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Title: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: billybob476 on April 19, 2011, 10:47:57 AM
From Skynet's wikipedia article:

QuoteIn this television series, Sarah Connor is on the run with her son John after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The events take place in an alternate timeline from that of the movie Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines. Skynet now will be implemented on April 19, 2011 and will begin its attack against humanity on April 21.

Run for the hills!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator))
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: QuadShot on April 19, 2011, 10:49:39 AM
I thought my iPhone looked at me funny this morning! :)
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: jedijeff on April 19, 2011, 11:29:19 AM
Yikes, thanks for the heads up :)
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: billybob476 on April 21, 2011, 11:37:04 AM
Amazon EC2 servers have been down all day (which is unprecedented). Maybe Amazon is Skynet!
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: Rico on April 21, 2011, 12:20:31 PM
Uh-ohh!
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: QuadShot on April 21, 2011, 01:50:34 PM
So, by now you've all heard about Apple's sneaky little location tracking file? Hmm, perhaps APPLE is Skynet??
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: Scott on April 21, 2011, 07:35:28 PM
Last night my friend Steve was asking me what day Skynet went live.
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: davekill on April 21, 2011, 08:14:52 PM
yikes,
A quick web search shows the Skynet has a Made in the UK sticker on it.

http://io9.com/# (http://io9.com/#)!5016092/sarah-connor-has-failed-the-british-just-built-skynet
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: Feathers on April 26, 2011, 07:16:15 AM
Quote from: davekill on April 21, 2011, 08:14:52 PM
yikes,
A quick web search shows the Skynet has a Made in the UK sticker on it.

I hadn't seen this but to answer the question at the end of the article... Yup, it's British humour :)
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: Dangelus on April 26, 2011, 09:32:28 AM
Hmm Skynet goes live around the same the PSN network goes down...
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: billybob476 on April 26, 2011, 09:38:31 AM
No no, Sony didn't make Skynet... :)
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: Dangelus on April 26, 2011, 09:54:43 AM
Quote from: billybob476 on April 26, 2011, 09:38:31 AM
No no, Sony didn't make Skynet... :)

Oh yeah?

http://www.disinfo.com/2011/04/a-military-supercomputer-made-from-1700-playstation-3-gaming-consoles/ (http://www.disinfo.com/2011/04/a-military-supercomputer-made-from-1700-playstation-3-gaming-consoles/)
Title: Re: Happy Skynet GoLive day!
Post by: billybob476 on April 26, 2011, 11:33:30 AM
Quote from: Dangelus on April 26, 2011, 09:54:43 AM
Quote from: billybob476 on April 26, 2011, 09:38:31 AM
No no, Sony didn't make Skynet... :)

Oh yeah?

http://www.disinfo.com/2011/04/a-military-supercomputer-made-from-1700-playstation-3-gaming-consoles/ (http://www.disinfo.com/2011/04/a-military-supercomputer-made-from-1700-playstation-3-gaming-consoles/)

So that's what happened, someone left a copy of Killzone running or something.