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<span class="updt"> [[Scariestthingieversaw.com]] sever glitch.</span>
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<span class="meta">[[Scariestthingieversaw.com]] glitches cause minor confusion about countdown end date</span>
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::A glitch is discovered in the countdown found on [[Scariestthingieversaw.com]]. The glitched caused the rate at which the File List B4 is accessed through the PDP-11 Simulator. Later that day, an update was made to the website and periodic server syncs are conducted in an attempt to keep everyone on the same transfer rate.
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::The initial method of performing the 'countdown' file loading progress in bytes found on [[Scariestthingieversaw.com]]'s PDP-11 Simulator resulted in varying results for different users. An update was made to the website to have the browser perform periodic server syncs in an attempt to keep everyone's countdown status as accurate as possible. After analyzing the update, the server sync request was found to contact the file 'time.php' with a local timestamp, returning the server timestamp from which the countdown status can be calculated. The result is confirmed as Thursday May 13, 8pm Pacific (11pm Eastern).
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<span class="updt"> [[Scariestthingieversaw.com]] SWF decompiled</span>
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::The site's Flash files are decompiled and a file called time.php is found. When the file is opened, the date 05-13-2010 20:00 is discovered, confirming that the countdown will end on Thursday, May 13<sup>th</sup> at 8:00PM PDT.
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Revision as of 16:50, 10 May 2010

Timeline, Story so far

It begins

May 6

Bootlegged Super-8 teaser trailers are uploaded to Youtube (link)

Whether it's "official" or not isn't known, however various teaser trailer bootlegs shown before Iron Man 2 have been uploaded to Youtube since May 6

Film reel at end of teaser leads to Scariestthingieversaw.com (link)

After screen-capturing the frames showing a standard trailing end of a film roll, the words: "scariest thing I ever saw" were discovered, leading to the first viral website.
This website displays a desktop and console, eventually leading the user to a countdown in the form of a file being downloaded very slowly (about 1 byte every 5 seconds). The full file is estimated to complete its download by 11pm Eastern, May 13th.

May 7

Scariestthingieversaw.com glitches cause minor confusion about countdown end date

The initial method of performing the 'countdown' file loading progress in bytes found on Scariestthingieversaw.com's PDP-11 Simulator resulted in varying results for different users. An update was made to the website to have the browser perform periodic server syncs in an attempt to keep everyone's countdown status as accurate as possible. After analyzing the update, the server sync request was found to contact the file 'time.php' with a local timestamp, returning the server timestamp from which the countdown status can be calculated. The result is confirmed as Thursday May 13, 8pm Pacific (11pm Eastern).


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