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http://eon8theinvestigation.ytmnd.com/

^Got me thinking. Just what is going on at www.eon8.com ?

Any ideas?

The least interesting hoax ever.

Any games coming out soon?

It's an ARG.

It's an ARG.

What would that be?

Some highschool kids read a few tutorials on HTML scripts.

ZOMG 1337 haxxors are going to kill us all.

What would that be?
An alternate reality game. See http://www.unforums.com/ - there's bound to already be a thread on it.

I just found out about this a couple hours ago. Right now, I'm leaning towards it being about the new James Bond flick Casino Royale. Counting the "unofficial" Bond movies, Daniel Craig will be the eighth actor to portray Bond. EON Productions is the film company that produces the James Bond films.

Environmental Odor Neutralizer!

http://www.eonproducts.com/eon8.htm

check out this website, its counting down to something but no one knows what. it ends at 12 am on July 1 http://www.eon8.com/


heres a wiki entry on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eon8


and heres a site thats investigating it: http://eon8theinvestigation.ytmnd.com/

A blogger calling himself 'CEREBRUS' posted a response to a question about the website's purpose:

>>You are correct, this is not a terrorist act, nor is it a hoax.<<
>>It is not affiliated with video games or movies.<<
>>Think on what the map signifies<<
>>Think on what the time and date represents from the history of this country.<<
>>Use your head, everything is part of the_[LF P$X419<<
ES-12 02129BB8610611052592E26B383800618943025315F869E4E1F094710124429EB
1032872F519090F57E4137B61487B4E2430033E04614360930041B22E537E151E
B7536794B63BF90EF37F9B1477F89307B7F3432822519221E061F83701412F80B
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Another comment was left on this blog by 'Kerberos' explaining:

"The Beast Sleeps And All Will Soon Be Revealed."
The beast may refer to cerberus as accounding to legend Kerberos put the cerberus to sleep by drugging it. Kerberos is also a form of computer security protocol.

This is really disturbing, I'm scared. Let's all run to the bunkers! Hmm, tommorow is the anniversary of the first international telephone call, it could be related to that.

It looks like the Eon8 thing has been discovered.

The counter reaches zero (http://eon8truth.ytmnd.com/)

Well, its not like we have long to wait now.
I'm wagering on a marketing campaign.

It looks like the Eon8 thing has been discovered.
You lie - This (http://eon8timer.ytmnd.com/) is what really happened! :D

You lie - This (http://eon8timer.ytmnd.com/) is what really happened! :D
That would be beyond amazing.

I know what it is, it's exactly the time I finish work tomorrow.

It's when Cthulu will rise from the seas, and reawaken.

Hmm, if you adjust system time to just before it expires, it adjusts with it. When it reaches zero, it resets back to 14 hours.

Hmm, if you adjust system time to just before it expires, it adjusts with it. When it reaches zero, it resets back to 14 hours.
It has a server component - when it reaches zero, it sends a post request to the server checking if "deployed" = 1. At the moment, deployed presumably doesn't equal one, so it resets itself to prevent easy hacking.

It has a server component - when it reaches zero, it sends a post request to the server checking if "deployed" = 1. At the moment, deployed presumably doesn't equal one, so it resets itself to prevent easy hacking.

Fair enough.

Meh. I'm kinda hoping it's a doomsday weapon, but i'd rather that be put off until next Wednesday. Or at least have it go off before work rather than when I just finish, because I probably won't be paid for the shift in the event of the apocalypse. :(

(only kidding. It's possibly some stupid marketing thing, but I wonder why P'yon'yang and central africa are on the map? Probably more likely to be a hoax)

One of the 'deployment' sites looks like it's in Khatanga

Fair enough.

Meh. I'm kinda hoping it's a doomsday weapon, but i'd rather that be put off until next Wednesday. Or at least have it go off before work rather than when I just finish, because I probably won't be paid for the shift in the event of the apocalypse. :(

(only kidding. It's possibly some stupid marketing thing, but I wonder why P'yon'yang and central africa are on the map? Probably more likely to be a hoax)
I motion that they hold off until next Saturday. I get paid next Friday, and I'd like to blow it all on booze that night if the world's going to end the next morning. I'd actually welcome it then, because it would make it so I didn't experience the Mother of all Hangovers...

OMG!!!!! I realized what sinister and devious thing it's counting down to...




























The month of July. :eek:

Join the club. (http://www.eon8.com/security)

I motion that they hold off until next Saturday. I get paid next Friday, and I'd like to blow it all on booze that night if the world's going to end the next morning. I'd actually welcome it then, because it would make it so I didn't experience the Mother of all Hangovers...

