"In November of 2001 AOL Time Warner, responding to a subpoena from
Attorney General John Ashcroft, made available to the Justice Department a
complete archive of all private conversations held over AOL Instant
Messenger (AIM). Through the power of the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA), Googol was able to obtain a copy of this entire logfile, totaling over 2
terabytes of conversations previously thought to be private."
I never heard how that story ended. Yes, I knew it was a prank. No, I didn't know that Google had
gotten huffy about trademark infringement.
The fun and all-too-convincing parody of AIM has been taken down -- though in its place, they've left
an entertaining selection of the emails they received.
Am I the only one who didn't know that Friday the 13th, Part X,
was set in the year in the year 2455?
Lines from the trailer...
What the hell is going on?
Jason Vorhees! That's what going on!
He's an unstoppable killing machine.
It's okay! He just wanted his machete back...
Augh!!!!!
We're going to be all right.
What, are you high?
Gasp. He's here!!!
Roger Ebert sez: "This sucks on so many levels."
But apparently the movie is angling for the geek audience. "You weren't alive during the Microsoft conflict," a seasoned 25th-century combat pilot says.
"We were beating each other with our own severed limbs."
You're enjoying a magical Florida vacation at Disney World. Summery breezes waft across the Seven Seas Lagoon,
and -- oh my god!! A body!!!
Yep. Friday a dead tourist's body was recovered by divers after his windbreaker and wallet washed ashore. If you've never read it,
you'll definitely want to check out this
cheeky round-up of other Disney-park fatalities -- "Waiting in Line to Die."