The Internets are Broken

[kniedzw]

It's April 1, so the Internet is broken. All sorts of stupid things are up all over the place. For instance:

• The Web Standards Project decided to troll people by saying that the purpose of the conflicker worm was uncovered,
• Trent Reznor appears to have decided to mock the music industry fairly explicitly,
• Wizards of the Coast have published a BS

Comments

[bryant]

I kind of appreciate the Holder decision. It says a lot about his commitment to the rule of law, even if Stevens should go away.

[kniedzw]

I do too, at least in theory. I just ... argh.

[bryant]

Argh is exactly it.

[oonh]

re all the foolish stuff: I kind of want to believe (not that it's a good thing), that the Ukrainians responsible for Conficker, wanted to do some subtle social engineering today.

sgi: sadface.

[kniedzw]

I'd feel sadder about SGI if they hadn't eaten Cray. I always thought Cray was cool, and it made me sad that it was devoured by another corporate entity.

[zunger]

It's true. Although Cray was doing its damnedest to eat itself before it got eaten by SGI.

[moonandserpent]

Google's was still my favourite.

[sandmantv]

Also the Republicans released their budget proposal, which belongs on April Fool's day more than anywhere else: http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=04&year=2009&base_name=the_opposite_of_no_numbers_is

Short story: allow everyone to choose between a 25% tax rate or the current tax system (which is more like 33% for certain income levels) but project everyone will keep the current system for revenue calculations
And: Avoid soaring healthcare costs by turning Medicare and Medicaid into a voucher that has the government just giving out a set amount of money.

[gollumgollum]

Yeah, you forgot Google's (PANDAS!!!1) and SqueezBacon. :D