d2r: March 13, 2003 Archives

don't go there

Despite being asked not to, people went there anyway. They came, they saw, some of them pondered and then, with a quick click, they opted to send the website to its death.

The creator of a website called Don't Go There, launched Wednesday, purposefully programmed the site to survive a mere hundred hits before it automatically shut itself down. It was up to site visitors to either prolong its life or to kill it off quickly.

Very cool. However I think he underestimated the response, only a hundred hits seems quite low. But it probably wouldn't have mattered anyway.

Categories: art.media
Posted by diego on March 13, 2003 at 7:50 PM

duz txt msgN mAk U :-) o :-( ?

frm d Economist:

R U wurEd dat d eng lngwij wil bcum cor^ted & unrEdabl, dat kds wont no how 2 spL? olds got ^set rEsntlE wen a 13-yr-old :o)3 in w scotl& rOt a skul SA in txt. she sed it wz EZer thn writN all d borN lng wrds. it Bgan: �my smmr hols wr a CWOT. B4, we Usd 2go2 NY toC my bro, his GF & thr 3 :- kds FTF. ILNY, it iz a gr8 plc.� d Tcha sed he c% dnt BlEv it, it wz fulla hIrOglifs he c% dnt transl8

bt dnt fret. d sAm sorta shrt& n tLegrams o cAbls (remMbR dem?) didnt dstroi eng. kds txt (nOt d nu verb) Ech uthR cuz itz :) & chEp. 4ling mob fone chRjs & nu typz of mob fones mA mAk vox cmUnik8shn populR agN

txtN wil stil survIv, bt az a ritN dialect, jst az spOkn dialex survIvd Tchaz F4tz 2 frash dem outa :- kds. so cheer ^!

PS if U cant rEd dis go 2 www.transl8it.com or Rsk yr chldrn

LOL!

Categories: technology
Posted by diego on March 13, 2003 at 5:15 PM