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NOTE: Old article, April Fool’s joke. Actual testing schedule HERE. Boy is my face red (I’m trashed).

Despite all my hoping and praying, the world isn’t going to end on December 21st. Or at least it wasn’t going to until the scientists at CERN decided to test the Large Hadron Collider that day! *breaking out party hats and noise makers* Apocalypse party!

Scientists at CERN have announced test dates for the rest of the year, as well as some curious dates can be found in the upcoming schedule. Starting Monday, December 17, 2012 and going through Friday, December 21, 2012, CERN will be launching and running a series of collisions, which are predicted to break records in high voltage collisions already set by the LHC. With these experiments, the scientists are hoping to create atomic reactions that would provide further information about anti-matter, and the big bang.

Hell yeah, the end of the world! It’s just like that R.E.M. song. “It’s The End of the World?” What? No — Losing My Religion. Get your head in the game, brobro.

Thanks to joe, who — wait, where you going with that gun in your hand? (Jimi Hendrix reference — this post turned into a musical extravaganza!)

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www.dianebirch.com www.myspace.com/dianebirch Get the debut album here: iTunes – tiny.cc Amazon – tiny.cc Vs. Fools Knockin on my door Calling out my name Tellin me to change my ways but I know Two hands in the fire Wont put out the flame Yeah I got your number I know your game Chrs So why should I lay it on the line Everybodys got a vision Everybodys got a plan You tell me lies You look me in the eyes But honey I would rather stand out in the rain Vs. Fools Lying in my bed Laughin in my head Telling me my dreams gone cold but I know One city of angels It aint goin put out my flame Ooh my love is a fire No one can tame Chrs So why should I lay it on the line Everybodys got a vision Everybodys got a plan You tell me lies You look me in the eyes But honey I would rather stand out in the rain

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Depending on where you are right now, you’re either pretty much done with April Fools’ Day (hence our bloated inbox thanks to all you lovely tipsters!) or it’s just about to start on your side of the world. In fact, some of this year’s submissions already got a head start, including the excellent 8-bit quest mode in Google Maps. Oh, don’t worry, there’s plenty more from Mountain View and the usual participants this year — we’ve rounded up the best of the lot right after the break for your amusement. Keep an eye on this as we will be adding new goodies to the list throughout the day.

[Thanks to everyone who sent these in]

Continue reading April Fools’ Day roundup: the big toys, the small toys and the cats

April Fools’ Day roundup: the big toys, the small toys and the cats originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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• Google Maps 8-bit version for NES: April Fools arrives a day early in Mountain View

Well, it appears that April Fools in full effect — at least if you ask Google. Today the company introduced its “latest” build of Google Maps, dubbed Google Maps 8-bit version, tailored specifically for the Nintendo Entertainment System. According to Google, this Dragonquest spoof version of Maps will come in the form of a special NES cartridge that can connect to the internet via dial-up. This apparently allows most of the heavy lifting to get done on Google’s servers, where the maps are rendered to 8-bit form “in real-time.” Better yet, it even supports voice search. Naturally, there’s no word on a release date, but you can currently check out the “beta” by visiting Google Maps in your browser and selecting “Start Your Quest.” That said, that company warns that “your system may not meet the minimum requirements for 8-bit computations” — something tells us it’ll still be less resource-intensive than Crysis, though. We’ve checked it out and found some goodies, including an alien at Area 51, so let us know what you come across during your journey in the comments.

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Continue reading Google Maps 8-bit version for NES: April Fools arrives a day early in Mountain View

Google Maps 8-bit version for NES: April Fools arrives a day early in Mountain View originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fred goes a tad bit overboard on his April Fool’s Day jokes.
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It had to happen. When Google showed off a new and revolutionary Gmail Motion control scheme yesterday, it failed to fool most people, but it didn’t fail to catch the attention of some motion control geeks with Kinect cameras on hand. Yep, the FAAST crew that’s already brought us a Kinect keyboard emulator for World of Warcraft has taken Google to task and actually cooked up the software to make Gmail Motion work. All your favorite gestures are here: opening an email as if it were an envelope, replying by throwing a thumb back and, of course, “licking the stamp” to send your response on its way. Marvelous stuff! Jump past the break to see it working, for real this time.

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Gmail Motion April Fools’ gag inevitably turned into reality using Kinect (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Apr 2011 13:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPad Shortages? Don’t Blame ‘Fools’ Who Buy
Inevitably, when PCWorld reports on iPad shortages or iPad sales, someone makes the comment that anyone who bought an iPad is a fool, a lemming, a moron, or a brainwashed Apple cultist.

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Real life: Not your run of the mill, every day April Fools Story
It’s all very well making up ridiculous, improbable stories to accompany April 1st each year, but what of the real stories that have surprised us in the past, any of which might well have made a decent April Fools story in their own right? Below, Ewan and I list a number of contenders.

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