October 15, 2002

9:33 PM

Truth.org hacked. I'm generally against smocking. Well, entirely against smocking, I guess I'm not the only one who finds those condescending ads obnoxious. (site is now a free for all chatroom, with some porn thrown in for good mesure.)
posted by delmoi (42 comments total)

I agree. Smocking is a terrible thing. Those shapeless rags just don't hang right on me. I look so dumpy! But, it keeps me from getting my watercolors all over my Dockers, so I guess they serve a purpose.
posted by shecky57 at 9:37 PM on October 15, 2002

Not even remotely work safe, for those who might get to this link tomorrow. My eyeballs are burning. I saw a split-second of what looked like STD photos at the page's bottom & other horrifying stuff before sprinting for the back button.
posted by poseur at 9:40 PM on October 15, 2002

the chat room provides a profoundly insightful look into the script kiddy / haxor subculture.
posted by pemulis at 9:42 PM on October 15, 2002

Actually, I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock smock smock!
posted by Stan Chin at 9:44 PM on October 15, 2002

I ended up having to ctrl-alt-del out of there. That page jammed up my browsers.
posted by gametone at 9:45 PM on October 15, 2002

[sarcasm]You'd think people would show some self control if they found a forum to post whatever they want...[/sarcasm]

Yeh, this hack is definitely not worksafe, I just saw a decapitated head or something. I'm gonna be staring at pictures of flowers and kitty before the stuff I saw from this link burns into my mind.
posted by phyrewerx at 9:46 PM on October 15, 2002

Yeah that page is accessing my A: floppy drive -- be careful.
posted by stbalbach at 9:46 PM on October 15, 2002

hrm, people are putting very discusting images up on there now, perhaps this thread should be deleted.
posted by delmoi at 9:47 PM on October 15, 2002

"browser" IE5 if it matters.
posted by gametone at 9:48 PM on October 15, 2002

you people should be using mozilla
posted by blackholebrain at 9:51 PM on October 15, 2002

Whoa...paranoia pays. I just ran Ad-Aware after foolishly clicking on the link - 197 new components found in the registry. I am also running an anti-virus search now...can never be too safe. That's what I get for watching a train wreck.
posted by plemeljr at 9:57 PM on October 15, 2002

Why is this brand of forum (see also poo.com, smile.com) so godawfully addictive to watch and mock? There's magic here.
posted by cortex at 10:05 PM on October 15, 2002

Wow, what a great hack -- except that the anti-smocking folks are still just where they always have been, at thetruth.com, and evidence from the Wayback Machine indicates that this other site, truth.org, has been exactly like this for at least two years.
posted by jjg at 10:09 PM on October 15, 2002

I just didn't like seeing "What's up MetaFilter" on there. Either someone is being unruly, or they know they've been linked to us and are trying to fuck us somehow.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:10 PM on October 15, 2002

delmoi,

You might consider being more selective with what you post. It seems like you may have screwed up some peoples machines.

I'm glad I quickly realized what the kind of "hack" this was and that I have the back button programmed on my mouse.

My personal favorite was the RIAA hack that actually had downloadable MP3 files on their site. Now that's good stuff.
posted by Blubble at 10:18 PM on October 15, 2002

heh. "smock."
posted by aznblader at 10:23 PM on October 15, 2002

And the point of this link was???
posted by dg at 10:30 PM on October 15, 2002

Ad-Aware scan 2 hours before visiting site: 0 components

Ad-Aware scan 15 minutes after visiting site: 0 components

I did not receive any unwanted "gifts" there, but YMMV.

It exists within the realm of the possible that those existed before you visited the site. *shrug*
posted by Ynoxas at 10:31 PM on October 15, 2002

truth.org has been registered since May 25, 1997.

thetruth.com, which is the domain that the "the truth" people usually advertise, has been registered since November 22, 1995.

