Is your spud gun visible from space?

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Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:31 pm

Mine is.

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Yeah, yeah... I know. I just had to start a thread with that title. :)
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Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:34 pm

If I had a hybrid that big, I would probably be a bit of a cünt about it too :D you've certainly earned the bragging rights.

Are you any closer to going public?
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Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:55 pm

LINK to the location

Google street view Y U no work there?
Yeah, yeah... I know. I just had to start a thread with that title
on one hand it's cool...

but on the other... Are you trying to compensate for something :wink: ???
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Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:08 pm

omg... thats alot of gun u got there :-)
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Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:19 pm

until I get a google street view I'm calling shens :wink:
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Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:37 pm

POLAND_SPUD wrote:LINK to the location
I note that Vera is pointed in the direction of some seemingly oxidised and presumably derelict structures, I wonder... hehe
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:22 pm

Oh my goodness. Makes mine look like a freaking cap gun...
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Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:40 pm

'Visible from space' makes for good bragging rights, but conversely it is now the only spud gun vulnerable to attack from a Low-Orbit Ion Cannon.
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Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:43 pm

:D

And for those who don't pay attention to the forums lower down on the main menu, she may be seen in operation in the Hybrid forum.
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Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:16 pm

Strictly speaking, most of Google Earth's high-res stuff is aerial photography, and not from space.... But that doesn't make it any less impressive. Or me any less jealous, haha.
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Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:34 pm

I would love to see one that big on a tank chassi. now that would be cool.
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Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:45 pm

Insomniac wrote:Strictly speaking, most of Google Earth's high-res stuff is aerial photography, and not from space.... But that doesn't make it any less impressive. Or me any less jealous, haha.
Killjoy.

(Yeah, I know. Commercial satellites are only good to about 1 m resolution. That pic is probably good to about 1 foot. Still, it was a fun thread title, damnit!)
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usdiver63 wrote:I would love to see one that big on a tank chassis. now that would be cool.
Could be closer than you think.
(Yeah, I know. Commercial satellites are only good to about 1 m resolution. That pic is probably good to about 1 foot. Still, it was a fun thread title, damnit!)
It would still be visible from space though :)
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Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:29 pm

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:It would still be visible from space though :)
Well actually no. "Visible" generally means visible without optical assistance. If you allow lenses then virtually all spudguns, even minis, would be "visible" from space (as long as they are uncovered). Perhaps not by a commercial satellite but certainly to a spy satellite.

Still, it is a great thread title. :D
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Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:20 pm

Fair point.
jimmy101 wrote:Still, it is a great thread title. :D
And not only on this forum :)
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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