etoy got slash dotted
... and - as the cliché requires - the etoy servers collapsed under the massive traffic the article and discussion on slashdot.org (news for nerds) generated.
result: a lot of confused hackers ;-) some even think that this is a media hack / prank by etoy.
etoy.HAEFLIGER wrote:
fact is: etoy just wants to be nice and contributes a regular etoy.TANK to the event ;-)
i admit that the etoy.CONTEXT and our history probably fueled the whole madness: etoy - leaving reality behind since 1994.
actually we don't create art and code to confuse people. our stuff is just a bit closer to the edge of reality than most corporation's output. things sometimes get a bit out of our control.
thank you for helping us grow!
agent zai, ceo etoy.CORPORATION
result: a lot of confused hackers ;-) some even think that this is a media hack / prank by etoy.
etoy.HAEFLIGER wrote:
hi, here's how it got there: Matthias Stürmer who works in our team at ETH booked an office tank (etoy.CONTAINER) for their hackontest end of September and announced it on /.thats great! this viral data salad shows perfectly how memetic mutation can lead to crazy stories that are not at all intentional. nobody created this to trigger a hype. a link to the wrong web address ... the rest is distributed story telling, conspiracy theory and imagination. its all in there: dead bodies, drugs, hackers and even google!
... He misplaced the link to the SARCOPHAGUS instead of a regular etoy tank. Google is one of their sponsors.
So this confusion created the PR frenzy without giving us the opportunity to really benefit, except for the traffic...
fact is: etoy just wants to be nice and contributes a regular etoy.TANK to the event ;-)
i admit that the etoy.CONTEXT and our history probably fueled the whole madness: etoy - leaving reality behind since 1994.
actually we don't create art and code to confuse people. our stuff is just a bit closer to the edge of reality than most corporation's output. things sometimes get a bit out of our control.
thank you for helping us grow!
agent zai, ceo etoy.CORPORATION
On Apr 22, 2008, at 12:22 PM, etoy.POL wrote:
I find it rather disturbing to get to know about such huge public involvement of etoy in the hacker community through /.
especially since it could involve finding dedicated contributors for the angel-app.
Wo genau ist die Verbindung zwischen einem Google-Projekt und etoy?
cheers,
-p
silvan.zurbruegg wrote:
Moin,
Die ganze story hier beschert uns seit gestern massiv traffic:
http://technocrat.net/d/2008/4/20/39812
etoy.com /missioneternity.org war gestern zeitweise nicht
erreichbar. Es beginnt zu bessern heute ...
g,s
Comments
Thomas Lord
@ 25.04.2008 02:16 CESTNow, really, my only complaint here is that Bruce's "conspiracy theorist" meme is spreading. That's just wrong and not at all in the spirit of the sculpture. ;-)
-t
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