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Gamerlord
03-08-2011, 07:11 PM
If you have firefox, you can protect yourself from one of the most dangerous threats on the internet: the rickroll! (http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20017569-248.html?tag=mncol;txt) :smalltongue:

And for those of you hesitant to click the lick, I can promise you it is not a rickroll.
Now all they need is a Chrome version of it.
Innis Cabal
03-08-2011, 07:22 PM
What's this? The internet went back in time four years when this was relevant?
MoonCat
03-08-2011, 08:01 PM
What's this? The internet went back in time four years when this was relevant?

I still get rickrolled.
Ravens_cry
03-08-2011, 08:15 PM
I get Rick Rolled and I like it.:smallbiggrin:
The song is so sincere, its adorable.
AtomicKitKat
03-08-2011, 08:22 PM
I still get rickrolled.

I intentionally Rick-Roll myself. I even have the song on my phone so I can Rick-Roll unsuspecting customers to my store.:smalltongue:
Blue Ghost
03-08-2011, 08:29 PM
... Cool. Now all we need is an amulet of game immunity.
rayne_dragon
03-08-2011, 08:58 PM
I thought there was some sort of thing to end The Game already.
Ravens_cry
03-08-2011, 09:00 PM
I thought there was some sort of thing to end The Game already.
Its OK! You're Free! (http://xkcd.com/391/)
Ranger Mattos
03-08-2011, 09:22 PM
Added. Not that I get rickrolled much, but just in case.
Worira
03-08-2011, 11:21 PM
My Firefox came with one of these by default. It's a big green circle in the top-left of the window with a less than sign on it.
Form
03-09-2011, 10:05 AM
It's funny, but I didn't think anyone considered getting Rick Rolled such an annoyance that they'd take steps to protect themselves from it.
Haruki-kun
03-09-2011, 10:09 AM
It's funny, but I didn't think anyone considered getting Rick Rolled such an annoyance that they'd take steps to protect themselves from it.

Well, the person probably likes programming a lot and one day was bored and said "eh, let's make a Firefox extension" or something like that. It doesn't have to be something that takes time out of your day.
Icewalker
03-09-2011, 12:39 PM
My Firefox came with one of these by default. It's a big green circle in the top-left of the window with a less than sign on it.

Doesn't always work. Some of them use popups and equivalent to stop you from immediately leaving the page in an especially annoying fashion. But, generally, yeah, that'll cover it.