Fake CNet Article

[bobindashadows]

Originally posted by bikertwin
What most people who do this sort of stuff forget is that they have to emulate the writing style of the newspaper/magazine/news source that they're trying to emulate.

Read any story on News.com and compare it to this fake, and you'll immediately realize it's a fake.

The real danger comes when fakers get good at emulating the style they're mimicking.

The people who think of that aren't the people who notice the IP address at the top of the screen.

And the reason the Britney story got so many hits is people like to read good news

 

[MrMacMan]

Haha, one of the best apple fake rumors/articles ever.

That and the iWalk.

 

[iJon]

HOLY S***. this guy lives in my town. what should i do to him.

iJon

 

[Einherjar]

Dude, I live in Fayetteville, too!

iJon and I are wondering who in the **** did it...

 

[Einherjar]

EDIT:

Finally decided to RTFA...

 

[Einherjar]

Dude, Martin, had me scared there for a while...(actually bothered to go over the thread this time).

Last place I'd expect to see you online, dude, welcome aboard. Nice fake--I decided to stop lurking to comment when I heard that a fyvlar IP did it, lol..

PM me your AIM, if you happen to use iChat, let's talk.

Adam

 

[iJon]

you better watch out martin, im gonna come get ya for the whole macrumors community, lol

iJon

 

[tny]

Two Points

1. If the person who posted this story owns any stock in Apple competitors, he could be begging for an SEC investigation. I wouldn't recommend this particular kind of satire (I didn't read the whole article, so I don't know if any of the other content was obviously satirical; if the disclaimer was always on the page, that might help, but might not - IANAL).

2. The part of the URI before the @ at sign is the username on that server (or if there's a colon, usernameassword); on a site that has user authentication, that part actually means something.

 

[SiliconAddict]

Pathetic

Hmm I wonder if this would erk CNET enough to have them go after the person who did this. I mean they did fake a CNET article.

If nothing it's a pathetic attempt to rain on Apple's parade. Sad sad little man....er....boy.

 

[iJon]

Re: Pathetic

Originally posted by SiliconAddict
Hmm I wonder if this would erk CNET enough to have them go after the person who did this. I mean they did fake a CNET article.

If nothing it's a pathetic attempt to rain on Apple's parade. Sad sad little man....er....boy.

that would suck completly, and i would feel bad for him because he lives 5 miles away from him. he can come to my house and hide from them.

iJon

 

[zac4mac]

Thanks for the comic relief, Martin.

I forgot about waiiitttting for my new duallie for a few minutes.

Zack

 

[jjn2724]

Friends,

1. I corresponded with the CNet author to which this fake article had been attributed. Evidently I was the first.

2. The article is fake. Don't believe me. E-mail him.

3. A lesson in skepticism or epistomology is in order.

A. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Yes, the story COULD have been true. But lacking solid evidence to that effect, I'm not wasting any of my time believing so.

B. A lack of evidence does not prove the contrary.

There are lots of wonderful sites on the Net about things skeptical and how we know what we know.

On the other hand, don't believe a word I'm saying. https://forums.macrumors.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

 

[iJon]

Originally posted by jjn2724
Friends,

1. I corresponded with the CNet author to which this fake article had been attributed. Evidently I was the first.

2. The article is fake. Don't believe me. E-mail him.

3. A lesson in skepticism or epistomology is in order.

A. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Yes, the story COULD have been true. But lacking solid evidence to that effect, I'm not wasting any of my time believing so.

B. A lack of evidence does not prove the contrary.

There are lots of wonderful sites on the Net about things skeptical and how we know what we know.

On the other hand, don't believe a word I'm saying. https://forums.macrumors.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

dude, have you not been reading the thread, we know its fake. this guy lives 5 miles away from me.

iJon