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Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by csarva » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:10 AM UTC

Google Romance: http://www.google.com/romance/

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

#42

Post by brlewis » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:11 AM UTC

mbrubeck wrote: post #30

Opt out of April Fools Day with the "DNF" HTTP header: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/do-not-fool/ If you are planning an April Fools joke on your web site, I urge you to support this important new web standard. :)

Where's the spec for the header?

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by moeffju » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:13 AM UTC

We're pretty B2B, so we just subtly rotate the whole page by -2.5 to +2.5 deg. https://www.toptranslation.com/

(Supports the DNF protocol, btw.)

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by moeffju » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:14 AM UTC

brlewis wrote: post #42

mbrubeck wrote: post #30

Opt out of April Fools Day with the "DNF" HTTP header: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/do-not-fool/ If you are planning an April Fools joke on your web site, I urge you to support this important new web standard. :)

Where's the spec for the header?

Spec: The HTTP Request Header "DNF" is set to "1" if the user opted out of April Fools' Day jokes.

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by ghiculescu » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:19 AM UTC

Xuzz wrote: post #32

Cydia adds a dickbar to help users discover popular packages: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=14540

> If you don't see the Quick Bar it will appear once your device's date changes to April 1st, 2011, April Fools Day.

That wasn't very subtle :(

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by redbluething » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:22 AM UTC

AOL acquires Forrst https://twitter.com/kylebragger/status/53634151336787968

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by joshu » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:24 AM UTC

Is it just me or is none of this stuff any funny?

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by daleharvey » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:25 AM UTC

My favourite

http://labs.mudynamics.com/2010/04/01/why-nosql-is-bad-for-s...

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by hallmark » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:25 AM UTC

tokenadult wrote: post #29

For historical interest, an all-time classic from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1/new...

Would have been even more awesome if the BBC reported on a very poor harvest the next year, due to an inevitable crop pest: the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Re: Collect HN: Aprils Fools

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Post by brlewis » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 2:32 AM UTC

moeffju wrote: post #44

brlewis wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where's the spec for the header?

Spec: The HTTP Request Header "DNF" is set to "1" if the user opted out of April Fools' Day jokes.

Thanks. I don't have FF4 on my Ubuntu laptop yet, but my testing with telnet says it's working. If you have the extension installed please check for me: http://ourdoings.com/2008-04-01 should redirect you to a picture of llamas ignoring April Fools Day if you've turned on DNF, otherwise it shows a fake "OpenID Support to be Removed" blog post from a prior April Fools day.

EDIT: One reply saying if it worked would be most appreciated.