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April 1, 2004
'''[[April 1]], [[2004]]''' was an [[April Fool's Day]]. Hoaxes for this year included:

*In [[April 1st RFC|a tradition]] dating back to at least [[1978]] ([http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0748.txt RFC 748]), the [[IETF]] issues [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3751.txt RFC 3751], Omniscience Protocol Requirements, written by Scott Bradner, the Secretary and VP of Standards for the [[Internet Society]]. See [[April 1st RFC]].
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*An advert by [[BMW]] claimed new 'SHEF technology' would allow car drivers to cook their evening meals whilst driving home.[http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1183684,00.html]
*[[The Sun]] reported that [[British Police]] were fitting [[hawk]]s with [[speed cameras]] to catch lawbreaking motorists.[http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004150977,,00.html]
*The [[Daily Mail]] included photographs purporting to be the [[
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen]] gambling on [[horse racing]] amongst her subjects at a local [[Bookmaker]].[http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1183684,00.html]
*[[Google]] announced to start interviewing candidates for their new [http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html lunar hosting and research center]. An email to the address listed returns an [http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=102591&amp;cid=8740668 autoreply].
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*[[The Register]] [http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/36707.html], [[Web Hosting Industry News]] [http://thewhir.com/features/subdomain.cfm] and [[Slashdot]] [http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/30/0240215] report that [[Ideaflood, Inc.]] has filed a [[patent]] on the idea of user [[subdomain]]s and is now attempting to collect royalties from various websites.

[http://www.urgo.org/aprilfools.html A long list of supposed 2004 April Fool's]