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Giskard

Rooster (apart from meaning "grating") translates to "schedule" (or even "roster").

My take on this is that someone with webaccess at UvA did this as a little prank.

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:16 am

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Kishan

rooster
1. schedule, time-table

from http://dictionaries.travlang.com/DutchEnglish

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:17 am

Thumper · Veteran Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 85

"Rooster"

Probably trout... or possible link to Red vs. Blue.

http://www.redvsblue.com

Red vs. Blue is a webtoon series produced by "Rooster Teeth Productions".

The Red vs. Blue series has been included and featured as part of the dealer demo discs provided by Microsoft to various retailers.

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:18 am

lottie · Greenhorn Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 5

roster? makes sense in the context of the other stuff.
i agree with giskard. did the original finder explain the link?

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:19 am

Giskard

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:24 am

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aliendial

Yeah. Seems more likely someone horked a copy of the countdown from the game and put it on the university's main website. Hope they covered their tracks, cuz that can get you fired. And the PMs pissed at you too.

How'd you find it, Mos?

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:26 am

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lottie · Greenhorn Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 5

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:35 am

Paradoxic · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 160

So email their AI department and ask them why it is there. My vote is that someone is having a bit of fun... the puppet masters Normally don't drag real websites into these things due to the dangers of the rabid players getting paranoid and seeking out those who have nothing to do with the game at all.

Of course, it could be part of the game and the PMs are just wanting to have fun... but who knows, guess we'll see soon enough.

EDIT: Also, note that the code for that counter is a direct cut'n'paste from the ILoveBees site. It even has the 'var chinatime' and the same javascript code. Out of curiosity, what does that link translate to in English?

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:02 pm

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RyoShin · Boot Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 27

I don't know dutch, but it probably translates to something like 'Program Studies', or more specifically, something about AI.

I think it's also a hoax, but not just because the code is a C&P. On ilovebees.com, the program put up the display over content that's already there. The page on UvA that has the display has no content besides the normal template and the display. If it was supposed to be in-game, it should have some sort of content behind it. Thus, hoax.

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:27 pm

jamesi

Until proven otherwise, I'll relabel this thread, in the hopes that the truth will be revealed in a short while.

**Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:44 pm

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