this is really weird




Posted by Lord of Spam

http://eon8theinvestigation.ytmnd.com/

discuss




Posted by Klarth

I was just about to make this...

When Revelation 22:13 was mentioned, I thought "HOLY SHIT IT'S XENOGEARS 2".




Posted by mis0

One of the first organizations that actually bothers targeting New Mexico. Oh dear. It's not like we don't get plenty of weird stuff here already. I'll just keep an eye on the sky.

Regrdless, it just seems hoaxish to me, because it is not impossible to make a website "non-existant" to the best of my knowledge. Someone, perhaps, is just trying to get the attention of the paranoid, and they're doing an excelent job. Well, unless tomorrow is filled with terrorism, the rapture, or the end of all things, and then I'll rest my case.




Posted by Klarth

http://eon8zero.ytmnd.com/




Posted by mis0

Meh. Looks to me as though those YTMND guys didn't think of this:

OK, this is how far you can follow the "whois" route:

[quote=whois eon8.com]Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
Registered through: ***addy.com, Inc. (http://www.***addy.com)
Domain Name: EON8.COM
Created on: 20-Dec-05
Expires on: 20-Dec-06
Last Updated on: 09-Jan-06
Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration [email]EON8.COM@domainsbyproxy.com[/email]
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599
Technical Contact:
Private, Registration [email]EON8.COM@domainsbyproxy.com[/email]
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
(480) 624-2599
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.BBHOSTS.NET
NS2.BBHOSTS.NET
NS3.BBHOSTS.NET
NS4.BBHOSTS.NET
NS5.BBHOSTS.NET


and then

[quote=whois bbhosts.net]
Registrant:
Chris Rossi
4 Thornton Dve
Newton, South Australia 5074
Australia
Registered through: ***addy.com, Inc. (http://www.***addy.com)
Domain Name: BBHOSTS.NET
Created on: 01-Aug-05
Expires on: 01-Aug-06
Last Updated on: 09-Jan-06
Administrative Contact:
Rossi, Chris [email]aunic@chrisrossi.com[/email]
4 Thornton Dve
Newton, South Australia 5074
Australia
883362203 Fax --
Technical Contact:
Rossi, Chris [email]aunic@chrisrossi.com[/email]
4 Thornton Dve
Newton, South Australia 5074
Australia
883362203 Fax --
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.BBHOSTS.NET
NS2.BBHOSTS.NET
NS3.BBHOSTS.NET
NS4.BBHOSTS.NET
NS5.BBHOSTS.NET

Obviously, this gets you nowhere. It's a dead end. So why stop there and make crazy deductions? Um, traceroute it!

[quote=traceroute eon8.com]
sdf:/udd/m/mis0> traceroute to eon8.com (67.18.245.244), 64 hop
s max, 52 byte packets
1 gw.freeshell.org (192.94.73.62) 141.128 ms 1.701 ms 223.804 ms
2 s216918-1.rtr1.s216918.usdlls2-j20c.savvis.net (216.90.2.125) 107.489 ms 7
2.476 ms 42.310 ms
3 dcr1-so-1-0-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70.193.10) 40.525 ms dcr2-so-1-0-0.dal
las.savvis.net (204.70.193.18) 14.047 ms dcr1-so-1-0-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.7
0.193.10) 74.295 ms
4 dpr1-so-2-0-0.dallasequinix.savvis.net (204.70.194.65) 79.505 ms dpr1-so-2-
3-0.dallasequinix.savvis.net (204.70.193.210) 113.569 ms dpr1-so-2-0-0.dallaseq
uinix.savvis.net (204.70.194.65) 74.644 ms
5 aer1-ge-3-2.dallasequinix.savvis.net (204.70.194.14) 32.743 ms aer1-ge-3-4.
dallasequinix.savvis.net (204.70.194.34) 68.894 ms *
6 208.175.175.46 (208.175.175.46) 111.184 ms 128.053 ms 64.912 ms
7 vl31.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com (70.85.127.29) 16.276 ms 31.956 ms 23.77
0 ms
8 vl41.dsr01.dllstx4.theplanet.com (70.85.127.83) 24.289 ms 38.661 ms 32.08
4 ms
9 gi1-0-1.car05.dllstx4.theplanet.com (67.19.255.18) 33.102 ms 46.175 ms 48
.191 ms
10 f4.f5.1243.static.theplanet.com (67.18.245.244) 8.198 ms 7.266 ms 7.650 m
s

Now, I don't have sound on this terminal (I just read the text), but correct me if I'm wrong. Do they even know about Savvis and Theplanet?

I'll keep working on this one. There are answers just waiting to be found.




Posted by Lord of Spam

I'm going to lol if mis0 cracks it.




Posted by mis0

K. Here's some info:

[quote=whois theplanet.com]
Registrant:
The Planet
The Planet Internet Services, Inc.
1333 Stemmons Freeway
Suite #110
Dallas, 75027 TX
US
[email]support@theplanet.com[/email]
Domain name: theplanet.com
Administrative Contact:
The Planet
The Planet Internet Services, Inc.
1333 Stemmons Freeway
Suite #110
Dallas, 75027 TX
US
[email]support@theplanet.com[/email]
214-782-7800 Fax: 214-782-7801
Technical Contact:
The Planet
The Planet Internet Services, Inc.
1333 Stemmons Freeway
Suite #110
Dallas, 75027 TX
US
[email]support@theplanet.com[/email]
214-782-7800 Fax: 214-782-7801
Registrar of Record: The Planet Internet Services, Inc.
Record last updated on 17-May-2006.
Record expires on 11-Mar-2008.
Record created on 11-Mar-1999.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.THEPLANET.COM 70.87.7.70
NS2.THEPLANET.COM 70.86.61.135
Domain status: locked

and

[quote=whois savvis.net]Registrant:
Savvis Communications (DOM-1400536)
1 Savvis Parkway Town and Country MO 63017 US
Domain Name: savvis.net
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com
Administrative Contact:
Internet Sevices DNS team (NIC-14398954) Savvis Communications
1 Savvis Parkway Town and Country MO 63017 US
[email]dns@savvis.net[/email] +1.8886386771 Fax- +1.9194654186
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Internet Sevices DNS team (NIC-14398954) Savvis Communications
1 Savvis Parkway Town and Country MO 63017 US
[email]dns@savvis.net[/email] +1.8886386771 Fax- +1.9194654186
Created on..............: 1996-Nov-06.
Expires on..............: 2009-Nov-05.
Record last updated on..: 2006-May-17 11:10:55.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.SAVVIS.NET
NS2.SAVVIS.NET
NS3.SAVVIS.NET
NS6.SAVVIS.NET
NS6A.SAVVIS.NET

This starting to make a little more sense, I think. But the freeshell.org certainly doesn't, because they're the same people with whom I have been gathering access to all of this with (I have a freeshell account). They don't do hosting as far as I know, unless it's some server-side unix functions or something. And when whois'd, I got this:

[quote=whois freeshell.org]sdf:/udd/m/mis0> whois freeshell.org
[Querying whois.internic.net]
[whois.internic.net]
Whois Server Version 1.3
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
No match for domain "FREESHELL.ORG".
>>> Last update of whois database: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:04:09 EDT <<<
NOTICE: The expiration date displayed in this record is the date the
registrar's sponsorship of the domain name registration in the registry is
currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the expiration
date of the domain name registrant's agreement with the sponsoring
registrar. Users may consult the sponsoring registrar's Whois database to
view the registrar's reported date of expiration for this registration.

So, I dunno. I'll try and tie up some of these loose ends.

EDIT:

So here's what seems to be going on. gw.freeshell.org basically is a dead end:

[quote=traceroute gw.freeshell.org]sdf:/udd/m/mis0> traceroute to gw.freeshell.org (192.94.73.62), 64 hops max, 52
byte packets
1 gw.freeshell.org (192.94.73.62) 0.805 mssdf:/udd/m/mis0> * 0.566 ms

But, this gw.freeshell.org is present in the traceroute for both savvis.net and theplanet.com, primarily because theplanet.com seems to be served by savvis.net with a few of its' own servers on board too.

[quote=traceroute savvis.net]
sdf:/udd/m/mis0> traceroute to savvis.net (216.91.182.78), 64 h
ops max, 52 byte packets
1 gw.freeshell.org (192.94.73.62) 0.637 ms 0.557 ms 0.395 ms
2 s216918-1.rtr1.s216918.usdlls2-j20c.savvis.net (216.90.2.125) 6.896 ms 6.5
97 ms 6.620 ms
3 dcr1-so-1-0-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70.193.10) 6.585 ms dcr2-so-1-0-0.dall
as.savvis.net (204.70.193.18) 6.831 ms dcr1-so-1-0-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70.
193.10) 28.124 ms
4 dcr1-so-0-0-0.Denver.savvis.net (204.70.192.93) 88.348 ms dcr1-so-6-0-0.dal
las.savvis.net (204.70.192.49) 65.136 ms dcr1-so-0-0-0.Denver.savvis.net (204.7
0.192.93) 137.465 ms
5 dcr1-so-0-0-0.Denver.savvis.net (204.70.192.93) 98.233 ms 37.455 ms scr1-a
t-2-2-0-950.stls1.savvis.net (208.172.163.134) 40.804 ms
6 scr1-at-2-2-0-950.stls1.savvis.net (208.172.163.134) 40.702 ms 64.241.47.5
(64.241.47.5) 40.983 ms 40.564 ms
7 64.241.47.5 (64.241.47.5) 40.599 ms * 54.049 ms
8 * * *

and

[quote=traceroute theplanet.com]sdf:/udd/m/mis0> traceroute to theplanet.com (70.87.6.11), 64 h
ops max, 52 byte packets
1 gw.freeshell.org (192.94.73.62) 0.717 ms 0.402 ms 0.373 ms
2 s216918-1.rtr1.s216918.usdlls2-j20c.savvis.net (216.90.2.125) 6.874 ms 6.5
08 ms 6.618 ms
3 dcr2-so-1-0-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70.193.18) 6.586 ms dcr1-so-1-0-0.dall
as.savvis.net (204.70.193.10) 11.117 ms dcr2-so-1-0-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70
.193.18) 7.242 ms
4 dpr1-so-2-3-0.dallasequinix.savvis.net (204.70.193.210) 61.856 ms dpr1-so-2
-0-0.dallasequinix.savvis.net (204.70.194.65) 62.375 ms dpr1-so-2-3-0.dallasequ
inix.savvis.net (204.70.193.210) 9.010 ms
5 aer1-ge-5-3.dallasequinix.savvis.net (204.70.194.30) 7.490 ms aer1-ge-5-1.d
allasequinix.savvis.net (204.70.194.22) 80.162 ms 78.835 ms
6 208.175.175.46 (208.175.175.46) 80.269 ms 20.608 ms 35.261 ms
7 vl31.dsr02.dllstx2.theplanet.com (70.85.127.28) 18.980 ms 7.196 ms 7.096
ms
8 vl1.dsr03.dllstx3.theplanet.com (70.85.125.129) 7.220 ms 11.580 ms 8.374
ms
9 vl31.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com (70.85.127.29) 19.998 ms 9.663 ms 36.658
ms
10 vl21.dsr01.dllstx2.theplanet.com (70.85.127.67) 13.849 ms 7.297 ms 30.194
ms

So, I dunno. Can anyone tell me if those YTMND guys did this already? Like I said, I could only read what was on there, not hear what was being said.

EDIT: Savvis.net and the Theplanet.com are just two webhosts. Nothing special about either of them. Freeshell.org is a Public Unix Server (the one I actually use) and I have no idea as to why it's showing up in there.

EDIT:

OK, I've started looking for anything eon8, and I found this crazy .pdf on Google, where eon8 seems to be listed as a city, along with several other misspelled, but well known ones:

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/khaos_the_sane/81d48e33.jpg[/IMG]
Read it [url=http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/soxcomp/soxcomp-lyons.pdf]here[/url] if you're curious.

Also, just looking at the JavaScript on the eon8 page will confirm that the clock is set serverside, and when the end of the countdown is reached, it's "showtime."

[quote=eon8.com]
document.getElementById('days').innerHTML=ldays+'d:';
document.getElementById('hours').innerHTML=lhours+'h:';
document.getElementById('minutes').innerHTML=lmins+'m:';
document.getElementById('seconds').innerHTML=lsecs+'s';
timenow=null;
timerID = setTimeout("showtime()",1000);
timerRunning = true;
}
}
var timerID = null;
var timerRunning = false;
function stopclock() {
if(timerRunning)
clearTimeout(timerID);
timerRunning = false;
}
function startclock() {
stopclock();
showtime();


It also seems that those random strings of garbage that it generates aren't controlled by anything as simple as Javascript, because I saw nothing of the sort there. They're generated in some other way.

edit: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=eon8&hl=en&lr=&rls=SUNA,SUNA:2006-08,SUNA:en&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gl




Posted by mis0

OK, here:

[quote]
An MD5 hash of a date and time are then created and stamped on the site when a visitor displays the main page.
The Distribution List contains MD5 hashed dates as well. (Maybe… the last one usually isn’t the correct length for a hash, i.e. 32 characters)

That means that those strings of crap are just the date/time encoded, so they're always different. Meh, seems very hoaxy now.

Edit: I wonder if it has anything to do with this:

[quote]July 1

1947 "Mr. X" article appears in Foreign Affairs


State Department official George Kennan, using the pseudonym "Mr. X," publishes an article entitled "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" in the July edition of Foreign Affairs. The article focused on Kennan's call for a policy of containment toward the Soviet Union and established the foundation for much of America's early Cold War foreign policy.

In February 1946, Kennan, then serving as the U.S. charge d'affaires in Moscow, wrote his famous "long telegram" to the Department of State. In the missive, he condemned the communist leadership of the Soviet Union and called on the United States to forcefully resist Russian expansion. Encouraged by friends and colleagues, Kennan refined the telegram into an article, "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," and secured its publication in the July edition of Foreign Affairs. Kennan signed the article "Mr. X" to avoid any charge that he was presenting official U.S. government policy, but nearly everyone in the Department of State and White House recognized the piece as Kennan's work. In the article, Kennan explained that the Soviet Union's leaders were determined to spread the communist doctrine around the world, but were also extremely patient and pragmatic in pursuing such expansion.

In the "face of superior force," Kennan said, the Russians would retreat and wait for a more propitious moment. The West, however, should not be lulled into complacency by temporary Soviet setbacks. Soviet foreign policy, Kennan claimed, "is a fluid stream which moves constantly, wherever it is permitted to move, toward a given goal." In terms of U.S. foreign policy, Kennan's advice was clear: "The main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of a long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies."

Kennan's article created a sensation in the United States, and the term "containment" instantly entered the Cold War lexicon. The administration of President Harry S. Truman embraced Kennan's philosophy, and in the next few years attempted to "contain" Soviet expansion through a variety of programs, including the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949. Kennan's star rose quickly in the Department of State and in 1952 he was named U.S. ambassador to Russia. By the 1960s, with the United States hopelessly mired in the Vietnam War, Kennan began to question some of his own basic assumptions in the "Mr. X" article and became a vocal critic of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. In particular, he criticized U.S. policymakers during the 1950s and 1960s for putting too much emphasis on the military containment of the Soviet Union, rather than on political and economic programs.




Posted by Bebop

OMG JEUSS IS COMINGG!!!1




Posted by mis0

I have no idea what to think. The date, July 1st, coincides with lots of stuff. It's vague, strange, and there are lots of dead-ends in investigating it, and ultimately, there is no way to find out who is actualy behind it.

I guess we'll just have to wait it out. But, if you guys actually care, search around on blogs for eon8 stuff. They're way ahead of the YTMND guys.




Posted by Wicked Sushi

It's probably just a ARG for the new James Bond movie. My theory is that it's going to be a virus. I mean, millions of people are on the site, refreshing, so it could be. Probably not though. Anyways, there's a reason to stay up late tonight! :)




Posted by mis0

Bah, whatever it is, it certainly is secured well. I did my most convincing social engineering and still nobody would reveal anything about this site to me (made several anonymous calls via payphone, and a few IP Relay. I'm in a Internet Café right now.)

I guess I'll have to wait, even though I can't really stay up late tonight.




Posted by Klarth

I very much want this to be Xenogears-related :(




Posted by brownoystercult

nerds. i don't get any of this :(




Posted by Stalolin

[quote=Soviet Klarth]I very much want this to be Xenogears-related :(

WANT REMAKE.

FIRST DEUS BOSS BATTLE MAKE LOLIN ANGRY. DEUS FREEZE PLAYSTATION.

LOLIN SMASH DEUS WITH COUCH.




Posted by keyartist

I wish I could view this thread topic but the stupid public com. won't let me.err kepp this thread alive for 30 days then I can veiw it.




Posted by mis0

I think the eon8.com site is down. I can't view it either.




Posted by Lord of Spam

I can still view it.:( 7 hours left until whatever it is happens.




Posted by brownoystercult

so what the hell is supposed to happen here?

summarY?




Posted by Klarth

"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."

IF EON8 WINDS UP BEING SQUARE-ENIX, A HAPPY BUNNY WILL BE I.




Posted by Vampiro V. Empire

It's a celebration for Canada Day.




Posted by Killer Jordo

9:00 MTN tonight for me. So, are you guys worried, sickened, or laughing? Do you think it's a virus? A global threat? A hoax?




Posted by WILLETH FOR MONTHS

Apparently X13600 is something to do with the human genome. I am not, however, staying up for four and a half hours simply to find out that it's some lame guy wanting to see how many people he can hook into it.

Question: Lost?




Posted by Killer Jordo


Quoting Wings: Apparently X13600 is something to do with the human genome. I am not, however, staying up for four and a half hours simply to find out that it's some lame guy wanting to see how many people he can hook into it.

Question: Lost?


How the hell did you come to that conclusion? I'm not flaming you or anything but still....



Posted by WILLETH FOR MONTHS

Which conclusion? There's like, three in there.




Posted by Killer Jordo

The genome stuff.




Posted by Linko_16

I'm not exactly worried, but I am a little curious now.




Posted by Wicked Sushi

http://unfunnytruthabouteon8.ytmnd.com/

Now you can be worried. If you believe what's on that page, I advise you to do not to go to site when the countdown hits zero.




Posted by Ant

This sure is stupid!




Posted by Phantasma2

[SIZE="4"][COLOR="Black"]COUNTDOWN TO E8![/COLOR][/SIZE]




Posted by Vampiro V. Empire


Quoted post: Now you can be worried. If you believe what's on that page, I advise you to do not to go to site when the countdown hits zero.


Didn't click the link, but if it's about another countdown and a virus that infects everyone that visits the site... it's pretty stupid.

Probably just some lame viral marketing that no one will care about.



Posted by Killer Jordo

The count down begins. 45 minutes left. What will happen? No one knows. Will we be posting here in the morning? No one knows. Probably we will be though. But maybe not. It may shut off the power or something.

Edit:SO many people on the site. I can't get onto the .com, .net, or.org!




Posted by Phantasma2


Quoted post: Edit:SO many people on the site. I can't get onto the .com, .net, or.org!

[COLOR="Black"]
I'm in and it says 1 hour and 31 mins left.

I'm getting exited for nothing =([/COLOR]



Posted by Killer Jordo

Ug, checked time to quickly. 1 hour, 30 minutes left.

And Phantasma, I'm trying to log onto it. People who are already on it have no problem with it.




Posted by Bebop

I stayed up till 4am for this. It better be good.




Posted by Phantasma2


Quoted post: And Phantasma, I'm trying to log onto it. People who are already on it have no problem with it.


[COLOR="Black"]Can you tell me something I don't know?[/COLOR]



Posted by Killer Jordo


Quoting Phantasmarx: [COLOR="Black"]Can you tell me something I don't know?[/COLOR]


I pee'd in a car's gas tank once.



Posted by Bebop

Oh man this is getting creepy. o_0




Posted by Phantasma2


Quoted post: I pee'd in a car's gas tank once.


[COLOR="Black"]No no, not about your life.
About the topic.[/COLOR]

[COLOR="Black"]Anywho this fukken better be good. 1hour and 24 <_<;[/COLOR]



Quoted post: Oh man this is getting creepy. o_0


[COLOR="Black"]Wait what?
Yer starting to get scared?[/COLOR]



Posted by Xenos

So ... what the hell is this exactly?




Posted by Bebop

Well it is weird. Giant countdowns omg

Plus that 'Unfunny Truth YTMND' made some interesting discoveries. Apparantly.




Posted by Lord of Spam

I'm going to leave it alone just to be safe. Either it is a hoax which will **** me off, its viral marketing which will **** me off more, or its a virus which will **** me off the most.

So I dont really see what I have to lose.




Posted by Killer Jordo

Yeah, if this turns out to be a hoax, I'm going to hate myself to caring so much. But if it's something big. Then I'm going to sh[COLOR="White"]it[/COLOR] my pants or something. It doesn't worry me if I get a virus. I'm taking off all my cookies, and I'm putting in my new hardrive tommorow




Posted by Bebop

You wont be laughing when evil zombie monkies over throw the planet!




Posted by Lord of Spam

I will.

Cuz honestly, what ISNT there to laugh at about evil zombie monkies?




Posted by Killer Jordo

Lol LoS

13 MINUTES! THIRTEEN MINUTES MAN!




Posted by cas

Hey hey, we're the monkees
and people say we're messin around
but we're too busy singing
to put anybody down




Posted by Killer Jordo

12 minutes!

Edit:11 minutes

Edit:10 minutes

Edit:9 minutes

Edit:8 minutes

Edit:7 minutes

Edit:6 minutes

Edit:5 minutes The final stretch. Yes I'm updating every minute

Edit:4 minutes

Edit:3 minutes, nothing can change it now

Edit:2 minutes almost.....I'm starting to worry a bit.

[SIZE="7"]EDIT:ONE MINUTE, 60 SECONDS! THEN IT WILL BE OVER![/SIZE]




Posted by Bebop

HOLY DOG POOP ITS ALMOST THERE!




Posted by Red

3 minutes remain I'll miss you guys :(

EDIT: since the world gunna implode ( according to my imagination) we should all spam. ( except me cuz I don't accually believe anything will happen)




Posted by Sapphire Rose

My leg falls asleep in anticipation.




Posted by Killer Jordo

IF SOMETHING HAPPENS GUYS! ILL MISS YOU ALL!




Posted by Red

me too OH NOEZ HALF A MINUTE
EDIT: WERE ALIVE YAY




Posted by Killer Jordo

ITS OVER! NOTHING HAPPENED! IT TIMED OUT!




Posted by Sapphire Rose

I'm just mildly that the site will not work for me anymore. >_<




Posted by Dog

eon 8 deployed.


now what?




Posted by Killer Jordo

WHATS HAPPENING?

EDIT: MY LIGHTS JUST FLICKERED AND SCARED THE SH!T OUT OF ME!




Posted by Red

were not dead that's whats happening...bummer




Posted by Killer Jordo

Thanks Red *rolls eyes*. What's going on? I can't log on! KEEP ME UPDATED!




Posted by Sapphire Rose

I KNOW WHAT EON8 IS!!!!!

It's the official takeover of the Soviets in VGC!




Posted by Killer Jordo

GUYS KEEP ME UPDATED! THIS IS FREAKING ME OUT!




Posted by Malevolence

Looks like nothing happened...




