http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: April Fools Day en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:56:43 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16165 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:33:13 +0000 pipo 16165@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@jd2066<br /> hahaha, that post from Ed Bott is funny, super windows. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16161 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:44:04 +0000 jd2066 16161@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I can't believe it. I just got fooled even knowing what day it was.<br /> I was going though a list of web sites I had open and found Ed Bott's blog.<br /> I looked and saw a <a href='http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=419'>blog post about MaxWin</a>.<br /> It wasn't until I saw April 1st at the end I realized it was an April fools joke.<br /> It had just seemed like a normal post with a few mistakes. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16132 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:37:25 +0000 HASH 16132@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>yeah thats why i didnt even click any of the threads, no one had poster replies, and i didnt wanna be a first. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16129 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:35:47 +0000 pipo 16129@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>it was quite annoying, but if you reply to those kind of posters, they do continue annoying everyone, so it's better to just ignore them. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16097 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:14:10 +0000 HASH 16097@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok, professional Geek, happy april fools day to you </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16093 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:08:29 +0000 The Geek 16093@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I don't usually have time, but I do try and check in every so often. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16085 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:59:00 +0000 HASH 16085@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok, fast reply, see thats why i want a online/offline feature, so i know your lurking the forums! :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16084 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:58:37 +0000 Santo 16084@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>They might have been killed by our moderator... :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16082 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:57:51 +0000 The Geek 16082@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Naturally, yes. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16081 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:56:18 +0000 HASH 16081@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>yeah, i was pretty curious, because it was April Fools Day, but still it was very threatening. Did you guys ban the user? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16079 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:54:41 +0000 The Geek 16079@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I deleted the posts because I'm not gonna tolerate that type of behavior. </p> <p>This forum is supposed to be about helping people that need help, and enjoying some geek related stuff with the other regulars. Those posts were neither and just crossed the line, and irritated a number of people who contacted me privately about it. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16077 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:41:52 +0000 HASH 16077@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>and one more thing, there was some wierd posts last night, by the user wizardsal<br /> they have disappeared<br /> can someone please explain to me what happened? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-16054 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:25:04 +0000 HASH 16054@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>nice link jd its was soo funny </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-15959 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:23:01 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 15959@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p><a href='http://lifehacker.com/373817/top-10-harmless-geek-pranks'>http://lifehacker.com/373817/top-10-harmless-geek-pranks</a> try out this list </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-15935 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:20:34 +0000 pipo 15935@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@scott<br /> that's funny. lol.</p> <p>i did get to fool some of my friends in my ym list, i put my status as "You're invited on my wedding this June 31st, message me for details." </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-15934 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:17:21 +0000 The Geek 15934@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I always check the current day in Wikipedia for the list of jokes... this page changes throughout the day.</p> <p><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1%2C_2008'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1%2C_2008</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-15933 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:13:46 +0000 Scott 15933@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for the heads-up JD. Do you know any magician's tricks you care to expose too? How do they always know the card I hold or saw that lady in half? </p> <p>Where were you last year to warn me of this, <a href='http://www.google.com/tisp/'>http://www.google.com/tisp/</a> before I went out and tried to buy it? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/april-fools-day#post-15914 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:50:49 +0000 jd2066 15914@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Just thought I would remind everyone it's <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools_Day'>April Fools Day</a> and to keep an eye on what you read today as some things can be a joke.<br /> Also for anyone who wants to see many of the jokes online there are many listed at <a href='http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/2008.html'>http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/2008.html</a></p> <p>Edit:<br /> Funny ones I like so far:<br /> <a href='http://www.thinkgeek.com'>ThinkGeek - Fake Product List</a><br /> <a href='http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html'>Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes</a><br /> <a href='http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html'>Gmail custom time</a> </p>