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Choice Votes   Percent
Yes, I am an April Fool 141 30.0%   
No, you couldn't trick me 187 39.8%   
I didn't visit ticalc.org on 1 April and missed everything 142 30.2%   

Survey posted 2001-04-02 05:15 by Andy Selle.

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Re: Did you really think ticalc.org would go down the banner ad alley?
Barrett Anderson Account Info
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Wait, did I miss something? I'm really confused...

Reply to this comment    1 March 2007, 22:03 GMT

First One !
RAMA  Account Info

Hi !

Nice joke !

Of course I did not remember it was April Fool's, becuase here in Mexico a similar day is celebrated on December.

=)
Keep on the good work !

Reply to this comment    2 April 2001, 05:36 GMT

Re: First One !
nick_2x Account Info

That wuz a stupid joke.

Reply to this comment    3 April 2001, 04:19 GMT


Re: Re: First One !
Stephen Sanders  Account Info
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Pretty funny!

I thought something was fishy though when I saw an HP Calc ad!

Reply to this comment    5 April 2001, 23:44 GMT


Re: Re: Re: First One !
Jan Waterink

Ive should know that ticalc would never make advertisements on HP calculators

Reply to this comment    8 April 2001, 14:05 GMT

wuz that?!
stewman  Account Info

a Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator?

when did they start making those?
i gotta get 1!!!

Reply to this comment    10 April 2001, 02:11 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: First One !
stewman  Account Info

i cant find a Texas Instruments Hewlett Packard calculator at ti.com or hp.com

wuzzup w/ that?

Reply to this comment    10 April 2001, 02:19 GMT

Re: First One !
Peter Mogensen  Account Info

Hi
I didn't really believed it cause ticalc.org has NEVER and will hopefully never get ads on the site.

but yes: nice joke

Reply to this comment    6 April 2001, 22:06 GMT


Re: First One !
PolarD  Account Info

stupid mexicans!!!

Reply to this comment    6 April 2001, 23:02 GMT

Re: Did you really think ticalc.org would go down the banner ad alley?
Samuel Stearley  Account Info
(Web Page)

I am an april fool.

I also liked calc.org's spoof on ticalc.org though some parts seemed jealous of ticalc.

Reply to this comment    2 April 2001, 05:47 GMT

Re: Re: Did you really think ticalc.org would go down the banner ad alley?
Ryan Castellucci  Account Info
(Web Page)

<plug type=shameless>The one on tinews.net was funny, redux posted an artical claiming that }InFuZeD{ got jailed for phreaking(some people fell for that one too.)</plug>

Anyways, if it were real they would not have used static banners.

Reply to this comment    3 April 2001, 07:03 GMT


Re: Re: Did you really think ticalc.org would go down the banner ad alley?
Deepak Ramesh  Account Info

cool. i didnt know there was a spoof on calc.org. ill go check that out right now

Reply to this comment    3 April 2001, 17:00 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Did you really think ticalc.org would go down the banner ad alley?
Tim Dorr  Account Info
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here's the link for your viewing pleasure:

http://www.calc.org/apr1/

Reply to this comment    3 April 2001, 21:06 GMT

I missed it...what happened?
Ben Ilegbodu Account Info
(Web Page)

I'm the first one to missed out on what happned. It's still actualy April 1st Central Time, so I was hoping whatever it was would still be up, but it's not. Will somebody tell me what happened??!!! Just wanna know.

Reply to this comment    2 April 2001, 06:01 GMT


Re: I missed it...what happened?
Scott Noveck  Account Info
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It was the article on ticalc putting up Banner Ads. The article is currently still on the front page, but now listed as "fake news" (so you won't see it if you've disabled it). It also now includes some more information at the end explaining the joke.

They also actually put some banner ads on the front page, but those are not there any longer.

-Scott

Reply to this comment    2 April 2001, 06:25 GMT

Re: Did you really think ticalc.org would go down the banner ad alley?
Chuck Slezak  Account Info
(Web Page)

I honestly didn't think that you guys were gonna go to Banners. I've been visiting the site since 1997 (became a member about 8 months ago) You guys are great.

P.S. (off subject) I see a future TI-85 game I make soon...

Reply to this comment    2 April 2001, 06:10 GMT

Re: Did you really think ticalc.org would go down the banner ad alley?
Scott Noveck  Account Info
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The real fools aren't the ones who fell for it immediately, but rather those who were posting in the comments and trying to argue that it _was_ real. I can't believe that some people are gullible enough to believe that after noting the date and time, confirming that ticalc has pulled an acknowledged April fools joke each of the last two years, _and_ just looking at the content of those ads. If you read the comments and still didn't believe it, I think your lack of logic questions whether you should be using an advanced graphing calculator for anything. Go get a casio, they've got THREE COLORS!

Reply to this comment    2 April 2001, 06:18 GMT

Re: Did you really think ticalc.org would go down the banner ad alley?
GForceII  Account Info
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umm.. let me see... oh yeah a HP add on a TI site! No giveaway there...

Reply to this comment    2 April 2001, 06:20 GMT


Re: Re: Did you really think ticalc.org would go down the banner ad alley?
swainova

no kidding....that's what i said...that was way too obvious

Reply to this comment    6 April 2001, 22:41 GMT

Calc.org IS actually funny!
MarkHazard  Account Info

Yeah, so as not to be off topic, I wasn't fooled. Mainly because I've been here _way_ too long!

The whole TICalc parody is hilarious! You really should go check it out. No, I'm not getting paid to plug it, not that I know of anyway. But if my bank account suddenly gets bigger I honestly don't know why ;)

http:\\calc.org\apr1

Mark Hazard

Reply to this comment    2 April 2001, 07:09 GMT


Re: Calc.org IS actually funny!
CobraA1  Account Info
(Web Page)

Umm, URLs should have forward, not backslashes. Too bad I missed the joke. I found the parody funny, though.

http://calc.org/apr1

Reply to this comment    3 April 2001, 06:19 GMT

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