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[NEW/HOAX?] - UVA website
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Mos
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[NEW/HOAX?] - UVA website

I caught this on Immersion Unlimited.

Okay, maybe "NEW" wasn't appropriate because UVA is a real university, apparently. But visit their website:

http://www.science.uva.nl/ai/home.cfm

Click "Studieprogramma."

Be confused as hell.

EDIT: heh, I mean http://www.science.uva.nl/ai/home.cfm - the AI section is what is important after all

EDIT 2: Also note that their counter WORKS PROPERLY, unlike many other hoaxes
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:22 am
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Kishan
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err.....
what is so confusing?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:32 am
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Mos
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Kishan wrote:
err.....
what is so confusing?


That the countdown would appear on a real University's website in multiple places in the artificial intelligence section?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:33 am
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lottie
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i can't see a countdown nor the link you suggested...

edit: not being one for conspiracies, i can't see anything intriguing about 'karel gaemers' either.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:35 am
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lottie wrote:
i can't see a countdown nor the link you suggested...


Same here

PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:36 am
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Mos
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I've fixed the link, my mistake.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:39 am
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Kishan
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Icedude wrote:
lottie wrote:
i can't see a countdown nor the link you suggested...


Same here


That's what i mean, i dont see a thing on UvA site.


offtopic
maybe i'll go study on that university if i graduate Razz

EDIT:

Now i see it, but wtf?
What has the UvA to do with ilovebees?
I dont see any connection, only the AI section and the counter...

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lottie
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Mos wrote:
I've fixed the link, my mistake.


got it now, thanks.
what a cute touch this is :)

PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:42 am
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Kishan
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and what is the connection between the UvA and halo..?

PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:45 am
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www.thefridgeowl.com

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Giskard
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What Mos means is that if you go to the link he corrected, you have to click "Studieprogramma" in the leftside menu, and you get...

... well, scared...

This is the official University of Amsterdam website, so something freaky is going on. The link is supposed to direct you to a year's lecture schedule (of the Artificial Intelligence section of the Science Faculty), but it apparently has been hijacked by... well, the same thing that hijacked ilovebees.com

I know a few people that attend UvA, and even two or three that study A.I./Science, but I can't get a hold of them atm. I'm curious if this is game-related or just a prank by someone capable of accessing the AI website and wanted to play a little joke...

[EDIT] The original find was done by someone named Spasss on the Immersion Unlimited forums
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:04 am
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Frak
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Here's some of the end source...this is after the PHP/Java script obvious things.

<script language=Javascript1.2 src="countdowntochina.js"></script><BR>
Make your decisions accordingly.<BR><BR></div>
</p>
<!-- END PHP -->
</TD></TR></TABLE>
</body></html>

PostPosted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:09 am
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kalamazoo
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[WHOIS] UVA

To Millie: Um, trout. There's another thread devoted to the fridge owl website. Unless there's some other information that leads you to Amsterdam in the fridge owl website?

UVA is legit. Whois data follows:

Domain name:
uva.nl (first domain)

Status: active

Registrant:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Turfdraagsterpad 9
1012 XT AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Domicile:
N/A

Committed to ADR: no

Administrative contact:
Teyung Fu
+31 (0)20 5252015
postmasterSPLATuva.nl

Registrar:
SURFnet B.V.
Radboudkwartier 273
3511 CK UTRECHT
Netherlands

Technical contact:
Marten Carels
+31 (0)20 5252381
maartenSPLATic.uva.nl

Technical contact:
Teyung Fu
+31 (0)20 5252015
teyungSPLATic.uva.nl

Domain nameservers:
barlaeus.ic.uva.nl 145.18.68.50
ns1.uva.nl 145.18.39.16

Date first registered: 01-01-1980
Record last updated: 10-05-2000

Record maintained by: NL Domain Registry

So what is SPDR doing on a legit website?

1) Someone at uva.nl is having a little fun.
2) The PM's have a deal with uva.nl.

Please note that a large number of pages on www.science.uva.nl/ai/ seem to have been created on Wednesday, 14 July, 2004. Some refer to "Rooster", a word not found in Dutch. Hmmm....

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lottie
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i had the same comments as above - it's odd that the extra graphic is included in the uva site. also, the comments are suddenly in english and not dutch...
and according to babelfish, 'rooster' translates as 'grating'. ?

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Kishan
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lol
I'm dutch, and rooster is a word that exsists

it means something like a schedule

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