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binarysolo on March 21, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Man Supposedly Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings

Maybe the Internet has ruined me too, but this reminds me of that other viral ad campaign of guys running on water.

http://gawker.com/5539222/how-not-to-fall-for-a-viral-market... (Yes it's Gawker but they did have one of the better write-ups :/ ).

A few minutes browsing the project homepage (http://www.humanbirdwings.net) and WHOIS (http://whois.net/whois/humanbirdwings.net) makes it look more legit though...

petroica on March 21, 2012 [–]

How does the WHOIS info make it look more legit?

binarysolo on March 21, 2012 | [–]

I guess I rather meant that it's subscribed through a GoDaddy-ish service instead of a marketing company that forgot to cover its tracks... :-/

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