This whole "I can't believe people are calling CS about the fake codes" thing reminds me of an incident a few years back where some people started hiding strange box-like objects in Boston in places like bridge trestles and attached to telephone poles. The city went on a terrorist alert because no one knew if the objects were bombs or what. It turned out that the objects were supposed to represent a character on an Adult Swim TV show called Aqua Teen Hunger Force, as part of a guerilla ad campaign for the show, and then when that was revealed the internet erupted with outrage that Boston could be so stupid as to not get it. Because, you know...Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It's just such a well-known, world-spanning media juggernaut, right? Of course it's Boston's fault for thinking that shady guys attaching box-like objects to bridge trestles might be dangerous. The internet was pretty unforgivably stupid that day. Cartoon Network paid Boston a lot of money and apologized. Also, I believe Boston arrested the asshats who were attaching things to bridges.
By the way, not all the fakes were of the D1CKW4D or CRA1G5M0M variety. Some looked like they might be real, and they did indeed waste my time. I don't resent the fact that they were posted--I resent the fact that they were posted and they weren't funny. A fake code should be obvious and it should be funny. It shouldn't be a "Gotcha!" thing where the object is to get people to try typing it in on Sideshow's site.
