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Oolite
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 13:47
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Check out googles april fools this year, possibly one of the more amusing ones they've done. Anyone notice anything else around the web today?

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Mnemonix
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 13:56 Edited at: 1st Apr 2010 13:56
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The one on nightwish.com is funny to nightwish fans I guess.

[href] www.nightwish.com[/href]


My thread, about qutting game dev and getting a job with the RAF as a parachute tester got locked

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David R
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 14:15
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Maybe this happened a few days ago and I hadn't noticed - but it would seem YouTube has a new design all of a sudden

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Thraxas
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 14:28
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Quote: "My thread, about qutting game dev and getting a job with the RAF as a parachute tester got locked
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Ah my bad I thought it was another I'm leaving thread I was going to make a comment about being a parachute tester but couldn't think of anything funny

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Mnemonix
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 14:34
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So it was YOU!

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Shadowtroid
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 14:35
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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html

Here's another joke.

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Thraxas
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 15:12
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Yeah.. but in my defense there's an "I'm leaving TGC Forums" thread on a weekly basis over in the FPSC forums, and then about a week later an "I'm back" thread created by the same user.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 16:11
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Mnemonix, if it makes you feel better I totally fell for it. I was kind of wondering why you would give up programming to focus on testing parachutes, but figured it was none of my business

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Mnemonix
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 17:12
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xD

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David R
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 17:27
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I believed it completely.... until I read the new job description

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PAGAN_old
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 17:40
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my interview last week went well, they wanted to hire me, i called them today they said they changed their mind, happy april fools day

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Blobby 101
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 18:49
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Youtube has gone into ASCII mode for today - That's pretty cool.

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castek
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 19:05 Edited at: 1st Apr 2010 19:06
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I24bSteJpw&feature=player_embedded

and no, its not a rick roll

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Oolite
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 19:30
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That video is on the page I posted.
As far as I know, youtube has gone ASCII for the day, although i haven't noticed any changes to anything but the logo...

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Blobby 101
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 19:31
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you just change the 480p drop town to Textp and it goes into ASCII

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castek
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 19:41
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ha, sorry didnt see.

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Oolite
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 19:59
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Kotaku's april fools made me laugh.

Quote: "you just change the 480p drop town to Textp and it goes into ASCII "

ahh, didn't think of that, i thought they'd just do it automatically what with it being an April Fools and all.

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David R
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 20:36 Edited at: 1st Apr 2010 20:49
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Don't know what's funnier about this one: the joke itself or the fact it actually works!

EDIT:

MediaMolecule's one is pretty cool too. "Hessian" fragrance perfumes for sale

http://www.littlebigplanet.com/en-gb/news/article/littlebigstore_hessian_sackboy_fragrances_out_today/

Oh and another Google one:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-company-name.html

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Cyborg ART
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In Sweden McDonalds took away the cheese from the cheeseburger, but so people wouldnt miss the cheese they put it on the hamburger...

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Shadowtroid
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 23:18
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David R, I already posted that Google one.

I wonder if they were serious about Topeka changing it's name to Google?

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David R
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 23:42 Edited at: 1st Apr 2010 23:42
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Didn't see it - it isn't href'd

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Oolite
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2010 00:23
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Quote: "I wonder if they were serious about Topeka changing it's name to Google?"

Click the links in the article.

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JoelJ
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2010 01:45
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Glanced through, noticed David R posted the blog about Google changing their name. The changed is reflected on their homepage.

Also, Reddit has given everyone admin rights. So people can vote up/down anything they want as many times as they want. They can also ban people and such.

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Peter H
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2010 02:26 Edited at: 2nd Apr 2010 02:31
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the video with the chicken had a sound effect from age of empires lol...

oh, and the first sfx in the sheep one...

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Powersoft89
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I personally quite liked this one,

http://www.theyorker.co.uk/news/4568

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