Not really. This is an old internet hoax, dating back in 2004, claiming that Microsoft and AOL are running a tracked email test paying people for participating, urging them to forward a silly mail.
Automatic random PIN generation has been all the more common now, especially in mobile applications.
The Happy Tree Friends are cute little cartoon animals that get themselves into dire situations, always ending up in mayhem.
This is only one of the many demotivators, pictures with a funny, pessimistic and subversive tagline that can be found in Despair Inc.
Web Developer plugin by Chris Pederick for Firefox just got better. Released on December 31, 2005 version 1.0 is fully compatible with Firefox 1.5 and brings a host of new goodies.