Jessica 0 #1 April 11, 2003 It's down right now from too much traffic. But check it out when it comes back up! Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #2 April 11, 2003 Uh...you goofed on the address...instead of "http" you entered "htpp"... HERE is the new link Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #3 April 11, 2003 I fixed it already! Give me a chance, young man! Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #5 April 11, 2003 Humor Web site becomes a global hit — and crashes By ANICK JESDANUN AP Internet Writer A Web site that pokes fun at Saddam Hussein's minister of information became such a global hit that its operators had to temporarily pull the plug Friday as they scrambled for more powerful computers. To help pay for the upgrades, the site will sell T-shirts, mugs and barbecue aprons featuring choice quotes from Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, who maintained with a straight face that Iraqi troops were routing the Americans even as U.S. tanks busted through Baghdad. The site, WeLoveTheIraqiInformationMinister.com, features quotes as well as obviously doctored photos showing al-Sahhaf boasting of the Confederacy's successes during the Civil War and Darth Vader's victories in the “Star Wars” movies. “My feelings — as usual — we will slaughter them all,” reads one quote from al-Sahhaf from two days before Baghdad fell. Until he disappeared Tuesday, al-Sahhaf was the colorful face of Saddam's regime. Some Arabs, getting a kick out of how al-Sahhaf ridicules President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, even called his daily news conferences “the “al-Sahhaf show.” In the United States, Conn Nugent and his friends got a kick out of the comments, too, and decided to create the Web site Tuesday. The site, Nugent said, was meant as a private joke. “We didn't advertise it at all,” he said. “We just sent it to our friends.” Within hours, someone at the Pentagon got wind of it, and soon word spread to journalists, Nugent said. By Friday, many Web journals, called blogs, referred to the site. Internet users also circulated e-mail telling friends to check it out. Nugent said the group's contract with its Web host called for a limit of 2,000 hits a month — but the site was getting 4,000 per second, putting other businesses sharing that host in jeopardy. The group looked for more powerful servers and decided to shut down after crashing four. It's not the first time a site got too popular. One blog, “Live From the Sandbox,” had to switch servers and domain names soon after the war began. Another, ostensibly written from Baghdad, was upgraded for free by its hosts. In this case, Nugent and his pals will essentially be paying for their successes in Internet spontaneity. Technicians were working Friday to find — and pay for — a Web hosting computer powerful enough to handle the worldwide traffic. “It's worth it,” said Nugent, who runs an environmentalist foundation in New York. “How else are we going to have fun in this world?”Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBKid 0 #6 April 11, 2003 I was thinking today that I could make millions by selling t-shirts with his face on and the slogan "It'll be fine!", except I don't know how to go about doing the printing. Any ideas? Nick --------------------------- "I've pierced my foot on a spike!!!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #7 April 12, 2003 I'm thinking you could lose a shitload of money, as the novelty will wear off faster than it could be printed.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charliezulu 0 #8 April 12, 2003 QuoteI'm thinking you could lose a shitload of money, as the novelty will wear off faster than it could be printed. No way man! That's where I goofed with the Jeffrey Dahmer comic books - I didn't invest - those two issues are probably worth at least five bucks by now! Print the shirts!!! CZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #9 April 13, 2003 *boink* It's back - Jim"Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbob 0 #10 April 13, 2003 "Due to overwhelming support for welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com. We will be bringing it back on a brand new web server that will be dedicated to the task of serving this comical view of history's funniest straight man. This should be up in 24 hours from now." Nope, down again.Who Dares Wins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racer42 0 #11 April 13, 2003 This guy seriously rates his own late nite talk or maybe even a game show....."SURVEY SAYS!!!!!"L.A.S.T. #24 Co-Founder Biscuit Brothers Freefly Team Electric Toaster #3 Co-Founder Team Non Sequitor Co-Founder Team Happy Sock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
