Could ATOT replicate the lighting of the beacons?

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BlueWeasel

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Well, my parents live at the base of Woodall Mountain....which is the highest point in Mississippi, so I'm game.
 

HonkeyDonk

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what sucks is that those people living in the high mountains have to just sit there all day/night and wait for the beacons of gondor to be lit. What a boring job/life that would be. I'd go nuts if I had to stay up there forever.
 

amol

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Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
WTF are we going to do to get across the midwest? Have people every 50 miles?

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in So. Cali, we can have one person every other block!
 

RaDragon

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Originally posted by: Amol
Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
WTF are we going to do to get across the midwest? Have people every 50 miles?

FIXED

in So. Cali, we can have one person every other block!

lol yah. Plus, it'd be difficult to spot the actual beacon with all the other lights messing up the sky ;)
 

amol

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quizzelsnatch . . . there's lavagirl and . . .

lavagirl . . .

and no, i will not quote you!!
 

newParadigm

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If we're gonna do this, someone needs to create a wesite that people can sign up on that will take down their address phone and other info, that way, we can compile a database and see if theres enough epeps interested.

Then we could get funding for it through the site.

I think this couldwerk if we try hard enough ;)

~new
 

WhiteKnight

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Originally posted by: RaDragon
Originally posted by: Amol
Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
WTF are we going to do to get across the midwest? Have people every 50 miles?

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in So. Cali, we can have one person every other block!

lol yah. Plus, it'd be difficult to spot the actual beacon with all the other lights messing up the sky ;)

Dude, think about how far away the horizon is when you are standing on flat ground. It's a lot less than 50 miles.
 

Insane3D

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Originally posted by: Modeps
It would work up until someone posted a new slutty picture of Lindsey Lohan on here.


:laugh: So true...

I'll volunteer to climb Mt. Washington...oh wait...I can drive up to the top...w00t!

:D
 

Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Couldn't we just light a bunch of tires on fire?
Hey, now you're thinking! The black smoke would be visible much farther away than just plain old flames. :)

ZV
 

PingSpike

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10 bucks say somewhere between the 5th and 10th beacon one of the geeks burns himself to death and ruins the whole thing.
 

WhiteKnight

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Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
Originally posted by: RaDragon
Originally posted by: Amol
Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
WTF are we going to do to get across the midwest? Have people every 50 miles?

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in So. Cali, we can have one person every other block!

lol yah. Plus, it'd be difficult to spot the actual beacon with all the other lights messing up the sky ;)

Dude, think about how far away the horizon is when you are standing on flat ground. It's a lot less than 50 miles.

For someone who is 6 feet tall, the horizon is 3 miles away at sea level (since we're approximating here). If there were another person 6 feet tall, you could see them when they are 6 miles away. If you want to do 50 mile separation, you'd need to build some towers too (approx 164 feet tall, actually a little more since it's not really at sea level).
 

Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: RaDragon
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Couldn't we just light a bunch of tires on fire?
Until the cops come visiting you and ask wth is up! :p
Once those tires are lit, there's not much they can do about it... ;)

ZV
 

Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: PingSpike
10 bucks say somewhere between the 5th and 10th beacon one of the geeks burns himself to death and ruins the whole thing.
Think of your average ATOT member. Would that really be much of a loss?

ZV
 

newParadigm

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Originally posted by: PingSpike
10 bucks say somewhere between the 5th and 10th beacon one of the geeks burns himself to death and ruins the whole thing.

Actually, 10 bucks can't say anything :p

~new