the end of the day. I've been studying for an exam since morning, which is tomorrow, and at the same time really annoyed that there is another test later that same day. So I check my school's intraweb if there's a subject or two I might have missed, but wtf, I can't find the course on the list of everything I've been attending. Then it hits me. I'm not even registered to it! Went to every lecture, read every book and I'm not even allowed to pass because I didn't apply months ago. Epic April Fool's Day for me.
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Stormwaltz
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Nothing in this post represents the views of my current or previous employers.
"Isn't that just like an elf? Brings a spell to a gun fight."
"Sci-Fi writers don't invent the future, they market it."
- Henry Cobb
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Delmania
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Wikipedia's entire main page is filled with fake stories and articles.
Actually, none of the stories are fake, they're all real stories with "interesting" link descriptions. |
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Lantyssa
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Wikipedia's entire main page is filled with fake stories and articles.
Since it's Wikipedia, I can't tell if you are joking or not.  |
Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Nevermore
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Oddly, I'm not seeing any jokes up on any of Blizzards pages.
Check their forums now. For once they're actually a bit entertaining. |
Over and out.
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schild
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Oddly, I'm not seeing any jokes up on any of Blizzards pages.
Check their forums now. For once they're actually a bit entertaining. “I want sex”, he declared, as he pondered the ridiculous possibility of adding another pizza for just 25 copper more. |
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rattran
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Unreasonable
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schild
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The dead pixel test is brilliant.
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Signe
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Evidently, LOTRO had an April Fool's quest because I just saw this on their launcher:
April Fool's Quest Disabled
Apr 01, 2009 11:50 EST Due to the load on our servers caused by the April Fool's chicken session play, we are disabling the quest. Please note if you receive a mail, you cannot turn it in with the quest disabled. We hope you had fun while it was open, and we're sorry the quest bawked!
Boy, have they been sucking lately!
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My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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schild
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It was a knock at WAR. They turned you into a chicken and you had to run across a PVP zone.
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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"You have all recieved youre last warning. I am in the process of currently tracking all of youre ips and pinging your home adressess. you should not have commencemed a war with me" - Aaron Rayburn
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Teleku
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Oddly, I'm not seeing any jokes up on any of Blizzards pages.
Check their forums now. For once they're actually a bit entertaining. HAHA, oh god, that is epic. |
"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
-Stephen Colbert
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Oddly, I'm not seeing any jokes up on any of Blizzards pages.
Check their forums now. For once they're actually a bit entertaining. HAHA, oh god, that is epic. HA!, that's sweet, i can read those forums now! |
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Murgos
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"You have all recieved youre last warning. I am in the process of currently tracking all of youre ips and pinging your home adressess. you should not have commencemed a war with me" - Aaron Rayburn
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schild
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I'm actually pissed there isn't a class whose sole job is identifying, cataloguing and trading items. |
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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schild
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The first featured Hotel: The Colbert Hotel & Casino Awesome. |
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Yegolev
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It was a knock at WAR. They turned you into a chicken and you had to run across a PVP zone.
It's "the" PVP zone and I'm sorry I missed it. Apparently it was not well-liked. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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It was a knock at WAR. They turned you into a chicken and you had to run across a PVP zone.
It's "the" PVP zone and I'm sorry I missed it. Apparently it was not well-liked. Wasn't well-liked in WAR either. Imagine that. |
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Palin 2012 : Let's go out with a bang!
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Sunbury
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Shouldn't the Onion on April Fool's day have all real stories? |
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"I wasn't prepared." |
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