http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/01/labour-gordon-brown-hard-man (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/01/labour-gordon-brown-hard-man)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg227.imageshack.us%2Fimg227%2F1455%2Fgordonbrowncampaignpos0t.jpg&hash=1fd50944d02dab2db345aec68de604cb481831aa) (http://img227.imageshack.us/i/gordonbrowncampaignpos0t.jpg/)
http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/about/news/0,,1156__181258900_,00.html (http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/about/news/0,,1156__181258900_,00.html)
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I like.
http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/internetabschaltung100.html
tagesschau.de has a story that with all the mobile internet devices the IP addresses are running out, meaning that the ICANN will disable all root servers to implement an update from IPv4 to IPv6 which allows longer IP codes.
The tagesschau teletext will continue to be maintained during the outage on Easter weekend:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tagesschau.de%2Fmultimedia%2Fbilder%2Fvideotext146_v-grossgalerie16x9.jpg&hash=580e967ba7bcad31c110e733a767f96bf01a9883)
I didn't know analogue teletext was still going anywhere.
Quote from: Tyr on April 01, 2010, 05:06:01 AM
I didn't know analogue teletext was still going anywhere.
Many tv stations still have it on for various reasons. I often use it in the morning to check the weather forecast so that I don't have to turn on my computer or wait for the one on the radio.
http://www.thelocal.se/25850/20100401/
The Local having launched sites with German and Swedish news in English plans to launch a new site; American news in British English.
http://www.theonion.com/video/scientists-successfully-teach-gorilla-it-will-die,17165/
The Onion had a spoof story titled "Scientists Successfully Teach Gorilla It Will Die Someday"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8598637.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8598637.stm)
Quote from: grumbler on April 01, 2010, 06:25:54 AM
http://www.theonion.com/video/scientists-successfully-teach-gorilla-it-will-die,17165/
The Onion had a spoof story titled "Scientists Successfully Teach Gorilla It Will Die Someday"
Wow, that's horrible! :XD:
Well, google announced that it has changed its name to "Topeka"
Quote from: PDH on April 01, 2010, 07:44:16 AM
Well, google announced that it has changed its name to "Topeka"
Thats rather lame, googles past ones have been awesome.
A handy summary of the British press' efforts here:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/820095-april-fools-day-2010-how-the-uks-media-tried-to-make-fools-of-us-all (http://www.metro.co.uk/news/820095-april-fools-day-2010-how-the-uks-media-tried-to-make-fools-of-us-all)
Cute :lol:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7541455/Ferrets-key-to-bridging-the-digital-divide-between-cities-and-rural-areas.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7541455/Ferrets-key-to-bridging-the-digital-divide-between-cities-and-rural-areas.html)
Quote from: Tyr on April 01, 2010, 07:49:41 AM
Quote from: PDH on April 01, 2010, 07:44:16 AM
Well, google announced that it has changed its name to "Topeka"
Thats rather lame, googles past ones have been awesome.
No, it is pretty clever. One of the better gags google has pulled.
Quote from: PDH on April 01, 2010, 07:44:16 AM
Well, google announced that it has changed its name to "Topeka"
I can't find that...
Go to google for starters :P
Here's one I fond on another board. Enjoy!
QuoteStar-Tribune - George RR Martin, best known for his as a writer on the hit CBS series Beauty and the Beast has completed his long awaited fifth book in an ongoing fantasy series A Dance with Dragons. Originally scheduled for publication in early 2006, Martin cited his pressing football needs and a hectic HBO shooting schedule as cause for the delay. "I promised my avid readers I wouldn't revise my (Song of) Ice and Fire update page until the book was finished," Martin said by telephone interview. "I felt it important to keep my word on this issue," he explained citing an unchanged status page from January 1, 2008.
"I think my readers are going to be very pleased with this new novel. I've taken to heart a lot from what I've learned on the set of my new HBO project," Martin said, referring to his newly greenlit series about the Song of Ice and Fire scheduled to air in Spring of 2011.
"What finally brought me over the hump of writer's block I've been struggling with for so many years is the dawning realization on set of exactly what this book needed: writing by committee.
"Consequently, in Dragons, Daenerys is now going to be 19 years old and a redhead to really ramp up the sex appeal for the 18-35 year old males in the audience. Ned Stark returns from the grave in ghost form, just like in Hamlet! Oh and I don't want to spoil anything, but Jamie Lannister's going to get his hand reattached, either through surgery or sorcery. We haven't quite finished the editing process yet but I can tell you it's going to be exciting either way it happens."
The book has a page count of 3,658 pages and centers around two main perspectives. Those wishing to learn more about other favorite characters may have to wait for the sixth book The Winds of Winter due out in Mid 2018 by Bantam Books.
"In the meantime, I'm working on editing Wild Cards LXXI April Showers and LXXII Fool's Gambit due out this Spring and Summer respectively," Martin said.
Quote from: Alcibiades on April 01, 2010, 11:15:26 AM
Go to google for starters :P
I did, and see nothing...
Quote from: Barrister on April 01, 2010, 11:28:47 AM
Quote from: Alcibiades on April 01, 2010, 11:15:26 AM
Go to google for starters :P
I did, and see nothing...
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html
Quote from: grumbler on April 01, 2010, 09:31:06 AM
Quote from: Tyr on April 01, 2010, 07:49:41 AM
Quote from: PDH on April 01, 2010, 07:44:16 AM
Well, google announced that it has changed its name to "Topeka"
Thats rather lame, googles past ones have been awesome.
No, it is pretty clever. One of the better gags google has pulled.
Its funny. But its just a little low key article. They usually do big things. Entire new google sites just for april fools.
They did.
There's Google Street View in 3d, Google Animals Translates, Google Standard Voice Mail. DO a search on google, see how much time it took. Google Docs that stores "everything" From keys to credit cards.
Paradox got in on the joke just a little :
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=468922
Nice! :cthulu: