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Topic Started: Jun 30 2006, 01:05 PM (573 Views)
GameBoyPlayerAdvance
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I'm bringing this to as many peoples attention as possible...
http://theninfort.th.funpic.org/forums/ind...?showtopic=2033
A group is saying they will send viruses at 11PM Central. So unplug your PC and check the news before getting on tomorow. And you may be safe....
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the thief

read the wiki about it, dont panic, it may not be a virus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eon8
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Bah, that's a bunch of bullspit. I've seen crap like that many a time.



To be, or not to be: that is the question. To die, to sleep; no more; and by a sleep to say we end. To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub. For in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause. That makes calamity of so long life, for who would bear the whips and scorns of time when he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life, but that the dread of something after death, the undiscover'd country from whose bourn no traveller returns, puzzles the will and makes us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
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the thief

I agree, I think it was just marketing, because the best way to avoid viruses, dont download something when you don't know what it is, second the eon8.com site has been deleted... so dont worry, in fact I'm gonna close this.
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well, it turns out I was right not to worry, the count down reached zero, heres what the site was for.
{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

Mirror #1
Mirror #2


BE HAPPY
THE END
Sincerely, x21b

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



Updates
Interesting things have happened in the short time since 'Zero Hour'. Firstly, the server hosting this site has been hacked, a lot of damage was caused but it should be fixed eventually. It just proved the point that people take things too far and have no sense of humour.

Secondly, we've heard reports of 'eon8 parties', people gathering together to watch the counter tick over. We're glad to hear people had fun :)

Also, we've found that many people have made friends while trying to solve the 'mystery'. I hope your new friendships continue long after this saga has ended.

Some interesting sites you may enjoy:
Eon 8 Merchandise (This has nothing to do with us, but I have no problem supporting it)

Eon8 - a summary (An extremely well-written article by 'paperghost'. Summarises the project perfectly)

YTMND (A site with many animations and theories about Eon8, some funny, some lame. Worth browsing, but you'll get sick of hearing the same 'creepy' music over and over)

ARGN Article (Another great article about Eon8)



Finally, apologies to Unfiction, for causing so many problems with your forums. It was the site with the most answers, and suffered because from the huge spike in traffic. I'm glad things are back to normal.



Now go out and play in the sunshine :)

It was all a big psychology test, people thought "terrorism" "Virus" "Marketing" "End of the world"... people tried to hack them and destroy the site, I mean....wow
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alch3mist

wow, i never herd anything about it.
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...Its not a virus... it was some random counter that some guy made. he wanted to see how people would react to it.

Guess thief explained it... o well
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wow, that's a cool idea. Interesting to see the result.
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