Posted by Killer Jordo

Shdig you own there? Keep me updated man!




Posted by Phantasma2

[IMG]http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5673/copyofsrth5pq.jpg[/IMG]




Posted by Killer Jordo

Need bigger picture.




Posted by Bebop

Gah its not working anymore wtf




Posted by Dog

"{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."




Posted by Killer Jordo

Lol so Shdiggy.




Posted by Red

*imitates Samurai Legend musashi voice* NOT GOOD




Posted by Bebop

Omg theres monkies at my door i think they want brains




Posted by Sapphire Rose

[URL="http://eonhero.ytmnd.com/"]This[/URL] is the real truth!




Posted by Red

GIVE IT TO THEM AT ALL COSTS




Posted by Wicked Sushi

That Mike guy is the true master at "PWNs".




Posted by Phantasma2


Quoted post: Originaly Posted by Wikipedia and eon8 homepage

{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 [url]www.msfn.org[/url], 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


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From the eon8 homepage.


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Posted by Dog


Quoting Bebop: Omg theres monkies at my door i think they want brains

pull their tail. they hate that.



Posted by Red

that's accually pretty funny that they'd go to these lengths just to see how we'd react to it... real weird too




Posted by Colonel

AHHH crud i stayed up this late and nothing happended.




Posted by Red

it's not that late...then again I wouldn't know what late is to normal people DAMN INSOMNIA




Posted by Colonel

hahahahah yeah remember that one time you couldn't fall asleep at your party? member?




Posted by Red

lol hoh yeah good times bro gooood times.




Posted by Arczu

Soo... looks like I missed something... or nothing... something like nothing. Yeha there.

Interesting project.




Posted by Red

true, it was interesting, probably scared people to death, and caused them alot of work trying to prevent hacks and stuff but in all it was good. I think we all learned something here today...were all stupid and naive people ( except for those who did not believe it was something involving terorists)




Posted by Echo

Haha, awesome. I became pretty interested, not because I thought it was malicious, but because I thought it was some sort of neat viral marketing campaign and really wanted to see what the product was.

The best part is that I showed my mom, who also thought it was really neat (but was very skeptical about it being malicious [and I admit that I didn't help that, saying things like "But it could be terrorists!!!"]). She called me at about 10:45 tonight while I was out and asked me how to get to the YTMND eon8 Investigation so she could show my dad.


So kudos to Mike. He got a startling reaction, and managed to fool what seemed like most people (not all into thinking it's malicious, but at least thinking it's semi-important [In fact, I was still out at midnight, but tried to get on the site from my cell phone. I got to eon8.com, but tried to click on "Reveal the truth..." and it didn't work]).




Posted by Linko_16

I actually thought when I saw this, "What if this is just one guy disguising a bunch of random crap as secret code surrounding this big countdown just to laugh at people who think it's something significant?" I'm glad the guy behind it was more interesting in observing the social reaction rather than just annoying everyone, like I originally assumed.

Response to rep: No, I'm just a total skeptic. If 9:00 hit tonight and suddenly there was a bright flash, brighter than the sun, brighter than anything I'd ever seen... I'd just be, like, "Well, guess I was wrong."




Posted by Klarth

I WANT XENOGEARS

4 8 15 16 23 42

GRRRRAAAAAAAAHHHHHH.




Posted by WILLETH FOR MONTHS

Hah, the first I heard about this, the guy said 'some people thing it's the first act of cyber-terrorism!' and my rection was 'no, it's some dude who wants to see how many people he can get hyped about it. or it's a new arg.'

I still was too afraid to be on the site when the countdown ended, though. :D




Posted by Killer Jordo

Boy do I look stupid right now. I really got caught up in it. The person that did make this put alot of effort into it. So kudos to you for doing a good job. But f-u for scaring the hell out of me!




Posted by sabre

I don't think he browses VGC.




Posted by Axis

I laugh at all the people that got tied up in this.

First thing that came to mind for me was "It's nothing, just some guy pulling everyone's leg."