Methinks it's not a hack. Just a site that happened to experience a minor namespace collision with another, more well-known one.
posted by zztzed at 10:38 PM on October 15, 2002

Just ran Ad-Adware as well, nothing found.
posted by Darke at 10:53 PM on October 15, 2002

Who here likes pancakes? I love pancakes.
posted by Stan Chin at 10:54 PM on October 15, 2002

mmm maple syrup....
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 10:56 PM on October 15, 2002

Very interesting. Too much gay porn.
posted by Eyegore at 11:07 PM on October 15, 2002

It exists within the realm of the possible that those existed before you visited the site. *shrug*

Yeah...I guess I have to stop letting my peers surf the internet on my computer now, or even let them on it. The cause and effect was just too easy to make. Damn...time to get the separate logins out again So much for being trusty...
posted by plemeljr at 11:11 PM on October 15, 2002

Don't knock my smock or I'll clean your clock.
posted by strike3 at 11:32 PM on October 15, 2002

It tried for my floppy drive, too. I was thinking about putting in a blank disk just to see, but... no.
posted by Yelling At Nothing at 11:44 PM on October 15, 2002

"I'm generally against smocking. Well, entirely against smocking"

You have to draw the line somewhere. Personally, I can't abide crochet.
posted by lucien at 1:01 AM on October 16, 2002

You have to draw the line somewhere. Personally, I can't abide crochet.

But he had that cool racoon hat, kept me entertained on the Wonderful World of Disney, and fought at the Alamo.

If there are five words I'll remember to the day that I die, it's either "are we having fun yet" from that Nickelback song that never stops getting played, or it's REMEMBER.THE.FUCKING.ALAMO.MAN. For the purposes of this thread, I think the second might apply, at least as far as my tangential comments go.
posted by The God Complex at 1:14 AM on October 16, 2002

Anything that the silly site does to your machine is something that any other site could do. I.E. If you are using some busted ass browser and haven't installed any security patches, it's going to bite you in the ass sooner or later. Surfing into a L33t Hax0R brag page is a great way to stress test your browser security.
posted by jonnyp at 1:48 AM on October 16, 2002

No one commented on the fact that Orange is sooooo 2000?
posted by hobbes at 2:08 AM on October 16, 2002

I don't understand why delmoi finds the ad to be condescending in the first place?
posted by precocious at 2:11 AM on October 16, 2002

I just find 'em to be stupid 'cause seconds later the Real World comes on and everyone's smoking.
posted by hobbes at 2:22 AM on October 16, 2002

Yes, Hobbes... but the Real World cast is just another cog in the machine too. Chicagoans actually protested them being here in our city. Ah, my kinda town... Chicago is.
posted by FilmMaker at 3:09 AM on October 16, 2002

Come on, people, it took Fark like 30 seconds to realize this was a put-on. Archive.org reports that this is the same site it's always been.
posted by oissubke at 4:54 AM on October 16, 2002

Har har har!!!! Tihs si liek whun teh Jorg Bunches guy smocked teh WHITTHOUSS DOT KOM websites & maid ti oll worksafes!!!!
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:24 AM on October 16, 2002

Why is this brand of forum (see also poo.com, smile.com) so godawfully addictive to watch and mock?

It's hard to know which is more addictive, mocking or smocking.
posted by briank at 5:46 AM on October 16, 2002

So, what we have here is a link that is potentially dangerous to an event/story that is completely untrue.

delmoi, how exactly did you find this out, anyway? Obviously you're not a fan of the truth site, because if you were you'd have known their actual website address, or at least bothered to make sure that you didn't make an overly typical .com/.org/.net mistake. This is like telling us that whitehouse.com was hacked.
posted by XQUZYPHYR at 6:19 AM on October 16, 2002

mmm... smock.
posted by crunchland at 6:56 AM on October 16, 2002

Thanks Mac. Thanks Mozilla.

What's all the ruckus about?
posted by jragon at 7:57 AM on October 16, 2002

delmoi is drubk.
posted by quonsar at 8:11 AM on October 16, 2002

ahh....another link from you via fark.
posted by mkelley at 8:34 AM on October 16, 2002

Since the poster of this dangerous and pointless link has suggested it be deleted, let's hope it happens fast. And can we all try to be a little more careful what we toss up on the front page?

And yes, I would like some pancakes; bacon on the side, please.
posted by languagehat at 9:17 AM on October 16, 2002