Funnily enough, that's the reason I suggested Wednesday, since i'm staying with a big group at a friend's holiday house 'till then, and there shall be much drinking....and i'm sure as hell not looking forward to the come-down. :/

The page wont load for me.
:eek:

Aliens I tells ya!!! They're all the landing sites. We're doomed I tell you doomed!!!!:eek:

I think I'll be working on the car's AC then. :)

Spam?

http://www.eon5.com/

Tis counting down to the start of the zombie invasion. *Cocks Deagle* COME ON YOU RAT BASTARDS! COME AND GET ME!

And now to go away for a couple of weeks again.

The page wont load for me.
:eek:Just wait a few minutes then try again. Judging from the number of sites I've seen linking to eon8, I expect they are dealing with some pretty heavy traffic right now.

I. Hate. Eon8.

Eon8 is excellent.

Now someone sent me a link, http://www.eon8.com/ , saying alot of people are scared, because the timer stops in 3 hours. Personally i think it's a "load of hockey" (note my nation states quote). The person also told me how the pages were imbedded with code, and how the Department of Defence logged on twice as a visitor.

Does anyone beleive this is somthing major? I have no clue lol. :D

Prolly an other product by Sony.

Prolly an other product by Sony.


Thats great XD

I <3 you !!

Prolly an other product by Sony.

Nooooooooooooo! It'll be Microsoft!

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=489912&page=3

An older topic for this already exists but meh, I'll post here too. :D

Right now I'll say I'm 40% sure that it has something to do with the new James Bond film, Casino Royale. Could be Halo 3, but I kinda doubt it. And most of the other rumours seem too bogus to be true.

I think it's counting till when the next time all the Christians Goths and pesscimists announce the end of the world.

The Transhuman Arm of the Combine Overwatch shall wage war against mankind. The timer is untill the hour of reckoning...... or something like that....

I think it's counting till when the next time all the Christians Goths and pesscimists announce the end of the world.Those Christian Goths are some interesting people.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=489912&page=3

An older topic for this already exists but meh, I'll post here too. :D

Right now I'll say I'm 40% sure that it has something to do with the new James Bond film, Casino Royale. Could be Halo 3, but I kinda doubt it. And most of the other rumours seem too bogus to be true.

They already announced Halo 3, why do it again? The Bond film thing seems about right.

A blogger calling himself 'CEREBRUS' posted a response to a question about the website's purpose:

>>You are correct, this is not a terrorist act, nor is it a hoax.<<
>>It is not affiliated with video games or movies.<<

not James Bond related, apparently.

Those Christian Goths are some interesting people.

all phear my invisible comma!

ah well if anything does happen I'll make sure to be asleep when it does.

So how much time until something stupid and not worth it happens?

not James Bond related, apparently.

If I believed everything a random person on the internet told me, I'd have several crates of pen15-enhancing pills right behind me.

Just a question. When was this site discovered? just today, or weeks/months/years ago?

If I believed everything a random person on the internet told me, I'd have several crates of pen15-enhancing pills right behind me.

he wasn't just random, he was someone believed to be connected to the website. That's like totally different :p

Just a question. When was this site discovered? just today, or weeks/months/years ago?

i think I read somewhere that the first reference was a forum post made in december last year. it was along the lines of "hey, look at this weird site i found".

The timer reaches zero and the page reloads, revealing a giant goatse image. The biggest mass goatse ever...its brilliant.

I think this guy just really likes the month of July, and wants to celebrate its entrance. Maybe his name is Juilius.

Here's what I think

http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/5428/end6au.png

And some possible theories...

Somthing to do with Lost

One of those "lets see how many page hits I can get" thingys

A countdown till all the smokers in the world die =(

A countdown till Robots enslave us all!

A countdown revealing how long the average MMORPG player spends online...

The timer reaches zero and the page reloads, revealing a giant goatse image. The biggest mass goatse ever...its brilliant.


Oh, has it already counted to zero? I can't access the site because of all the traffic. What the heck is a goatse?


I was just about to put forth my hypothesis. The programmer makes this site, then hypes it up so that thousands (at least he hopes) of people will be at the site when it reaches zero. Then he downloads a massive virus on every visitors computer as a joke.

You dont want to know what a goatse is.... but your hypothesis would also be brilliant... What if it could be a new Apple ad? Gets a virus on your comp and says something along the lines of "This wouldn't happen on a Mac"

Oh, has it already counted to zero? I can't access the site because of all the traffic. What the heck is a goatse?


I was just about to put forth my hypothesis. The programmer makes this site, then hypes it up so that thousands (at least he hopes) of people will be at the site when it reaches zero. Then he downloads a massive virus on every visitors computer as a joke.
Theres about 2 hours left for it to count down... and you don't want to know what goatse is.

And can he actually do that?

I believe it is possible for that to be one of the outcomes..... I dont know much on webpages and the likes, but couldnt it be possible for when the timer runs out, it would run some kind of script to download a virus to the computer?

