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Great Prank - Hacker at Utrecht Central Station watch!

youtube.com — He hacks the jumbo screen at the station to announce train cancellations and prank bystanders

Who dugg this? Made popular Feb 17, 2008

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  • thriLLceLL, on 02/17/2008, -7/+221Its fake, you can see the motion tracking mess up a few times
  • inactive, on 02/17/2008, -35/+160How it was done explained by hacker - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ7JuUADoCk
  • niviq, on 02/17/2008, -1/+81It does not look real at all, you know?
  • mets91, on 02/17/2008, -13/+86Even if it was real, how would have he projected his voice!?
  • kris33, on 02/17/2008, -1/+72there would be a delay too if it was real.
  • Tenetri, on 02/17/2008, -2/+56Its pretty simple to watch.. Look every time he zooms out, the top left corner of the screen goes off from the screen. And he just asked a few people to look amazed. I'm not saying its bad, he did a really good job with the filters, and motion tracking.
  • capiCrimm, on 02/17/2008, -4/+52OR HE COULD HAVE ***** PRESSED CAPS LOCKS! WORKS LIKE A ***** CHARM!
  • nizzy1115, on 02/17/2008, -2/+47I dunno, its pretty easy to get a few people in on it. Seems fake to me unless i see further proof.
  • pencilneck, on 02/17/2008, -12/+57Lets just pretend it isn't fake... it was still lame.
  • TheLostChild1, on 02/17/2008, -45/+87You guys are missing the point.

    Yes, it's clearly fake. But it is a genuinely FUN video to watch. It's a novel idea, and it was nicely put together. Get over the real or fake stuff, and appreciate the video for what it is :)
  • whiteknives, on 02/17/2008, -7/+42Definitely fake. Not only is the motion tracking glitchy, but there would be at the very least a half-second delay.
  • Karmavs, on 02/17/2008, -1/+25After effects
  • DiggzDE, on 02/17/2008, -2/+25I liked this though.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra51416BYsc&feature ...

    Damn funny.
  • ixach, on 02/17/2008, -1/+23Simple echo techniques.
  • scarz99, on 02/17/2008, -2/+22damn dude you got me!
  • inactive, on 02/17/2008, -2/+21IT'S A TRAAAAAPPPPP!!!!!!
  • Norris667, on 02/17/2008, -1/+19haha, this is one internet fad that i truely love/hate
  • jemka, on 02/17/2008, -4/+22There's a handful of people in the world that can do that, or something like that, legitimately. That guy isn't one of them.
  • Fubeman, on 02/17/2008, -0/+18Aaaah. Now I see how he does it. Rick Roll explains all.
  • tikiman453, on 02/17/2008, -1/+19DAMMIT! Good one. i never saw it coming!
  • merlinxlr, on 02/17/2008, -3/+20Dugg, for how ***** wireless is in the USA.
  • holzp, on 02/17/2008, -3/+20You sound like my girlfriend :(
  • LilBoyLuver, on 02/17/2008, -3/+20Look at his other videos, in one of them he opens a drawbridge and in the other he makes a Porsche move with his computer.(Just in case anyone thought it was real) I believe that they are adverts for a tech institute or something.
  • muslax27, on 02/17/2008, -0/+16NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN.....
  • diablo75, on 02/17/2008, -0/+14Adobe After Effects.
  • Puisapres, on 02/17/2008, -3/+17If I were him, I would've put "2 Girls 1 Cup" on the jumbotron
  • Yibbon, on 02/17/2008, -5/+18A fake?
  • LilBoyLuver, on 02/17/2008, -2/+14http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIMwFhsLQ-o&feature ... Bridge

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfk0TUQ9zQc&feature ... Porsche
  • pelman, on 02/17/2008, -1/+12Lol ***** got me too. Next time ill read the replies first.
  • phibit, on 02/17/2008, -1/+12Every time i get Rick Rolled, I force myself to watch the entire horrible display, so that I have more incentive to not get tricked again lol.
  • gbrew56, on 02/17/2008, -2/+13looks like viral marketing for the cell he was using.
  • EvilFerret, on 02/17/2008, -1/+11***** you Cloverfield really happened.
  • captainbeah, on 02/17/2008, -1/+11*****. That's the second time I've been hit today.
  • jaybol, on 02/17/2008, -1/+10no kidding
  • inactive, on 02/17/2008, -1/+10the shadows are ***** up too.
  • Fubeman, on 02/17/2008, -3/+11People, people, come on. Of course it's fake (but still fun to watch). If anyone looks at the ENTIRE video, you'll know that not only is it fake, but it is a commercial for an IT Tech Place in The Netherlands (http://www.infosupport.com/). The tagline appears at the very end of the video. No great detective work there - just watched the whole video and visited the site (where you can see the commercial there as well), that's all.
  • nubnub, on 02/17/2008, -0/+8Yeah, but this isn't a movie.
  • T00LB0X, on 02/17/2008, -5/+13umm....whatev?
  • AceTracer, on 02/17/2008, -0/+7Kudos for using a non-standard Rickroll URL, I've trained myself to recognize the popular one and still got hit.
  • HeDiggMe, on 02/17/2008, -1/+7Pay no attention to the man behind the camera
  • t.toe, on 02/17/2008, -1/+7It's much more likely After Effects or Motion. Without some special plugin, there's no easy way to do motion tracking in Final Cut.
  • hailtothetim, on 02/17/2008, -2/+8ik ben niet geïmponeerd en dit is niet echt.
  • ZeroIce, on 02/17/2008, -1/+7What!? Cloverfield was fake? NO!!!!!!
  • banmaster, on 02/17/2008, -1/+6Fake and NOT funny.

    There, I fixed it for you.
  • dasdef, on 02/17/2008, -1/+6What? you want to phone that dude?

    DUDES WORK ON A RANCH
  • rastakid, on 02/17/2008, -0/+4It is a fake. It's a viral for infosupport.com, a Dutch IT Services provider.
  • Cheddar79, on 02/17/2008, -2/+6So whats the point of posting this up as "Hacker at Utrecht Station" when its clearly a commercial for an IT tech place...surely they should have used THAT as the title. I think people comment as fake because they intended to see a REAL hack...
  • voomfoo, on 02/17/2008, -6/+10it was entertaining
  • tikiman453, on 02/17/2008, -2/+5explain the teleprompter one =) or the traffic one. or his colleagues prank!
    Colleagues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra51416BYsc&NR=1
    Traffic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32JgSJYpL8o&feature ...
    Teleprompter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrXkmP_3kBs&feature ...
  • cheeseplease, on 02/17/2008, -0/+3The guy was talking Dutch, you are talking a mixture of German and French.
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