If this is a joke, why didn't I hear it from them then? Why did they go through the trouble of putting links, banners and text in there. And why do I hear from a confused surfer about it??

yep, http://www.book-mark.net/mark.html is live

:glugglug

April fools joke they never used?

yep

http://www.markscash.com/contactus.html

contact him by icq..

http://www.book-mark.net/mark.html is still the real page so whats the big deal

Private joke maybe? Surfers tend to end up in the strangest places (someone makes a page, posts it on a small message board as a joke, search engines pick it up, surfer finds it).

Asshole remarks like that are always funny. If you agree with someone considered 'big' in terms of traffic or whatever there's always some asshole who has to say it's sucking up. Wasn;t that long ago I was posting bitching about how the reviewing has got a little shitty and pretty un-WM friendly on the hun but then that was just 'sucking up' too I suppose. What a stupid fucking comment.

Yeah, right Zaha... whatever...

and you think Mercedes walks away from that without a word? Think again...

I think it's weird that I get a surfer report about a page that clearly is a little over-inspired from my site. So over-inspired the word 'copied' springs to mind. I don't mind people learning from each other, but this is over the limit. Simple as that.

I would never take a copy/over-inspiration to this board normally, that's done through other ways (lawyers for instance), what I think is amazing here is that it's one of the sites that indeed was (or still is, I don't know) one of the 'big sites'...

Of course, the big sites need healthy competion, that's good, but I don't think it's good if they start copying from each other

But again, I'm puzzled, nothing more, nothing less. Could be a joke, if it is I'd love to hear about it so we can all have a laugh... right now I don't think it's funny yet... maybe I need some more hints, which is why I came here with this link...

It's an obvious carbon-copy that has been slightly changed. It's still copying though, which is also known as theft.


Design theft is bad.

This is hilarious. I guess our new gallery designer is really motivated hahahaha.

Sorry Pat, I didnt know about this one.

I dont have the pass to the server on this box. I will make sure that thing gets removed first thing in the morning.

But you know our motto , dont innovate imitate hahahaha.

Pat
Mark's Bookmarks

seems that we can laugh already ;-)

Pat, you were the one I was looking for! I guess you are afraid to give me your phonenumber 'cause I 'might return the favor' huh? haha... kidding of course.

Too bad you couldn't make it on Thuesday of the Amsterdam show BTW. The Invite still goes though...

This starts to get a private post on a public board... weird, but I guess it cleared up the problem that wasn't there yet... still puzzled though Pat... what is this?

Whats that old saying.. its easier to ask for forgiveness than permission? Yeah, thats it.

Eh? It is one thing to use elements of someone elses site on your own. It is another thing to copy nearly 100% of such a successful site as the Hun. Like it has been said, it seems like its not meant to be a ripoff since there is no link from Mark's main page but it is still very strange.

Fair enough TGP galleries and the like can only vary so much but if this had been meant as a REAL website, to rip off someone with as much history and legal backing as the Hun would just be plain stupid.

There is such a thing as being too cynical. ( No offense Fletch!)

Edit: Sorry, wasn't quick enough to get this in before the revelation. Glad to see its a mixup.

Hey Pat... I start to wonder... the Spammer I apparently pissed off the other day... it wasn't you, was it? ;-)

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Yeh, really get over it Patrick. You made enough $$$ from this industry so don't start crying over what is obviously a joke. You started by HOTLISTING INTO EVERYONE's members sections in the early days. The newbs don't know how you started, but the old timers haven't forgotten.

I think we just got confirmation from the MB's that it wasn't a joke... Please... you guys always come in here pretending there's some big mistery not every knows about but you do... well, I have news for you: it's not a big mistery and it's been 'explained' and appologized for too many times already on this board for me to repeat it. Besides, I NEVER hotlinked... get your facts straight and stop these jealous attempts please, they're getting kind of childish now...

The amount of money I made with this doesn't have a fucking thing to do with this. READ a discussion before you start an attempt to make yourself look good at the expense of someone else. An attempt that miserably failed BTW...

Wow that looks good....heheh

Hey it's all hosted galleries....If you need more let me know.

LOL
Um, the real page is mark.html, not galleries.html :1orglaugh

mildly amusing. Hun stop crying and start img src'ing him immediately.

:glugglug

Well after reading this threat I officially warn you Patrick.

I have 11 Month to think of something clever.

April 1st 2004 will be "prank the hun" day :)

On the spamming , I would have done that differntly .
I would have mailed out your home phone number hahaha

Have a good Weekend

Pat

KRL : Acutally The Hun started doing that initially, I just ripped off the idea from him :)

No shit. Cmon, you are a fucking Viking, stop being a bitch and go berserker on him.

and after you're done with him, fry his guts over a bonfire.

<a href=http://www.amonamarth.com/sounds/Bastards%20of%20a%20lying%20breed.mp3>Bastards Of A Lying Breed</a>

check your email for the latest metal tune.

Ahh, well if that isn't a parody what is?

Not trying to bust your balls, but you go around busting a lot of other peoples balls and act like a saint.

And don't say you didn't link into members areas for your links when you first started because you had links into my damn sites and other friend's sites from the early days before everyone started to protect their back end members sections effectively. God do I have to dig up the YNOT archives or what? You weren't the popular guy with webmasters that you are now Sir Hun. And again, not looking to bust balls just calling a spade a spade.

I agree IMG SRC is the only way! thats how you deal with anyone else that fucks with you

Folks keep saying that it's not linked from anywhere so what's the big deal - but for TheHun to have gotten a note from a *surfer* from this, there has to be a link leading to it somewhere.

Hope you guys get it straightened out - although it does give you an idea of what TheHun would look like if it were dressed up for St Patrick's Day :glugglug
(Boy that would be fitting!)

You know whats great about your misdirected, clueless fucking opinion? The fact that there's easily a million people that don't agree with you and that prove everyday they don't give a flying shit about the page design. Dumb fuck.

I was thinkin' the same.. what better way to market/ad a new site than to have a big controversy over it being ripped. But perhaps not..

The Hun has spoken:
Thou shall not use that sponsor
Thou shall not use that host
Thou shall not use that deodorant
If I had such an ugly page, I would feel honored that someone copied it...
It's incredible how many ass kissers come on this board when The Hun spoketh....

adolf?

I've had my homepage automatically set to that URL a number of times...

Me too man. I've gotten it from clicking links off this board too. SOme posted gallery cheaters and they used a redirect and that auto home page crap.

<img src=http://www.fanstop.net/smileys/viking.gif>

So was this ever cleared up?

I saw someone from book-mark.net did respond, but no one ever stated what the page was doing there in the first place.

as in only 1 surfer? hmm don't you think that's odd?
I wonder who he was and how this only one "mystery" surfer knew where to find this page? hmm

Ancient maxim:

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

The hun has made me a shitload of money. I will kiss his ass and continue to kiss his ass as long as he keeps on listing my galleries. :glugglug

DH