http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/thepurification Questions tagged with 'thepurification' at Ask MetaFilter. Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:20:16 -0800 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:20:16 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/47757/What%2DIs%2DThis%2DCreepy%2DSite%2DAdvertising What the heck is "the purification dot org" all about? (I'm not linking to it directly because I have a hunch it's just a particularly enigmatic viral marketing ploy.) (This came to me via a friend via IM. I haven't been able to ask him where he got it.)<br> <br> The page is just a single flash movie with a countdown. I didn't work out the math exactly, but I think it's a countdown to November 15, 2006. There's five sub-countdowns that appear if you mouse over them. Going clockwise from the lower left-hand side, they appear to be pointing to Nov.9, Oct.19, Nov.6, Oct.23 and Oct.31.<br> <br> The domain's registered to a guy named Wayne in Arkansas, using an AOL email address. Looks to be legit -- the address checks out in Google's phone listings, and an AOL user with his screenname posted a review of a restaurant in the town listed in the whois info. So if it's faked, someone's done their homework.<br> <br> Just wondering if anyone knows anything about this. A game? A movie? Hopi prophecy? If it turns out to be some doomsday religious cult I'll be a little creeped out. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.47757 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:20:16 -0800 creepy flash thepurification viral sportbucket