I'm a bit confused. Sure it's a joke? Maybe that recent post is, but there are posts about the firmware back in July 2008:

http://groups.google.com/group/welec-dso/browse_thread/thread/56f3c673928f18fb#
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Christian
#40104192 120Gb (no longer in my E36 M3, won't fit the E46 M3)