eon8...

Doctor · Post by **Doctor** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:06 pm

Cuda wrote:For anyone interswted, Im selling Rain Ponchos and Umbrellas from the Upcomming Malf attack.Spermicide $5.99

I'll take two spermicide. One for Malf and one... I'll just take two.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:57 pm

4 HRs left...

The_Hushed_Casket · Post by **The_Hushed_Casket** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:00 pm

Don't fall for Cuda's cheap and ineffective Ponchos. Act now and purchase my Malf-proof Ponchos, made with only the finest quality materials!

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:34 pm

2 hours left, I downloaded camstudio and I'm going to record what happens lawl

Explosive American · Post by **Explosive American** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:35 pm

I'll take ten, and eighty-three spermicide doses. I have a feeling there'll be more jizz than we're expecting. And Genre, the countdown is OVER.

EDIT: what the hell? it changed!

FleetAdmiralBacon · Post by **FleetAdmiralBacon** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:08 pm

The countdown ends on June 1st. Period. No way to change that.
The real question is, if this is so big and weird, why the heck isn't it front page news anywhere?

WTF
I CAN'T GET ON NOW

The_Hushed_Casket · Post by **The_Hushed_Casket** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:23 pm

FleetAdmiralBacon wrote:WTF
I CAN'T GET ON NOW

Me neither.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:32 pm

The_Hushed_Casket wrote:
FleetAdmiralBacon wrote:WTF
I CAN'T GET ON NOW
Me neither.

I'm still on, I'll record it for ya guys

WaywornMmmmm · Post by **WaywornMmmmm** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:00 pm

What happened?

FleetAdmiralBacon · Post by **FleetAdmiralBacon** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:01 pm

THIS IS IT
12:00
PULLING NETWORK CARD

EDIT:
ANd now I'm on my desktop, which I don't really care about.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:02 pm

Nothing happened, it went to zero and it had to refresh the page so I got botted off the front page like everyone else is, but I did get footage of it hitting zero

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:02 pm

"The connection was refused when attempting to contact eon8.com."

Had it sitting on the page, bandwidth killed mb?

FleetAdmiralBacon · Post by **FleetAdmiralBacon** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:03 pm

And now the number of people on the site is in the thousands, that's why we can't get on.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:05 pm

Are you as mad as I am Tural?

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:06 pm

Yup, all three mirrors down.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:06 pm

FleetAdmiralBacon wrote:And now the number of people on the site is in the thousands, that's why we can't get on.

No because before a lot of people couldnt get on the site, so it cant be that, maybe they shut down thier incomming whatevers mb?

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:11 pm

Wikipedia wrote:{eon8} Complete As of July 1st, 2006, the E8 Project has completed. The purpose of this project was to determine the reactions of the internet public to lack of information. History The domain eon8.com was chosen, as it is short, easily remembered, and eon9 was already registered. It was originally posted on www.msfn.org, but was promptly removed as 'spam'. It was enough time for it to be copied to other forums throughout December 2005. Results We were amazed to discover that the site was instantly linked with terrorism, simply for the fact that it seems mysterious. Evil was the number one first impression people had of the site, in spite of the fact that there are no threats on the site. The only thing Eon 8 says is "We don't want you here". Nothing else. Other less disappointing opinions were social experimentation (which was correct), James Bond movie viral marketing, and promotions for video games. For many people, being faced with a countdown timer was an instant reason to try to shut down or hack the site. This is a worrying reaction, that if someone doesn't understand something they must destroy it. As a result, the servers have been hit quite hard these last few days, but luckily 99% of the 'hackers' could easily be described as 'l4me n00bs'. Another worrying example of paranoia was how quickly people would jump to conclusions, such as telephoning the registered owner of a dog seen in a photograph on a server that hosts a page that links to eon8. Surprises The folks at Unfiction.com were the most resourceful and inventive, they successfully managed to decrypt several of the 'codes' on the site, forcing them to be re-encrypted using more secure methods. FAQ What about eon5.com? Nothing to do with us. Pure coincidence, but worked in our favor.

What about the 8th eon being the end of the world? We picked Eon 8 because Eon 9 was already taken. We didn't know about the significance of this. Eon is a cool sounding word!

Why July 1st? We didn't know how long it would take to get the word out using our subtle promotion methods. We allowed over 6 months.

What do the codes on the site mean? They're mostly randomly generated integers encrypted with md5, but with certain letters removed and replaced. The Logs page is simply based on the current timestamp, encrypted and modified. You can't decrypt them, they really are random numbers.

What is the Deployment Map? They're dots placed over major cities and several random locations, it was done mostly from memory. The random gif filename is an added touch to force a slight delay on loading, which looks more impressive in Internet Explorer, but not as much in Firefox.

What's the password? There isn't one. If you did somehow manage to get in, you'd see an empty folder with a single text file that says "This is a decoy folder. Please connect to the internal secure network".

Can I see your website statistics? Yes, click here.

Are you anything to do with Scientology? Did you see anything talking about a Free Personality Test or Xenu? Use your brain.

Who are you, really? The most I can tell you is I am a 23 year old web designer from Florida named Mike. I can't narrow it down anymore than that. When I say 'we', I really mean 'me'. Conclusions People take things too seriously and panic over the most trivial things. But at the same time there are many people out there who think things through without jumping to conclusions. You can't let pointless speculation rule your lives and force you to live in fear. In Closing Thanks to everyone who kept things interesting, especially to the folks at unfiction. Sorry there is no ARG for you to play, but at least you had fun while it lasted.

Click here for one Final Message from Eon 8

BE HAPPY THE END Sincerely, x21b

Happy birthday, mtcaptain. From 'ls224' (aka x21b). Yes that really was me in the #eon-8 channel

=

From the eon8 homepage.

^ That appeared on the Wiki for like, 2 minutes, now I see it's gone. It is constantly being messed with, damn people.

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:15 pm

Lame.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:16 pm

Now I see

Wikipedia wrote:The home page consists of a countdown which ended on 1 July at 4:00 UTC. The timer is written in JavaScript and is completely client-side. The code shows that when the timer reaches zero, the page will refresh. This suggests that when the countdown is over, the page will be updated to display new content. At the bottom of the page, there's a series of black alphanumerical characters which can be revealed by highlighting the section. The series is similar to the strings found in the Deployment logs page, but varies each time the page is reloaded, and is preceded by the characters "ES-12". However, because of the heavy traffic, it is unknown what the page goes to after the clock stopped counting down.

Bleh. Public = Owned.

http://eon8saved.ytmnd.com/ ftw!
Also, http://content.ytmnd.com/content/a/5/2/ ... 56a995.jpg

Caboose{SE} · Post by **Caboose{SE}** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:19 pm

teh link http://eon8.com/deployed21b.php >_>