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Total coincidence?

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cyberdork
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Joined: 18 Jul 2007
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Total coincidence?

All right, probably total coincidence, but just curious on if anyone else thinks so. I was bummed about this just ending and all and I thought maybe there was another site somewhere that I could maybe report to as an official Dharma employee in like and underground movement and what not. Basically just killing time. Anyhoo, I went to www.dharmainitiative.com on a whim. On the site there is a countdown in the upper left corner that states a return to the island in X number of days and there is a video of a band. The name of the band? The Cheaters. I thought that was extremely coincidental given the nature of the tests and the cheating variable. Anyone else think this is worth investigating? Apologies ahead of time if this has either been discussed previously or if it leads to nothing.

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:46 pm

catherwood-offline
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Re: Total coincidence?

cyberdork wrote:

www.dharmainitiative.com

A known fan-made website, from previous years.

Refer to http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14770

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:10 pm

maladylis
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Joined: 31 May 2008
Posts: 102
Location: NH

what about the new web link that was in the new Lost promo last night for Ajira Airways ? is that ARG related ? it's.... http://www.ajiraairways.com/

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:56 am

catherwood-offline
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maladylis wrote:

what about the new web link that was in the new Lost promo last night for Ajira Airways ? is that ARG related ? it's.... http://www.ajiraairways.com/

I never want to say any site is ARG-related... it could be "extended experience" or other promotional tie-in. At least it doesn't appear to be a fan-made site, although it is not hosted on ABC-owned servers. The domain is registered to a LeeLeeFilms company, not one we've seen before in ARGs, but certainly quite professional and legitimate.

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:19 pm

Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 4751
Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth

maladylis wrote:

what about the new web link that was in the new Lost promo last night for Ajira Airways ? is that ARG related ? it's.... http://www.ajiraairways.com/

Hidden at the bottom of that page...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

...and the Terms of Use places them in Manhattan, New York, New York.

We simply don't know yet, but it's possible.

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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:00 pm

sirpoins
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Joined: 14 Jul 2008
Posts: 486
Location: Florida

Nighthawk wrote:

maladylis wrote:

what about the new web link that was in the new Lost promo last night for Ajira Airways ? is that ARG related ? it's.... http://www.ajiraairways.com/

Hidden at the bottom of that page...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

...and the Terms of Use places them in Manhattan, New York, New York.

We simply don't know yet, but it's possible.

I think you are correct sir....

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=50735

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:15 pm

catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 25 Sep 2002
Posts: 4109
Location: Silicon Valley, CA

Nighthawk wrote:

Hidden at the bottom of that page...

[unspoilered] Copyright ABC, INC [/spoiler]

...and the Terms of Use places them in Manhattan, New York, New York.

It's not really hidden, and it's not really a secret, and it's not a puzzle solve, so I unspoilered it. This is probably sanctioned by ABC, but not run by ABC.

If you wanted to be extremely skeptical about it, any fan can put the copyright text on their own site; any fan could have grabbed the Ajira logo from the trailer on the ABC website and created their own site. I don't think that's what has happened here, but it's good to be clear about what constitutes evidence. Text on a website isn't proof. If an official ABC website were to link directly to this new Ajira website, then that would be proof of affiliation, but still doesn't say who built the content.

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:49 am

KLind
Entrenched

Joined: 22 Apr 2007
Posts: 928
Location: Columbus, Ohio

The whois information places them at ABC Television Center in Burbank.

http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=ajiraairways&tld=com

http://www.actorsource.com/studios.html

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:56 am

Tresbien
Unfictologist

Joined: 09 Jun 2006
Posts: 1436

KLind wrote:

The whois information places them at ABC Television Center in Burbank.

http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=ajiraairways&tld=com

http://www.actorsource.com/studios.html

I'm convinced! Nice job finding the ABC TV address KLind.

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:18 am

dposse
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Joined: 12 Nov 2006
Posts: 954
Location: CT

maladylis wrote:

what about the new web link that was in the new Lost promo last night for Ajira Airways ? is that ARG related ? it's.... http://www.ajiraairways.com/

wow, great find!! It might not be ARG-related, but it's defiently viral. Maybe its just a reminder for when LOST airs?

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:15 pm

lost600
Greenhorn

Joined: 24 Nov 2008
Posts: 4

Re: Total coincidence?

catherwood-offline wrote:

cyberdork wrote:

www.dharmainitiative.com

A known fan-made website, from previous years.

Refer to http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14770

Another website: [url]www.ajiraairways.us[/url]

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:41 pm

catherwood-offline
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Re: Total coincidence?

lost600 wrote:

Another website: www.ajiraairways.us

That is not "another website" -- it is a parked domain name, with a generic links page thrown up by the hosting company. It's trash.

p.s. don't wrap the "url" tags around a URL, this forum's software will make it linkable for you; if you must use the tags, look at the example format displayed when you hover over the button on the submission form.

p.p.s. just register as a member here, it's free, and then you can go back and edit your own posts.

p.p.p.s. there is no need to triple post the same info in 3 different threads. If it is a good bit of info, people will find it and bump it to the top of the forum naturally.

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:25 pm

maladylis
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Joined: 31 May 2008
Posts: 102
Location: NH

Re: Total coincidence?

catherwood-offline wrote:

lost600 wrote:

Another website: www.ajiraairways.us

Oh and p.s.s.s.s Don't post this is every forum you go to and every blog !!!!!!!! I've seen this at least 8 times now posted by the same person !

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:44 pm

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