Comments on: This is ODD.

This is ODD.

Niahmas — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:45:52 -0800

This is ODD. I was reading a flash/videogame forum and clicked this one looking for more video game information. Any info?

By: Niahmas

Niahmas — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:48:47 -0800

Here is a Mirror of the old site ?

By: ashbury

ashbury — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:56:00 -0800

irritating porn pop-ups come with link Niahmas, warn us of these things, please.

By: Slithy_Tove

Slithy_Tove — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:13:38 -0800

No pop-ups for me. ashbury, are you running spyware? This smells like a hoax. 'Florida Univeristy'? The language is not how scientists write; rather, it sounds like what a layperson might believe a scientist would write. Wild-Assed Guess: maybe something related to Majestic?

By: Pinwheel

Pinwheel — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:14:20 -0800

It's always charming to read the fruits of a such a dedicated schizophrenic's labour.

By: Faze

Faze — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:25:22 -0800

Speaking as someone familiar with scientific writing, let me pronounce this totally bogus. Not a word rings true. Also, note the redundant honorifics of the author: Doctor Timothy Johnson, Ph.D. No one makes that mistake in the real world.

By: revbrian

revbrian — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:30:03 -0800

[Speaking as someone familiar with scientific writing, let me pronounce this totally bogus. ] Agreed - It's either fake or extremely disturbing that people with that technology write like that. What's with the pop-up's? I did not get any and feel left out...

By: i_am_joe's_spleen

i_am_joe's_spleen — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:36:55 -0800

Leaving aside the spelling and punctuation mistakes ("saught"?), this would never, ever get past a modern ethics committee. Since the Milgram experiments psychologists are not generally allowed to mess with your mind too severely - and they certainly aren't allowed to crack web sites to further their research. Consider - even if you, the dedicated but loony psych researcher, want to do this, where could you publish?

By: revbrian

revbrian — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:58:03 -0800

Wow, I just got the weirdest error while viewing this page!

By: ashbury

ashbury — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 11:01:09 -0800

revbrian--pop-ups come with the "mirror" link.

By: bschoate

bschoate — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 11:24:42 -0800

Gotta be a hoax, but the phone number and address is legit (looks like an attorney's office rather than an M.D.): Johnson Blakely Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns Pa. Also, searching by the domain name found some interesting pages within the site. Definitely a cracker's domain... "TheBlueDeamon" came up in one of the hits.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 11:25:21 -0800

Did anyone bother to call the phone number? "Good afternoon, Johnson-Blakely". Hmm.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 11:28:26 -0800

Beaten to the punch.

By: stevis

stevis — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 11:46:58 -0800

This hoax reminds me of a web version of the secretive group in the movie "The Parallax View." In the movie, this secret group recruits people with anti-social behavior to be brainwashed to assassinate political figures.

By: rhizome23

rhizome23 — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:56:03 -0800

someone "finger" the domain and find out who registered it and when. looks like a "majestic" prop, as slithy_tove pointed out...

By: jeff318

jeff318 — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:35:59 -0800

the address is right.... hmmm http://tbd.yi.org/cgi-bin/nmb.pl has some interesting info: I found out today how to build an A-bomb. Its really simple, in a way. All you do is take an atomic core surround it with plastic explosives and WALLA you have one atomic bomb. If you want i can explain why, or how this works. Just reply :) Its ViRiOn here. Just thought I drop little presents for our porn fiends out there, enjoy. and http://tbd.yi.org/polarbear.html http://tbd.yi.org/hotmail/ is interesting....

By: suprfli

suprfli — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:10:49 -0800

Every link I click on at the page is dead.

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:49:46 -0800

I agree. If I could get there from here... Although, from reading your comments (and being an ex-Majestic player - BAD customer support), it doesn't seem a prop...

By: rhizome23

rhizome23 — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 22:50:33 -0800

looks like the website is being run off a home pc in new york via road runner cable: hostname:cm-24-169-11-49.nycap.rr.com

By: geoff.

geoff. — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:14:51 -0800

This seems to be an elaborate net hoax. Abused child grows up and cons herself into believing she was part of a government conspiracy. http://www.trance-formation.org

By: geoff.

geoff. — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:15:28 -0800

Replace "net hoax" with "conspiracy theory".

By: Dom

Dom — Sat, 29 Dec 2001 03:21:14 -0800

the site's down, now. kinda interesting