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#271119 03/18/2004 6:03 PM
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so i'm thinking it might be kind of funny, kind of eeeeevil to pretend all the PM's got deleted from the database on April 1. could i simply do this be renaming the PM table, and putting a blank identical one in its place?


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Sounds like it would work to me.

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Except that if someone tries to send a PM, what will happen?

If you make a new table, what happens to the PMs sent that day?

Just thoughts.

#271122 03/19/2004 10:37 AM
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heres a good April Fools joke.. rename index.php in your main directory to index2.php and then redirect all page requests in a new index.php to I don't know anywhere else but your site..

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i think i'm just going to mess with showmessages, the PM view page, and perhaps have a fake PM in there from a secret admirer. i'm way too eeeeevil. that way i don't have to mess with the db.

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Having everyone's post count displaying as 0 could be funny.

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I don't display post counts heh they created way too much spam with yes and no replies..

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[]scroungr said:
heres a good April Fools joke.. rename index.php in your main directory to index2.php and then redirect all page requests in a new index.php to I don't know anywhere else but your site.. [/]

My site redirected to this index page last year.
http://emeraldforestseattle.com/apfoolz1.html


I will be revamping it again this year. Maybe I will make Joshpet the ringleader this time
[] Josh Petit a.k.a. JoshPet or Notorious J with his connections throughout the programming community and his suspected underground website known only as ThreadsDed is accused of tapping into the McDonald's restaurant chain computer mainframe and mailing thousands of free "BigMac" certificates to himself and friends. [/] Just remember if you redirect to another page you might want to have a link that points to the "correct" page somewhere in there

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I have started an April Fool's joke on my site. (I hope none of my members are reading this!)

http://www.drumlines.org/threads/showflat.php/Number/72151

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http://www.couch-tomatoe.cc/index.htm I am gonna use the htaccess to redirect index.php to that...

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DL, that's evil. Eviiiil. Its especially evil since April Fools day isn't until tomarrow. EEEEEEEVil. I like it.


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What, me evil?

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Site must be down right now?

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The...uh...authorities have taken it down pending an investigation.

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heh

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So you really just broke your whole site for April fools.

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LOL talk about going the extra mile!

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For a joke for here - I should put the UBBDesign logo on top tomorrow.

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[]JoshPet said:
For a joke for here - I should put the UBBDesign logo on top tomorrow. [/]

Wait till JC sees that one That should be a riot :lol:

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Don't worry - for a joke I'm putting up a "ThreadsDev" banner at his site.

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Hey there DLWebmaestro, you're pretty evil, but don't worry, I wont tell anyone.

Yes, I am a proud member of DL.org

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Yes, it is a joke. That's PRECISELY what I want you all to believe. MUAHAHAHAH!!!!! Or is it?

All I have to say, is, wait a few more days, when the stuff REALLY starts to hit the fan.

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Oh so you're going to take this for a few days? There are a couple people who have expressed that they think it is a joke, but there are the other ones who are clueless who are really scared for the site. You need to come up with some sort of "proof" to make it believable... Thats why I never believed it in the first place because I didnt see anything anywhere. Its kind of tough, but something to think about.

Oh and do you check the site still? How do you do that? Anonymous?

Do you want to tell me what some of your future plans are for the joke?

Heres how I found your "hideout" or secret location... I searched drumlines.org in google and I landed here in threadsdev and I saw the thread for april fools.. Hopefully nobody else is 'smart' enough to find it.

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Yes, it is going to last longer than just today. All users have the option of being invisible to the who's online feature. I am just invisible to regular members, and am visiting the site as constantly as ever, but only staff members can see me. No, I do not want to tell you my future plans - you'll just have to wait and see.

And yes, I believe you will probably be the only to find this. As the song goes, "Everybody knows, that the world is full of stupid people."

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Well, can't wait to see the "storyline" unfold.

Good luck with it too

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So all the MySQL errors weren't the joke?

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Some other members are in on the joke and are trying to help it along in the thread. You could do the same, if you want, and if you think you can do it without giving anything away.

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Oh, it's all one big ball o' jokes. I gotta attack from all fronts!

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Well how many people are in on it? Hopefully not your whole board... Well I was going to but my helping post got deleted and I was told not to say anything by kevin_nhs

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Just a few

*edit*
This post makes me 1337!! w00t!

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well I did my usual
http://emeraldforestseattle.com/index2.html

But this one should get an award
http://fools.streetsource.com/

Note the hosting company name at the bottom

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Hey DLW, when's your next move? It's been awhile..

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Hopefully tomorrow, if plans go right...

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For anyone that's interested, head on over to http://www.drumlines.org/threads/showfla...art/8#Post72497 for an update.

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My goodness. They've all gone for it now, every last one of them

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Its great..

When is it going to end, though? We haven't had any birthdays since tahe 31st!!

You also need to get these graemlins too....

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Hey DLW whats wrong with drumlines.org??

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