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December 14, 2005

Adopted by Weblinkhosting?

Posted by Eric at 8:41 am. Filed under: Tech

This has to be an elaborate marketing hoax.

Weblinkhosting.com, a web hosting company in New York is set to do what no hosting company has done before. That is to legally adopt a child under the name of the company. The child will live at the web hosting data center where he will be provided with food, clothing, shelter and love from the owner and employee’s.

And speaking of marketing gimics, this one is great.

Mayor Roberto Pereira da Silva’s proposal to the Town Council asks residents to “take good care of your health in order not to die” and warns that “infractors will be held responsible for their acts.”

The bill, which sets no penalty for passing away, is meant to protest a federal law that has barred a new or expanded cemetery in Biritiba Mirim, a town of 28,000 people 45 miles east of Sao Paulo.

Why would he do this? To protest the Brazillian equivalent of the EPA:

A 2003 decree by Brazil’s National Environment Council bars new or expanded cemeteries in so-called permanent preservation areas or in areas with high water tables. Environmental protection measures rule out cremation.


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