History SchmuckBait / RealLife

*** [[Persona4Arena Well now it has]]. Plus, some region PS3s come with desirable extras (ie Netflix and/or iPlayer) that can be made usable with just a proxy.

* Apparently, some tech departments will periodically send out emails with viruses attached, informing everyone at large not to open attachments like that. If someone does, a conveniently-attached tracer lets the department tell managers which of their employees cannot follow directions.

* In 2008, [[http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/11/valve-tricked-h/ Valve attempted to get a hacker arrested in an FBI sting operation by offering him a job]].

* Using bait is an essential part of the tactics made by Sun Tzu. As he once said: "All warfare is deception." If you offer the enemy something made of nothing and he is gullible enough to take it, you will be one step closer to victory. The reason why most of the Allied Military Deception Operations have met with success was because of the fact that Adolf Hitler was an absolute sucker for schmuck bait. They would leak fake documents to German intelligence which would then be backed up by false activity and objects which ranged from fake supply dumps to inflatable/wooden vehicles and included fake radio traffic and simulated vehicle noise.
** Operation Fortitude South: The allies created a fake army at Dover, made up of inflatable tanks, and put General Patton in command of it to convince the Germans that an invasion would take place at Calais, the region of France that was the closest to the British Isles. As Patton's reputation as an aggressive commander was well-known and feared by the German army, Calais was heavily fortified and reinforced by 15 divisions in preparation for the supposed attack. Even after the Allied landings in Normandy were successful, the Germans were still convinced that an invasion of Calais was going to happen soon. It wasn't until they learned that General Patton and his Third Army were in Normandy that they realized they've been completely fooled.
*** Actually they never caught on: The double agents who fed them much of the info continued to be believed right up to the end of the war, a couple even receiving medals in the dying days of the Reich. The appearance of units supposedly in FUSAG, as well as Patton, was attributed to the fact that Allied forces were taking a beating, and FUSAG being used as reserves, thus making the Germans think they were winning! It was to be replaced by another British/Canadian Army... which also didn't exist.
** Operation Fortitude North: Britain 'simulated' the build up of military forces in Northern England and engaged in political talks with Sweden to fool the Germans that there was going to be an Allied Invasion of Norway. Hitler fell for the scheme by having 13 Divisions stationed in Norway to repel the invasion that never came.
** Operation Mincemeat: The British allowed a dead man, by the fabricated name of William Martin, with fake documents attached to him to be found at a beach in Spain by German intelligence. The documents suggested that an Allied invasion would take place at Sardinia, Corsica, or Greece. As a result of Hitler's conviction to the authenticity of the documents, reinforcements and defensive preparations were diverted to those areas instead of to the actual target of the Allies: Sicily. The success of Operation Mincemeat made Hitler and the German Army very suspicious of any documents that they would chance upon later in the war, which affected the outcome of the Normandy Invasion and the initial stages of Operation Market Garden.

* In the Battle of Leyte Gulf, The Japanese Navy planned for their (decoy) Northern Force to get the attention of the US Navy's covering forces and draw them away so that their Center and Southern Forces could attack the American Landing Zones at Leyte Island. William F. Halsey, commander of the USN 3rd Fleet, [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough fell for the ruse]] by speeding after them with all of his ships, leaving only a handful of Destroyers and Escort Carriers at the mercy of an attack by Center Force which occurred near Samar Island. The handful of Destroyers and Escort Carriers ended up facing off with the vastly more powerful Center Force and managed to win the day through [[LeeroyJenkins sheer ballsiness]], attacking the larger force with such ferocity that the Japanese commander assumed that Halsey's main force must still be nearby and that Taffy Three was merely delaying to keep Center Force in the kill zone.

[[spoiler:If you clicked on any of the two above or even tried the links above without taking any safety measure, you are an idiot, deserves to be made fun of and must stay away from internet. '''FOREVER''']]

* The Voltage Switch on the back of computer [=PSUs=]. [[spoiler:Flicking it causes a loud bang. a lot of smoke. and a broken PSU.]]

[[spoiler:If you clicked on any of the two above or even tried the links above without taking any safety meassure, you are an idiot, deserves to be made fun of and must stay away from internet. '''FOREVER''']]

* Bot messages. Specially when they hijack someone you know that has potential to send you links. The only exception are YIM spam bots, as they know that any message exchanged opens door for programs to snatch login data.

--> '''[=Friend=]''': I just found a way to find out if someone blocked you! Click here >> [[TooDumbToLive www.amiblocked.com]]

* The Science Museum in London since 2007 has had an exhibit called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx4mB_IFHtU "DO NOT TOUCH"]]. A large pole with a barred-off bare metal waist is surrounded by brain-searing yellow warning signs, proximity-sensor klaxons, and screens telling patrons that the pole will give them an electric shock. You can't ''not'' touch it. [[spoiler:Yes, you do get an electric shock.]]

[[Spoiler:If you clicked on any of the two above or even tried the links above without taking any safety meassure, you are an idiot, deserves to be made fun of and must stay away from internet. '''FOREVER''']]

* The Science Museum in London currently (since 2007) has an exhibit called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx4mB_IFHtU "DO NOT TOUCH"]]. A large pole with a barred-off bare metal waist is surrounded by brain-searing yellow warning signs, proximity-sensor klaxons, and screens telling patrons that the pole will give them an electric shock. You can't ''not'' touch it. [[spoiler:Yes, you do get an electric shock.]]

** Operation Mincemeat: The British allowed a dead man, by the fabricated name of William Martin, with fake documents attached to him to be found at a beach in Spain by German intelligence. The documents suggested that an Allied invasion would take place at Sardinia, Corsica, or Greece. As a result of Hitler's conviction to the authenticity of the documents, reinforcements and defensive preparations were diverted to those areas instead of to the actual target of the Allies: Sicily. The success of Operation Mincemeat made Hitler and the German Army very butthurt and suspicious of any documents that they would chance upon later in the war which affected the outcome of the Normandy Invasion and the initial stages of Operation Market Garden.

** Also, people who tell Windows users to delete "[=System32=]" because it'll greatly improve performance. Windows usually prevents you from doing this however.

* Heart Attack Grill: It's as close to ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as it can be. It doesn't grill heart attacks, but it is themed around food which is known to cause them and other health problems. It's themed as a hospital, with the staff being healthy "doctors" and "nurses" who serve to customers as "patients". And the food is named after health problems and surgeries. One spokesperson has already died at age 29. If you are still willing to eat there knowing all of this...

* If you're going to the restaurant known as "The Crab Cooker," [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Don%27t_Look_Up_Here.jpg don't look up there.]] It's a red herring.

* If you access the [[KlaatuBaradaNikto about:robots]] page on {{Firefox}}, there is a button like with most error pages that reads "Try again". Pressing the button yields another message: "Please do not press this button again".

** Also, people who tell Windows users to delete System-32, or a critical system file. Although, usually Windows denies access to these files.

d) [[ChittyChittyBangBang The Child Catcher]]