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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 10/15/2009 : 12:35:19
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Are you following this on MSNBC.com or 9news.com? I can't get it very well at work.
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The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/15/2009 : 14:03:13 [Permalink]
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Aw shit!
But after reading this, it's not as much of a suprise. DEVELOPING: A homemade balloon slowly descended in a Colorado field Thursday, but the fate of a 6-year-old boy believed to be inside was not known, authorities said.
The bizarre scene played out live on television and prompted fears that the flying saucer-shaped balloon would crash with the young child inside.
The child was identified as Falcon Heene, the son of a Colorado weather-chaser. The boy and his family first appeared on the ABC series "Wife Swap" on Oct. 3, 2008 and were voted back for the 100th episode of the show, which aired on March 13, 2009.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 15:10:47 [Permalink]
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| Yikes. That damned thing was certainly what's known as an "attractive nuisance." I don't hold out much hope for the kid, who appears to have fallen to his death. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 15:17:58 [Permalink]
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| He's been found safe at home. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 10/15/2009 : 15:35:27 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
He's been found safe at home.
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Oops, missed your post. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 17:45:55 [Permalink]
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This is why I so despise the US media.
Why do I give a fuck if some kid crawled into a baloon? Why does this dominate "news" coverage for 3+ hours, and who knows how much more coverage it will get on the evening shift?
Jon Stewart called CNN a bunch of goatfuckers this week (for fact-checking a SNL skit but letting every politician on their network slide by without any fact-check), I would extent that to any "news" organization that gives this more than the passing mention it deserves.
If you need a goat fucked, just bring it to any of our 24hour news channels. They will take care of it for you.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 02:44:09 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
This is why I so despise the US media. |
Oh, get off your high horse, Dude!
This incident was even greater than a perfect news story. It's a wonderful parable about the Republican health care plan. |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 03:15:11 [Permalink]
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I didn't watch much of this, as I suspect most people didn't, I suppose that's why the 24/7 news people feel the need to overdo this stuff. People tune in and out.
But I was left with some questions. They were filming this thing for hours, but then they were surprised that part of the craft was missing? They tore the thing apart and then realized that there was no one there? At one point in the coverage someone said the KNEW that the boy was in there. Wouldn't a six-year-old boy in a cardboard box look like there was a six-year-old boy in a cardboard box?
How did they know he was in there? He went in, but then he left? Who was watching him? Did anyone think, "let's search the house and garage to make sure we're not wrong about this?" |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/16/2009 : 04:22:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Gorgo
I didn't watch much of this, as I suspect most people didn't, I suppose that's why the 24/7 news people feel the need to overdo this stuff. People tune in and out.
But I was left with some questions. They were filming this thing for hours, but then they were surprised that part of the craft was missing? They tore the thing apart and then realized that there was no one there? At one point in the coverage someone said the KNEW that the boy was in there. Wouldn't a six-year-old boy in a cardboard box look like there was a six-year-old boy in a cardboard box?
How did they know he was in there? He went in, but then he left? Who was watching him? Did anyone think, "let's search the house and garage to make sure we're not wrong about this?"
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Nah, too easy and it would require at least half a minute of reasoned thought. That's been in short supply in the media lately. Also there would be no newsie breathlessness to to keep everybody glued to the toob. Also if what I've read about the family is accurate (no guarantees there, either), they aren't too tightly wrapped, as well.
But the little stinker is ok, and that's the important thing.
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Fripp
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 10/16/2009 : 05:46:11 [Permalink]
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My question is, considering the size of the balloon, even if it were fully inflated with helium, would it have had enough lift to carry even a 6-yr-old boy to that altitude?
I have zero knowledge of this sort, but when you consider the size of the average hot-air balloon in relation to it's payload, I question whether that thing could have gotten aloft at all, with a 6-yr-old aboard. |
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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 10/16/2009 : 06:31:18 [Permalink]
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| I estimate the ballon had about 125-150lbs of lift(.064lb/ft^3), minus the weight of the material I'd say it should lift him. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 10/16/2009 : 06:39:54 [Permalink]
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| According to Steinn Sigurosson, 50 lbs of lift requires 750 cubic feet of Helium, and there's no way there was even that much in the thing. If cube-shaped, it would have been nine feet on a side, which is huge compared to what it was. |
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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 10/16/2009 : 07:03:52 [Permalink]
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| I hear it was 20' by 6' tall roughly. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 10/16/2009 : 07:25:03 [Permalink]
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| It appears this whole thing was a hoax. This might be epic troll of the year. I have to lol. |
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6 year old in helium balloon
