[757labs] fake or not?

Fri Mar 23 00:47:53 EDT 2012

What I want to know is why noone truncates their replies....
On Mar 23, 2012 12:25 AM, "Chad Merritt" <chad at merritt.org> wrote:

> I used three clubbed baby seals of fuel during my pilot training today. It
> was great.
>
> Chad
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Nathan McGuirt **
> *Sent:* Thu, 22/03/2012 11:41 PM
> *To:* 757labs at 757labs.org
> *Subject:* Re: [757labs] fake or not?
>
> I'm surprised it's not quinoa powered. You could fuel it up at Trader Joes
> on your way home from getting your weekly pair of shoes from the Toms store.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Matt Glaves wrote:
>
> > Nice try, I I recharge my fair trade lithium powered plugin hybrid with
> clean coal power.
> >
> > matt
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Nathan McGuirt ** wrote:
> > > You forgot Waco.
> > >
> > > That's a pretty good list, did you send that from your ipad in your
> hybrid civic on your commute home from San Jose while sipping some
> Starbucks?
> > >
> > > Dirty hippy. Why don't you go join the peace corps or something and
> quit spreading your communist anti-american propaganda on our mailing list.
> > >
> > > Nathan
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Matt Glaves wrote:
> > >
> > > > Oh no you didn't. Let me right wing SEO this thread.
> > > >
> > > > ATF fast and the furious
> > > > first amendment
> > > > glenn beck
> > > > ann coulter
> > > > rush is right
> > > > ruby ridge
> > > > vince foster
> > > > echelon
> > > >
> > > > oh, and a tiger killed Kennedy.
> > > >
> > > > That should do nicely.
> > > >
> > > > matt
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Nathan McGuirt ** wrote:
> > > > > If you want real facts, not commie pinko liberal facts like they
> have in California.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Matt Glaves wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Foxnews is where we all go for facts...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > matt
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:42 PM, TJ ** wrote:
> > > > > > > Fox news says the make says its fake.
> > > > > > >
> http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/22/dutch-artist-admits-faking-viral-human-bird-wings-video
> /
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > On 3/22/2012 10:00 AM, Jameson Dungan wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> http://www.gizmag.com/jarno-smeets-human-birdwings-video-cgi-fake/21899/
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Nathan McGuirt ** wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Burden of proof is on the person making the claim, and
> video is easily doctored. It also makes no sense that the very flat surface
> of his 'wing' is luffing in the breeze, which to me would indicate that
> it's not generating any lift. At best this looks like someone with a hang
> glider and some 3d studio skills.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Steve Nelson wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Wired thinks it's a hoax. They disproved this guy's
> resume, but didn't really disprove that his wings work.
> > > > > > > > > >
> http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/human-bird-wings-hoax/
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Trevor Lewis ** wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > No verified confirmations yet. I found the HUMO
> articles though:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> http://www.humo.be/actua/90061/jarno-smeets-fantast-of-marketeer
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> http://www.humo.be/humo-archief/87891/jarno-smeets-bouwt-zijn-eigen-vleugels
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Google does a passable job of translation. The second
> one has an awesome olde tyme video of an early parachute failure. (Spoiler
> alert! 15" crater!)
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Jameson Dungan **wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > it's real. I've seen other videos by him where it
> doesn't work.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:24 PM, ** wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.humanbirdwings.net/
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I saw this on reddit and lots of people were
> calling fake. They were sayign that the surface of the wings didn't have
> visibile loading on them, as compared to when kites fly.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > But if you look at the wing, the upper area looks
> more rigid.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > People claimed they could see plain as day
> rotoscoping issues with the video, but I wasn't able to really detect
> anything.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > The guy was flapping really hard and seemed really
> worked up over flying, when it was supposed to be electronically driven. So
> I don't get that either. And the wimote/seeduino/android combo seems a bit
> nutty.
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