eon8...

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:28 pm

http://silvrlabs.com/deployed21b.php.html
http://24-7gaming.net/$/eon8/

Mirrors of the announce page, found here.

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:43 pm

Tural wrote:
Wikipedia wrote:{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

BE HAPPY THE END Sincerely, x21b

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

=

From the eon8 homepage.
^ That appeared on the Wiki for like, 2 minutes, now I see it's gone. It is constantly being messed with, **** people.

Just so everyone knows, that's what eon8.com had when the timer ended (and probably still has now).

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:48 pm

Now there's like 30+ ytmnd's about this made in the last 15 minutes...

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:51 pm

Dan!! wrote:Just so everyone knows, that's what eon8.com had when the timer ended (and probably still has now).

Tural wrote:http://silvrlabs.com/deployed21b.php.html
http://24-7gaming.net/$/eon8/

Mirrors of the announce page, found here.

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:59 pm

http://eon8suicidenow.ytmnd.com/

El Oh El.

-Laser- · Post by **-Laser-** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:16 pm

I just clicked the link that had previously had a password on it, https://secure.eon8.com/

EDIT: both folders appear to be empty..

rossmum · Post by **rossmum** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:29 pm

We got pwn3d by Mike the web designer.

Creepy but cool, while it lasted.

-Laser- · Post by **-Laser-** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:41 pm

http://www.eon8.com/eon21b.mp3.gz

o.O

lol

For while, the listings were visible, I would've saved the page, if I had realized the site would come back up. Luckily, I got a pic before that happened.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:42 pm

Audio and images of the announce mirrored for your delight.

http://tural.h4xx0r.be/eon8/

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:07 pm

Well, its been fun, and creepy. That would seriously make a godd movie plot.

The_Hushed_Casket · Post by **The_Hushed_Casket** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:19 pm

Mike the eon8 guy wrote: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.

Amen.

Dr.Cox · Post by **Dr.Cox** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:38 pm

The_Hushed_Casket wrote:
Mike the eon8 guy wrote: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.
Amen.

lol true.

i mean if u had a link like......

www.Worldendsbymonkeysjune1.net

Peoples reaction-> HA! yah right !!!!!

but if u have a link like this....

www.gajib.net

Peoples reaction-> ZOMG!!!!! Stock up on food and lube it gonna be a long hual!

Explosive American · Post by **Explosive American** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:26 am

Food and lube?...

Infern0 · Post by **Infern0** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:29 am

Omfg.

Everyone, COVER UP YOUR ANUSES o_O.

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:12 am

Creepy, but cool. I'm almost sad it's over.

Doctor · Post by **Doctor** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:51 am

Man, I got worked up over nothing. Just a question though, how come all those whois trackers tracked him to Texas and he says he is from Florida?

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:04 am

DUN DUN DUN!

An update wrote: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.

That's retarded.

-Laser- · Post by **-Laser-** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:40 am

Doctor wrote:Man, I got worked up over nothing. Just a question though, how come all those whois trackers tracked him to Texas and he says he is from Florida?

Whois also states that the server is done by Godaddy. The Godaddy server for that site must be located in Texas

FleetAdmiralBacon · Post by **FleetAdmiralBacon** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:20 am

Yay! we're all still alive!
I hate when people do stuff like this, because you seriously don't know. It could be something bad!

jks · Post by **jks** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:25 am

How did I know it was going to be something like this? After ilovebees and all those other sites I knew they were going to try an experiment like this.