Stupidest stunt yet

[n2doc]

One 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.”

Newcomen, unlike previous GPS artists, actually traveled the lines he traced on the map. He used a GPS logger (Qstarz BT-Q1000X) to “ink” the message. Starting his trip in Marshall, Texas, he turned on the device when he wanted to write a letter and turned off the device between letters. The recorded GPS data was loaded into Google Earth to produce the image above.



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

[Xipe Totec]

1. I've read Ayn Rand. I used to love Ayn Rand

Then I hit puberty.

[Whisp]

13. lol! so true!

:rofl:

[Rhiannon12866]

23. I was older than that...

Freshman in high school, 13-14... ;)

[eleny]

2. talk about having time on your hands

[zbdent]

16. eww ...

oh, wait ... this wasn't in response to reply #1 ... never mind ...

[Brickbat]

3. Actually, I think that's a little bit awesome. A friend proposed the same way.

[FarLeftRage]

4. What a fucking asshole!

I'm glad he stayed the fuck outta my state...

[City of Mills]

5. I did that once - cost me almost $9000 in gas money and car repairs

But I think the message was worth it!



Driving through the grand canyon REALLY sucked.

[one_voice]

8. ...

:rofl: :rofl:

[alfredo]

10. This one was plotted out by a local teabagger

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. LOL!

[Whisp]

14. were they on a pogo stick?

:rofl:

[alfredo]

21. An extra heavy duty one with training wheels.

[Historic NY]

6. How come the letters aren't connected?

[Electric Monk]

7. "he turned on the device when he wanted to write a letter and turned off the device between letters"

I think that answers your question?

[IDemo]

9. Someone in the comments suggested writing "Don't" in Canada

[Gold Metal Flake]

12. I hope he didn't drive on any socialist highways.

Better have been toll road all the way.

[Art_from_Ark]

15. Looks like he took I-5 in Washington State and Oregon

which, the last time I drove it, definitely wasn't a toll road. :rofl:

[JoePhilly]

19. Did his GPS use any socialist satellites?

[Gold Metal Flake]

20. I would have to say yes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gps

"GPS was created and realized by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and was originally run with 24 satellites. It was established in 1973 to overcome the limitations of previous navigation systems."

[JoePhilly]

22. Exactly ... and a bit Ironic ... if he was true to to his ideology ...

he should have used the stars to navigate.

[zbdent]

17. I was going to try this ...

but it ended up saying "Drink More Ovaltine!"

[HughBeaumont]

18. More like the rich would continue to stomp everyone's heads until they have everything.

Oh wait, they're already doing that.

And about the stunt . . . I guess time weighs more heavily on some people's hands than it does others.

[Stinky The Clown]

24. This man is an idiot.

An actual right leaning Libertarian idiot.

[onethatcares]

25. Ok, who wants to tell him it's a work of fiction?

:shrug:

[MrScorpio]

26. I just back from my own GPS trip

Two can play at this game!