Cruel & Unusual, but Hilarious

The Stern Fan Network has one of the most diabolical and creative - and ultimately hilarious - pranks on its discussion board. I fell for it when I first came across this thread in the main discussion forum, a thread originating in the "Pranks" forum, which I had never checked out. But a couple of minutes (and several extra heartbeats) later, after reading similar threads, I finally figured it out - and realized this gag has been going for at least 3 years. Once you know how it works (via the [you] code) and go back to re-read the threads, you realize it's some Siriusly clever and funny stuff. Revenge of the web geeks?!