[109328] in Cypherpunks
Re: FWD: PC Computing Online: Bombshell
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sunder)
Thu Mar 18 15:59:42 1999
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:27:36 -0500
From: Sunder <sunder@brainlink.com>
To: Jean-Francois Avon <jf_avon@citenet.net>
CC: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Reply-To: Sunder <sunder@brainlink.com>
There is no code to download. When you try to download it, it asks you which
version you want and where you want to download it from, then pops up a screen
that says "April Fools" containing the text I posted.
Jean-Francois Avon wrote:
>
> Greetings Cypherpunks!
>
> Sorry guys, but my sense of humor stops pretty short of that one!
>
> I find this darn pretty serious! Did you check the source for the "april's
> fool" banner? Did you dis-assemble the code and check it out? If no, how do
> you know it is innocuous? A hoax disguizing a joke disguizing gawdz knows
> what! Pretty clever. People will go OUT OF THEIR WAY to download it just to
> see the cute little banner!
>
> Some people WILL believe it and WILL download the crap. Some other will want
> to see the joke, but is it one? This is like a pickpocket having an
> accomplice yelling "fire" in a theatre and later on say "T'was a joke...
> April's fool...".
>
> Ciao
>
> jfa
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