Comments on: When the sky crashed in Odessa http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: flosofl http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1325479 flosofl Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1325479 It wasn't projected. The fog and clouds were so thick you couldn't see any of the structure of the animated billboard. So it *appeared* as if its images were floating in the sky. It wasn’t projected. The fog and clouds were so thick you couldn’t see any of the structure of the animated billboard. So it *appeared* as if its images were floating in the sky.

]]> By: carlodog http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1325346 carlodog Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1325346 The blurb says it's a crashed digital billboard, not a projected image.  The blurb says it’s a crashed digital billboard, not a projected image. 

]]> By: Ryan Lenethen http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1325166 Ryan Lenethen Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1325166 I knew it was the matrix! I'll just jump off this building now! Weeeeeee.....THUD. I knew it was the matrix! I’ll just jump off this building now! Weeeeeee…..THUD.

]]> By: traalfaz http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1325033 traalfaz Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1325033 There's no way this is not shopped.  Projecting onto clouds would not give you anything like a clean image.  Also the amount of power required would be ridiculous; many times more than the average searchlight.  And if you were pumping out that much light, there would be an easily visible beam going up to where the clouds were due to moisture in the air. There’s no way this is not shopped.  Projecting onto clouds would not give you anything like a clean image.  Also the amount of power required would be ridiculous; many times more than the average searchlight.  And if you were pumping out that much light, there would be an easily visible beam going up to where the clouds were due to moisture in the air.

]]> By: amuderick http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324835 amuderick Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324835 I caught something similar (though not as surreal) in Times Square when a whole 'building' spontaneously rebooted, went through a series of graphics tests and then continued displaying ads. http://www.flickr.com/photos/amuderick/4098504122/ Here is a photo I caught something similar (though not as surreal) in Times Square when a whole ‘building’ spontaneously rebooted, went through a series of graphics tests and then continued displaying ads.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amuderick/4098504122/

Here is a photo

]]> By: MrEricSir http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324715 MrEricSir Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324715 This would make a great submission over at TheDailyWTF... This would make a great submission over at TheDailyWTF…

]]> By: mkultra http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324655 mkultra Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324655 *whoosh* *whoosh*

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324648 Paul Renault Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324648 "When the sky turns blue, be really afraid. " Which shade of blue?  Sky blue? “When the sky turns blue, be really afraid. ”

Which shade of blue?  Sky blue?

]]> By: CharredBarn http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324639 CharredBarn Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324639 There. Knew it would happen. There. Knew it would happen.

]]> By: CharredBarn http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324629 CharredBarn Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324629 It's when we get the blue sky of death that we need to start worrying. It’s when we get the blue sky of death that we need to start worrying.

]]> By: Robert Cruickshank http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324628 Robert Cruickshank Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324628 When the sky turns blue, be really afraid. When the sky turns blue, be really afraid.

]]> By: dabeed http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324624 dabeed Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324624 alien moon alien moon

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324603 Michael Smith Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324603 You can't take the sky from me... You can’t take the sky from me…

]]> By: scott d. feldstein http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324604 scott d. feldstein Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324604 My grandfather informs me that this is not possible. My grandfather informs me that this is not possible.

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324597 irksome Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324597 A similar message appeared over Tunguska in 1908. A similar message appeared over Tunguska in 1908.

]]> By: hypersomniac http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324593 hypersomniac Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324593 Well, it least it wasn't hacked with pr0n. Well, it least it wasn’t hacked with pr0n.

]]> By: spacemunky http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324589 spacemunky Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324589 The sky above the port was the color of <strike>a television, tuned to a dead channel</strike> Windows, displaying an error message. The sky above the port was the color of a television, tuned to a dead channel Windows, displaying an error message.

]]> By: C.J. Hayes http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324585 C.J. Hayes Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324585 Oh man, the government shut down the sky because it facilitates piracy. Oh man, the government shut down the sky because it facilitates piracy.

]]> By: Dan Hibiki http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324575 Dan Hibiki Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324575 Wait... I'm sure this was in the book of revelation somewhere. Wait… I’m sure this was in the book of revelation somewhere.

]]> By: jerryeast http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324576 jerryeast Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324576 Ahh, finally - - - proof that they're still using Windows in the Ukraine! Ahh, finally – - – proof that they’re still using Windows in the Ukraine!

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324569 blueelm Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324569 Oh wow, what a surreal image!  Oh wow, what a surreal image! 

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324566 Jim Saul Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324566 Holy crap. The error box appears so crisp, is this definitely real? If so, I'm amazed this isn't a more common advertising method, though the atmospheric conditions must have been pretty advantageous. I just hope someone saw that right after watching the Matrix on acid.The site was very slow loading for me... they might get swamped by the traffic pretty quickly. Edit... ah, I thought it was being projected onto the clouds, not realizing it was just a screen obscured by the fog. Still awesome effect. Holy crap. The error box appears so crisp, is this definitely real? If so, I’m amazed this isn’t a more common advertising method, though the atmospheric conditions must have been pretty advantageous.

I just hope someone saw that right after watching the Matrix on acid.The site was very slow loading for me… they might get swamped by the traffic pretty quickly.

Edit… ah, I thought it was being projected onto the clouds, not realizing it was just a screen obscured by the fog. Still awesome effect.

]]> By: obeyken http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/when-the-sky-crashed-in-odessa.html#comment-1324565 obeyken Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139710#comment-1324565 Aha!  I knew this was all just a simulation! I'm quite disappointed by the choice of OS, though. Aha!  I knew this was all just a simulation! I’m quite disappointed by the choice of OS, though.

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