Comments on: Astronaut's photo of amateur astronomers "flashing" space station http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 22:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jay http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html#comment-1363665 Jay Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147513#comment-1363665 Sorry I don't see the point. Laser point that is.. Sorry I don’t see the point.

Laser point that is..

]]> By: technogeekagain http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html#comment-1363663 technogeekagain Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147513#comment-1363663 Definite "don't try this at home, kids". If the beam's bright enough to see from space, it's bright enough to at least distract pilots. In most areas, laws say that outdoor use of lasers above the most trivial power levels  requires beam stops or a permit. Definite “don’t try this at home, kids”. If the beam’s bright enough to see from space, it’s bright enough to at least distract pilots. In most areas, laws say that outdoor use of lasers above the most trivial power levels  requires beam stops or a permit.

]]> By: rayven http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html#comment-1363510 rayven Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147513#comment-1363510 LOL I know, but this is what I mean LOL (I've outlined what my gutter-brained imagination first thought it saw) LOL I know, but this is what I mean LOL (I’ve outlined what my gutter-brained imagination first thought it saw)

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html#comment-1363434 Noctilucent Studios Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147513#comment-1363434  Considering this happened in Texas, it's amazing the people with the lasers weren't tazed and brutalized by the local cops.  Considering this happened in Texas, it’s amazing the people with the lasers weren’t tazed and brutalized by the local cops.

]]> By: Editz http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html#comment-1363431 Editz Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147513#comment-1363431 Maybe someday it will work in reverse. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vQh26wKS6f8#t=11s Maybe someday it will work in reverse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vQh26wKS6f8#t=11s

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html#comment-1363381 David Pescovitz Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147513#comment-1363381 That's why I wrote "(sorry to disappoint)" in the first sentence. ; ) That’s why I wrote “(sorry to disappoint)” in the first sentence. ; )

]]> By: rayven http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html#comment-1363300 rayven Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147513#comment-1363300 OK, it may just be my overactive gutter-minded imagination... but when I read the headline about "flashing" the space station, and looked at the photo without reading the article first... I didn't actually notice the blue dot right away. And instead, my mind wandered and kind of saw a vague "goat-se" style image created in the lights. LOL Am I the only one that sees this?!  Its kind of on angle, with one hand created on the left (the lines of lights look like outlines of fingers) and the same on the right side of the off-centered square, which is, the arse? OK its probably just me....  (shuffles off embarrassed) LOL OK, it may just be my overactive gutter-minded imagination… but when I read the headline about “flashing” the space station, and looked at the photo without reading the article first… I didn’t actually notice the blue dot right away. And instead, my mind wandered and kind of saw a vague “goat-se” style image created in the lights. LOL Am I the only one that sees this?!  Its kind of on angle, with one hand created on the left (the lines of lights look like outlines of fingers) and the same on the right side of the off-centered square, which is, the arse? OK its probably just me….  (shuffles off embarrassed) LOL

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html#comment-1363275 Lobster Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147513#comment-1363275 Don Pettit was then blinded, and as a result crashed the space station.  There were no survivors. Don Pettit was then blinded, and as a result crashed the space station.  There were no survivors.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html#comment-1363218 David Pescovitz Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147513#comment-1363218 http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html

]]> By: Ryan Lenethen http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html#comment-1363212 Ryan Lenethen Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147513#comment-1363212 Should have sent morse code. -. .- ... .-   --- ..- -   --- ..-.   -- --- -. . -.--   ... - --- .--.   -.-- --- ..-   .- .-. .   - --- - .- .-.. .-.. -.--   ..-. ..- -.-. -.- . -..   ... - --- .--. Should have sent morse code.

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]]> By: coryf http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/astronauts-photo-of-amateur.html#comment-1363186 coryf Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147513#comment-1363186 Oh, it's cool NOW, wait a few more years, and this will become a federal crime like flashing airplanes.  :) Oh, it’s cool NOW, wait a few more years, and this will become a federal crime like flashing airplanes.  :)

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