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Alek's Christmas Lights: Humbug

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the so-whaddya-do? dept.

g00set writes "Alek's Christmas lights story was previously covered on Slashdot here, however the Denver Channel is now reporting that it was all a hoax: 'The Lafayette man said he accomplished the trickery by taking 12 "base" photographs of the house with lights on and off and then constructed a Web page that appeared to show lights going on and off when the Web visitor clicked.'"

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  1. Isn't that the idea of virtual lights? by ATMosby · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So on the net, no one can tell if you're a dog, or if your christmas lights are really remote controlled. :-)

  2. Hoaxes by Frank+T.+Lofaro+Jr. · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You forgot:

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