This is why I fucking hate April Fool's. It's entirely possible this is an April Fool's prank (especially given the hour). But, it's also entirely possible this is a stupid USDOJ action.
I mean, in Iraq, you don't say "suicidal whacko religious fundamentalist blows himself and others up -- oh, April Fool's!" because that happens frequently. You don't in DC say "politician accepts money from lobbyist to influence regulations -- April Fool's!". On the Internet, there's no humor in "USDOJ takes stupid and unconstitutional legal action against something it doesn't understand".
(It's still on the same servers as before, so unless they somehow got the server operator to cooperate, it's a prank. USDOJ usually uses their own DNS servers and redirects at DNS level when they seize a site. http://viewdns.info/research/inside-the-dojs-domain-name-gra...)
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[ 0.22 ms ] story [ 15.5 ms ] threadI mean, in Iraq, you don't say "suicidal whacko religious fundamentalist blows himself and others up -- oh, April Fool's!" because that happens frequently. You don't in DC say "politician accepts money from lobbyist to influence regulations -- April Fool's!". On the Internet, there's no humor in "USDOJ takes stupid and unconstitutional legal action against something it doesn't understand".
(It's still on the same servers as before, so unless they somehow got the server operator to cooperate, it's a prank. USDOJ usually uses their own DNS servers and redirects at DNS level when they seize a site. http://viewdns.info/research/inside-the-dojs-domain-name-gra...)