Oh great. The worlds gonna end and I don't even have a girlfriend. :rolleyes:

and you don't want to know what goatse is.


NOBODY wants to know what a goatse is.

*shudder*

I can't access it. I get routed to an AOL search site. The top link is to Eon8, which also routes me to the same AOL search site.

Here's what I think

http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/5428/end6au.png

I know, missing new Futurama episodes would suck. And that's where I recognized your name from earlier, I was reading your comics thread last night. Funny stuff.

Oh great. The worlds gonna end and I don't even have a girlfriend. Same here.

Wasn't it suppose to happen by now or something?

Wasn't it suppose to happen by now or something?
54 minutes 58 seconds left.

edit: Realistic possibility? (http://eon8game.ytmnd.com/)

((it's a photoshop yes, but still a plauseable concept))

38m to go :D

38 minutes left.

This link works a little bit better.

http://www.eon8.com/?continue&tz=true


EDIT: @ above: did you start an acount just to post on this thread?

@ below: that is exactly what I think, I posted it earlier. Curiosity killed the forum trawler.

Yeah its some hacker virus anti-server attack scam thing.

I only think that because its so lame, and yet everyone on every forum I post on has a thread on it. I'm guessing they've got tens, hundreds of millions of peoples IP's and stuff and the interweb is gonna be fux0red for a few days or weeks afterward and people will feel pretty stupid.

Or maybe not. I know *I* feel pretty stupid.

38 minutes left.

This link works a little bit better.

http://www.eon8.com/?continue&tz=true


EDIT: @ above: did you start an acount just to post on this thread?

Yes. I HAVE NO LIFE!

Anybody else feel that this is a lot like that episode of 24 where the terrorists purposely attracted a bunch of internet traffic to one site in order to divert attention from some government program they were hacking?

Or maybe that's just too far-fetched...

not nearly as farfetched as the fact that Greenland is missing from the map on eon8 meaning that the purpose of EON8 is to whipe greenland off the face of the earth.

Anybody else feel that this is a lot like that episode of 24 where the terrorists purposely attracted a bunch of internet traffic to one site in order to divert attention from some government program they were hacking?

Or maybe that's just too far-fetched...

Too cool.

Anybody else feel that this is a lot like that episode of 24 where the terrorists purposely attracted a bunch of internet traffic to one site in order to divert attention from some government program they were hacking?

Or maybe that's just too far-fetched...
I don't think it's too far-fetched. Part of me says this is just an ad campaign, but it has a slight creepiness feeling to it, that makes me less than 100% sure that it isn't something bad. I want to say it's harmless and just an ad, but we've seen these tactics in fictional entertainment before, why couldn't they be employed in RL?

I just figured out what it is. EVERYONE turn off your internet and/or computers RIGHT NOW! cya

It's gotta be the James Bond thing

Timer for a bomb attack.

13 minutes 'till doomsday :p

You know, It might actually be a good idea to shut down if it is a mega-virus

13 minutes 'till doomsday :p

You know, It might actually be a good idea to shut down if it is a mega-virus
or perhapse with the 10 minutes left of your computers life it should switch to linux?

With less than 6 minutes left, I want to go on record as saying it's a promotion of some kind.

If there happens to be some crazy malevolent plot behind this, I will promptly eat my shoe.

Imagine the fees for putting a banner ad on that site.

PEOPLE! DO NOT GO TO IT!!!

http://unfunnytruthabouteon8.ytmnd.com/

i Survived X13600

I SURVIVED X13600
Brought to you by EON8

What happened?

Well, that sucked. That sucked genitalia.

Well, that sucked. That sucked genitalia.
Perhapse it was a countdown to when the website's hosting expires? because i'm not getting anything but "page cannot be displayed"

Perhapse it was a countdown to when the website's hosting expires?

My guess: massive server stress.

According to a post on wikipedia:

"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."

I won;t believe it till I see it with my own eyes tho.

My guess: massive server stress.
I guess that happens when the entire internet is trying to access your website.

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.

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.

I beat you ;P

message from the creators

{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.

Well that sucked.

And I was all ready to eat the shoe and everything.
http://www.lesblank.com/images/flower.SHOE.gif

A social experiment? That's the most obvious answer, which is why most overlooked it. (That and it blows not having anything come out of it all).

I'd be very interested to know what conclusions an official paper will draw out of this "experiment".

http://silvrlabs.com/deployed21b.php.html

That is hilarious... A social experiment!! Why did we not consider that!?

I guess that happens when the entire internet is trying to access your website.
Now we know.

Always look on the bright side of life!

I'd like be the first to say, bloody students !

*blinks*

Wahh?!

*blinks*

Wahh?!

:fluffle:

:fluffle:
Oh, I get it now!

And hey you, lol.
:fluffle:

My initial guess was fairly close, just change Highschool Students to University Students and learning HTML scripts to practicing a social experiment.