Its April 1st. Is the Internet still here?

[rcrush]

Is conficker crashing the world??

[Cynical Guy]

1. Light activity in Asia...

I stayed up to make sure that each of my customer's networks are behaving.

So far, so good.

[texpatriot2004]

2. I was wondering the same thing? So far so good here. nm

[NanceGreggs]

3. Nope.

The internetz is gone. You're probably not even reading this message - which makes me wonder why I'm bothering to type it.

But there ya go ...

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. The series of internets remain tubular.

[The Straight Story]

5. No, but dumb ass banks are with their bad investments

:)

[petronius]

6. Not only is it still here, it seems to have gotten smarter:

http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/cadie/index.html

:rofl:

[csziggy]

7. Even the astronauts are being upgraded!

Astronaut's Head Upgraded During Spacewalk
Credit: NASA

Explanation: First, a new truss was added. Then, new solar panels were installed. Now, as part of the planned upgrade of the International Space Station, an Expedition 18 astronaut has upgraded her own head. The Human Extended Analog Device 9000 was attached with only minor delays, making the astronaut's remaining spacewalks over 40 percent more efficient. With the HEAD 9000 attached, an astronaut can now directly access 4 Gigabytes of computer flash memory with their own brain, perform complex mathematics by "directed thinking", and play a pre-installed game of Tetris at no additional charge. Happy April Fools' Day from the folks at APOD. In reality, the space shuttle Discovery's mission to upgrade the International Space Station ended Saturday after upgrading only the space station. The above image of astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper handling the box-like Nitrogen Tank Assembly was actually taken last November. For some reason, however, Astronaut Stefanyshyn-Piper can now factor 11 digit prime numbers in her head.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090401.html

[petronius]

10. Did they consider how much she's going to have to pay for hats in the future?

Still the tetris will make it worthwhile... :)

[Kaleko]

8. I'm on a Mac, so I'm good.

But is the PC world at large still functional? Who knows.

[Lasher]

9. Look out, it's Y2K all over again!!!!

Run for your lives, we're doooooomed I tell ya!

[Cynical Guy]

12. We need these once in a while.

This virus attack is exploiting something that was fixed months ago. But some people can't be bothered to run an update every 90 days.

So once in a while, a very vocal virus will pop up, and it helps the IT folks who beg the users to reboot their systems or apply the patches.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Oh, yikes, I was a mod on a previous April 1st...

I was in the middle of cooking and my SO was on DU. He said "you'd better get in here..." x(

[Holly_Hobby]

13. I'm not worried, I just changed the date on my computer to 4/2 n/t

[rcrush]

14. Well I got my shotgun, case of water, diapers and 50 cans of beans.

I'm ready!

[ecstatic]

15. I can't run task manager

which is weird. Maybe I have the virus? :(

[regnaD kciN]

16. You, too?

I had the same thing happen to me a few minutes ago. This is worrisome! :scared:

[Control-Z]

18. I heard on the news today

that you're not infected if you can get onto microsoft.com and mcafee.com. There was a third site to try but I didn't hear which one.

[Control-Z]

17. Try going to microsoft.com and

mcafee.com. I heard on the news today that if you can go to those sites, you're not infected. I was successful on both my desktop and laptop. (woohoo!!)

There was a third site to try but I didn't catch the name.

[mwooldri]

19. Quick! Go to ubuntu.com and download it now!

In case downadup gets your Windows installation then you'll be OK.

At least I think until DKLJFN*&H@#(UFH&^RGE&* GHF&*GE&FGDEF NO CARRIER

[denem]

20. Yep - A really well designed worm, ready and primed to go off

and NOTHING HAPPENS. A sort of Monty Python proof of concept.

[texpatriot2004]

21. Any news about this today? nm