Comments on: World’s biggest portrait – drawn using GPS http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SleepyDream http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-2/#comment-1160807 SleepyDream Wed, 28 May 2008 00:50:54 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1160807 Go to: http://www.biggestdrawingintheworld.com/drawing.aspx scroll to the bottom......it reads This is fictional work. DHL did not transport the GPS at any time Nice piece, eh? Go to:

http://www.biggestdrawingintheworld.com/drawing.aspx

scroll to the bottom……it reads

This is fictional work. DHL did not transport the GPS at any time

Nice piece, eh?

]]> By: BenP http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-2/#comment-1160608 BenP Tue, 27 May 2008 22:33:06 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1160608 What are the chances we see somebody sell a picture of Jesus they found hidden in their 100,000km-long-55day-artwork to that golden palace casino. What are the chances we see somebody sell a picture of Jesus they found hidden in their 100,000km-long-55day-artwork to that golden palace casino.

]]> By: Eric Susch http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-2/#comment-1159962 Eric Susch Tue, 27 May 2008 17:31:15 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1159962 Don't you all get it? It's JESUS! ...And he's condemning us all for warming the earth's atmosphere by flying planes around the globe just to make a picture! Don’t you all get it? It’s JESUS! …And he’s condemning us all for warming the earth’s atmosphere by flying planes around the globe just to make a picture!

]]> By: ZARk http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1158688 ZARk Tue, 27 May 2008 06:51:16 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1158688 I think it's just a publicity stunt by dhl :) i mean, just having the guy tagging along for the ride is not "ordinary" . And yeah, trusting previous encounters with dhl, i would have said the package would never have made it back home .. Well, they'd claim i'd be delivered, but wouldn't be able to provide the signature .... ps: 55days for a gps ain't that big a deal, you don't have to do constant polling like a street gps, you just do a fix every X minutes, thats good enough. I've got a small gps stick that records for 14h with a tiny battery. So, two or three 12v motorbike batteries like he got, that's gonna last a while ^^ I think it’s just a publicity stunt by dhl :)

i mean, just having the guy tagging along for the ride is not “ordinary” .

And yeah, trusting previous encounters with dhl, i would have said the package would never have made it back home .. Well, they’d claim i’d be delivered, but wouldn’t be able to provide the signature ….

ps: 55days for a gps ain’t that big a deal, you don’t have to do constant polling like a street gps, you just do a fix every X minutes, thats good enough.
I’ve got a small gps stick that records for 14h with a tiny battery.
So, two or three 12v motorbike batteries like he got, that’s gonna last a while ^^

]]> By: Greg Allen http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1158262 Greg Allen Tue, 27 May 2008 01:43:45 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1158262 Don't all those currier services use a hub-and-spoke travel method? If so, that wouldn't look like this at all. (Excuse me if the article explains this.) Don’t all those currier services use a hub-and-spoke travel method? If so, that wouldn’t look like this at all.

(Excuse me if the article explains this.)

]]> By: Mister Ketchup http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1158246 Mister Ketchup Tue, 27 May 2008 01:34:13 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1158246 Yes, Bravo Sierra. Yes, Bravo Sierra.

]]> By: Brian Smith http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1158134 Brian Smith Tue, 27 May 2008 00:06:49 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1158134 I say hoax, at least the way it is presented. If they showed the drawing superimposed on a globe, then I'd be more willing to believe it. If you draw a picture using a ball as your canvas, you get a drawing made up of arcs on the surface of a globe, not straight lines on a flat map. I say hoax, at least the way it is presented. If they showed the drawing superimposed on a globe, then I’d be more willing to believe it. If you draw a picture using a ball as your canvas, you get a drawing made up of arcs on the surface of a globe, not straight lines on a flat map.

]]> By: Personality http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1158100 Personality Mon, 26 May 2008 23:39:28 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1158100 @13. I just got a package from DHL and it was 4 days early! Get this, it was a Magellan GPS from 6ave. @13. I just got a package from DHL and it was 4 days early! Get this, it was a Magellan GPS from 6ave.

]]> By: Personality http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1158084 Personality Mon, 26 May 2008 23:32:39 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1158084 Gee, did it have to be a gay picture? Gee, did it have to be a gay picture?

]]> By: Ricku http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1158083 Ricku Mon, 26 May 2008 23:32:06 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1158083 Is it possible to power the GPS for 55 days? Would it have been possible to get a tracking signal the whole time? Is it possible to power the GPS for 55 days? Would it have been possible to get a tracking signal the whole time?

]]> By: brucemlloyd http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1157764 brucemlloyd Mon, 26 May 2008 19:37:58 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1157764 With my experience with DHL, the package would have looped around the earth a few dozen times before being delivered to the wrong address. Twice. That would have drawn Satan's face. With my experience with DHL, the package would have looped around the earth a few dozen times before being delivered to the wrong address. Twice.

That would have drawn Satan’s face.

]]> By: MikieV http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1157658 MikieV Mon, 26 May 2008 18:49:55 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1157658 I'm with Brian in #9: "That’s the only question I have - not whether it’s possible, but whether it’s affordable. If a dedicated plane flew all those arbitrary co-ordinates for him, he’s an environmental terrorist with a carbon footprint the size of Mt. St. Helens." How much would it cost to have DHL deviate from their normal routes - numerous times - for one package?? I’m with Brian in #9:

“That’s the only question I have – not whether it’s possible, but whether it’s affordable. If a dedicated plane flew all those arbitrary co-ordinates for him, he’s an environmental terrorist with a carbon footprint the size of Mt. St. Helens.”

How much would it cost to have DHL deviate from their normal routes – numerous times – for one package??

]]> By: andy http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1157396 andy Mon, 26 May 2008 16:56:21 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1157396 needle vibrating on the fishy detector needle vibrating on the fishy detector

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1157393 pedro Mon, 26 May 2008 16:52:58 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1157393 I believe this is real. I also believe the man never landed on the moon I believe this is real. I also believe the man never landed on the moon

]]> By: brian t http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/05/26/worlds-biggest-self-portrait-drawn-using-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-1157391 brian t Mon, 26 May 2008 16:51:01 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=18071#comment-1157391 Well, he says he gave DHL the list of destinations listed in the PDF document on the site, and they include both towns and arbitrary co-ordinates covering e.g. the North Atlantic. There's nothing particularly difficult about doing that, if DHL is willing to throw money at the project. That's the only question I have - not whether it's possible, but whether it's affordable. If a dedicated plane flew all those arbitrary co-ordinates for him, he's an environmental terrorist with a carbon footprint the size of Mt. St. Helens. Well, he says he gave DHL the list of destinations listed in the PDF document on the site, and they include both towns and arbitrary co-ordinates covering e.g. the North Atlantic. There’s nothing particularly difficult about doing that, if DHL is willing to throw money at the project.

That’s the only question I have – not whether it’s possible, but whether it’s affordable. If a dedicated plane flew all those arbitrary co-ordinates for him, he’s an environmental terrorist with a carbon footprint the size of Mt. St. Helens.

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