Principia Discordia

Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: DiscoUkulele on August 16, 2010, 05:03:33 PM

Title: Objectivist graffitis the WORLD!
Post by: DiscoUkulele on August 16, 2010, 05:03:33 PM
(http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2010/08/worldsbiggestwriting-660x647.jpg)

Man Scrawls World's Biggest Message with GPS 'Pen' (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/08/worlds-biggest-writing/)

Quote from: WiredOne man drove 12,238 miles across 30 states to scrawl a message that can only be viewed using Google Earth. His big shoutout: "Read Ayn Rand."

Nick Newcomen did a road trip over 30 days that covered stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. First, he identified on a map the route he would need to drive to spell out the message. He put a GPS device in his car to trace the route he would follow. Then, he hit the road.

"The main reason I did it is because I am an Ayn Rand fan," he says. "In my opinion if more people would read her books and take her ideas seriously, the country and world would be a better place — freer, more prosperous and we would have a more optimistic view of the future."

Read More http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/08/worlds-biggest-writing/#ixzz0wmj1AEw8

I... just... wow. I mean... seriously? I really have no words.

However, he could have basically done the same thing with this image:

(http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/google-earth-17.jpg)

and MSPaint. Like so:

(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/4951/prez.jpg)

Good Times.

Title: Re: Objectivist graffitis the WORLD!
Post by: Payne on August 16, 2010, 05:23:51 PM
EPIC WOMP!
Title: Re: Objectivist graffitis the WORLD!
Post by: Cuddlefish on August 16, 2010, 05:43:19 PM
When I'm feeling down, people on the internet always seem to make me realize it could be worse. I could be this guy...
Title: Re: Objectivist graffitis the WORLD!
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 16, 2010, 07:12:57 PM
Quote from: Cuddlefish on August 16, 2010, 05:43:19 PM
When I'm feeling down, people on the internet always seem to make me realize it could be worse. I could be this guy...

You could be his mom too.
Title: Re: Objectivist graffitis the WORLD!
Post by: Payne on August 16, 2010, 07:18:43 PM
I don't care about his message, I would have chosen something slightly more.... worth it.

Love the over the top method though. LOVE IT!
Title: Re: Objectivist graffitis the WORLD!
Post by: DiscoUkulele on August 16, 2010, 07:50:07 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Payne on August 16, 2010, 07:18:43 PM
I don't care about his message, I would have chosen something slightly more.... worth it.

Love the over the top method though. LOVE IT!

I enjoy the fact that he used tax-funded highways and the Dept. of Defense's GPS system to spread his message of Randian Objectivism.
Title: Re: Objectivist graffitis the WORLD!
Post by: Stelpa on August 16, 2010, 07:59:16 PM
Quote from: DiscoUkulele on August 16, 2010, 07:50:07 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Payne on August 16, 2010, 07:18:43 PM
I don't care about his message, I would have chosen something slightly more.... worth it.

Love the over the top method though. LOVE IT!

I enjoy the fact that he used tax-funded highways and the Dept. of Defense's GPS system to spread his message of Randian Objectivism.

Yay hypocrisy  :lulz: