From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 1 21:13:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from python.shoal.net.au (python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50B514CC2 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 21:13:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andrew@python.shoal.net.au) Received: from localhost (andrew@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA24867 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:13:27 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:13:27 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Perry To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User Friendly has been shut down In-Reply-To: <19990402040902.DMPU5611744.mta2-rme@wocker> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I thought it was funny. I think it's in the nature of April Fool's jokes to irritate some people but I don't think that was their intent. I think a measure of it's success was the amount of people who seriously considered it to be true. Andrew Perry On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Dan Langille wrote: > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:07:43 +1200 > From: Dan Langille > To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: User Friendly has been shut down > > On 2 Apr 99, at 4:38, Adrian Wontroba wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 01:33:43PM +1200, Dan Langille wrote: > > > But it is humourous! Look at all the msgs that flew around! Everyone > > > was taken in. That's the funny bit. > > > > I don't think it at all funny. It would have been if it were contained > > within April 1st, but the long lead-in made most people suspect it was > > true for too long, wasting time, effort and sympathy - which might not be > > so forthcoming if the event were to occur for real. > > The only important point is that it did occur on 1 April. There was > immedicate speculation that it was an AFJ. Those that rushed off wasting > time, effort, and sympathey were premature. Everyone I spoke with adopted > a wait-and-see attitude. > > -- > Dan Langille > The FreeBSD Diary > http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message