Oops, it wasn't true!

That's right ladies and gentlemen. My last post was my contribution for April Fool's day, or Poisson d'Avril in France. So, no I didn't receive any letter, because I never downloaded anything illegal! O:-)

But not everything was false. On April 2nd there was indeed an "anti-pirate" law approved with the polite title of "Creation and Internet".
The idea is to suspend the internet service to someone who has been detected illegal downloads. Of course, this person will be warned my email and postal mail (both I suppose) before having his connection suspended. After, he (or she) has 30 days to present recourse in court.
The internet service can be restored 3 months later.

Accordingly to planned, daily, we can have around 10.000 warning emails/letters and 1.000 internet connections closed. That's not much! eheheh

Also this week, in Sweden, internet traffic dropped between 30% and 40% after a similar law went into force.

A free internet.... ahhhhh, those were the days..... ;-)

Poisson d'Avril!

We have some winners! No, I wasn't running a contest, but I was waiting to see who believed in my previous post! :P

It was April Fools' Day and, to keep the tradition, I made my contribution with one "simple" story. Nothing happened to my car, but it's true that I almost forgot to pay! eheheh My bad!

And now you might be asking what does it mean Poisson d'Avril (April fish)? Although in France food is almost a religion, the "April fish" means someone who was fooled with a prank/joke, usually at April 1st.

Of course I was curious about the origin of this name, and I found out that... fish, one way or another, are the the ones to blame! :P
During early April fish was abundant in French rivers and it had the reputation for being.... stupid because it was easy to fool them with a hook and lure :P
Then, it became tradition to place dead fish on the backs of friends! Nowadays the classic April Fools' Day prank is to stick a paper fish on someone's back. What are friends for? eheheh

I didn't put any fish on you, but it's a good idea for next year! ;)