this is such an interesting story, it was even featured on 'In The Heard' with Colin Cowheard on ESPN...
On Sep 28, 10:53 am, "Dug B." <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not like this isn't done frequently and I have never heard any reports > of anyone being hit by one. Other than the one fatality from the WWII > Japanese weather balloon bomb attacks on the Pacific Northwest. Not a joke; > look it up. > > Hams have been strapping transponders, beacons, repeaters, live video > cameras and GPS transponders to weather balloons for decades; there's not > really anything new here other than buying the gear at Best Buy. > > > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is pretty cool. > > > I am glad that they mentioned alerting the FAA, because I could see > > such an experiment drawing an armed response and being shot down... > > which might lead to some cool video, admittedly. > > > I have to wonder, though: what if that cooler fell through someone's > > house or car? Oh God forbid hit and killed someone? Seems to me like > > unless you are in a REALLY unihabited area, you run the risk of > > causing damage and being liable for it. > > > On Sep 28, 10:12 am, "Edward Crosby" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is pretty cool. > > > >http://bit.ly/9M6EHd > > > > -- > > > Have a Better One, > > > Edward Crosbyhttp://www.edwardcrosby.com > > > ----- > > > "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." > > > Merlin Mann > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
