• (cs)

    first?

    Repetition makes for humour, so I've been told...

  • Inhibeo (unregistered)

    lol nice j/k cptcha:consequat

  • Russ (unregistered)

    Okay--this is getting annoying.

  • housecaldwell (unregistered) in reply to Russ

    I'm actually starting to prefer this format...

  • (cs)

    No, it IS funny, look, they keep on posting short articles - can't you all see how utterly HILARIOUS that is???

    :rolleyes:

  • (cs)

    I'll be back tomorrow

  • (cs)

    Plz cnvrt all articls. kthxbye

  • CoyneT (unregistered)

    Darren's coworker needs a demonstration of minimum privileges--as in "none".

  • random.next (unregistered) in reply to CoyneT
    CoyneT:
    Darren's coworker needs a demonstration of minimum privileges--as in "none".
    Unfortunately the new format didn't allow for more than 140 characters, which is why only the first part was included. The second part, however, states that administrators were relieved from any priviliges they might have had before.
  • Fernando (unregistered)

    This is the first serious laugh I've had all week, and believe me I've needed one. Thanks!

  • MugMan (unregistered)

    Fist I was disappointed with the length of today's articles that's what she said OH SNAP captcha: illum

  • JoPoser (unregistered)

    What a twit.

    CAPTCHA: Ratis: is, What this change

  • Tycho (unregistered)

    I like the format - it's almost like an Haiku.

    I also like the 'expand full text' link.

  • (cs)

    "Full Article" link is also obsolete

  • (cs)

    April Fool's Day with friends is fun. Ego shattering and emotional pranks. April Fool's day with the media is not fun. It becomes an exercise in trust and just how far can they stretch the absurd.

  • (cs) in reply to bryan986
    bryan986:
    "Full Article" link is also obsolete

    No, it still fulfills its purpose: increased ad impressions.

  • Cri (unregistered)

    Please keep quiet, this is mandatory fun day, okay?

  • Lupus.Umbrae (unregistered)

    Duh. This is, like, the worst 1th april joke ever...

  • St Mary's Hospital for the April Fishes (unregistered)

    Did somebody discover an April Fool's tag in the HTML code?

  • diaphanein (unregistered)

    Still not as bad as the lame assed name changes from years past.

  • m (unregistered)

    You cannot say that the system do not follow KISS...

  • chadsexington (unregistered)

    coworker - I compress with 'del' - its awesome

  • (cs)

    I would have appreciated an "<EOM>" to keep me away from the "Full Article" link, but I liked it. Speaks for itself.

  • (cs)

    This is just as unproductive as RL Twitter.

  • no images (unregistered)

    this is damn annoying i'm taking you off my rss if you don't behave

  • Mr C (unregistered) in reply to Mr B
    Mr B:
    No, it IS funny, look, they keep on posting short articles - can't you all see how utterly HILARIOUS that is???

    :rolleyes:

    YOU capitalized hilarious, DOES that make IT more hilaRious, OR does that imply SARCASM?

    :rollass: :rolltonsils: :rollout:

  • (cs) in reply to Mr B
    Mr B:
    ...

    Repetition makes for humour, so I've been told...

  • MissedThePoint (unregistered)

    I get it. But what happened to the old Administrators?

    Does this have anything to do with Reverse Vampires?

  • April Tool (unregistered)

    My parents used to ask me to fix problems with a PC my sister gave them. Then I gave them Administrator access. Then they caught the Conflicker Worm. Last I heard, the Worm had sold their clothes on eBay, impregnated their cat, and order 50lbs of steak from the Omaha Steak company.

    Long live hackers!

  • Leo (unregistered) in reply to Cri
    Cri:
    Please keep quiet, this is mandatory fun day, okay?

    Yes, now with punchlines. Oh, wait...

  • Theo Vosse (unregistered)

    Alex now twitters One hundred and forty chars What the daily f*ck?

  • (cs) in reply to Leo
    Leo:
    Cri:
    Please keep quiet, this is mandatory fun day, okay?

    Yes, now with punchlines. Oh, wait...

    Yeah, only punchlines! No more long drawn-out boring stories, just the points that matter.

    Here, an example.

    Paula didn't know how to spell "brilliant".
    Isn't that much better a story than the original?
  • I think I get it (unregistered)

    Happy April 1 everybody!

  • Bob (unregistered)

    I love the new format.

    It's got all of fuck with none of the what!

  • (cs) in reply to Theo Vosse
    Theo Vosse:
    Alex now twitters One hundred and forty chars What the daily f*ck?
    Joan was quizzical Studied pataphysical Science in the home
  • Bob Carpenter (unregistered)

    "What's wrong? Why didn't I get any laughs?" "Well," said the older prisoner, "sometimes it's not the joke, but how you tell it."

  • (cs)

    These shorter WTFen well-formed, like techno haiku I like them very much

  • ashmud (unregistered) in reply to Charles400
    Charles400:
    This is just as unproductive as RL Twitter.
    I thought we were supposed to use AFK now, not [I]RL.
  • (cs)

    Ugh. Bring back MFD over April 1st BS. April 1st: when all the web sucks.

  • CynicalTyler (unregistered)

    I'm loving the new format! Fewer words means fewer typos!

  • Jaap (unregistered)

    I like this new format, please keep it this way!

  • (cs) in reply to housecaldwell
    housecaldwell:
    I'm actually starting to prefer this format...
    Me too. The WTF minus the fluff.
  • Jas (unregistered)

    April fools are supposed to end at noon. Or the fool's on you.

  • BJ Upton (unregistered) in reply to BobB
    BobB:
    April Fool's Day with friends is fun. Ego shattering and emotional pranks. April Fool's day with the media is not fun. It becomes an exercise in trust and just how far can they stretch the absurd.

    Agreed.

    Trying to find the last time this sort of thing was worth a chuckle. 1997?

    It's annoying.

  • Andrew (unregistered)

    This is awesome... 5x the WTF in half the time.

  • RBoy (unregistered)

    I think this AFD 'joke' is TRWTF...

  • BJolling (unregistered) in reply to April Tool
    April Tool:
    My parents used to ask me to fix problems with a PC my sister gave them. Then I gave them Administrator access. Then they caught the Conflicker Worm. Last I heard, the Worm had sold their clothes on eBay, impregnated their cat, and order 50lbs of steak from the Omaha Steak company.

    Long live hackers!

    A møøse once bit my sister ...

  • (cs)

    And I still believe that the number of articles makes up for the lack of "depth" and april fool's corniness.

    Keep 'em coming, baby!

    Ehm... They seem to have stopped now, haven't they?

  • ThatGuy (unregistered)

    Darren worked for MS in 1995.

  • Thomas Dark (unregistered)

    This article is a bit short, I don't think I have enough priverlages to read it all.

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