What disturbs me most with the Adult Swim electronics is that they were able to install all those things without anyone going "What are you doing?" You'd hope someone would be suspicious by strange people fiddling around under bridges and such.

re: Adult Swim--after seeing the stuff that shows up in "24" and all those shows, I wouldn't assume any mysterious electronic object isn't something to call the full alert out on.

edit: not to say that big city bomb squads aren't up to date on current bomb technology, but I don't want to be the squad chief saying, "Hell, it looked like a toy!"

Hmmm... good point.

Now I'm wondering what sorts of things bomb disposal people are trained to recognize as bombs. But I suppose that info is secret.

While only a small amount of explosive can be enough to bring down a plane, a much larger amount of explosives would be needed to bring down a building or bridge. Or is that not a distinction that the bomb disposal people would make?

nah, just hangnail/cuticle infections.

Weird. But glad it isn't a thumbeating infection from Mars!

I have been instructed to please not lance myself anymore and also soak my thumb.

I'm a bad person, this made me snort. Did the Dr. think the infections were a bite or something?

Made me laugh too!

Doctor: There you go Mac, that'll get you all fixed up. Turns and looks as msbelle sternly. And you missy, don't go poking yourself with sharp objects! Also, soak your thumb.

What disturbs me most with the Adult Swim electronics is that they were able to install all those things without anyone going "What are you doing?" You'd hope someone would be suspicious by strange people fiddling around under bridges and such.

The people who placed them shot videos of the devices being placed. They did it at night, and used telescoping poles to place the devices. The devices had magnets on the back so they just needed to be placed against metal. It actually only took a few seconds for them to place each device, and considering that they did it at night they could easily look to make sure no one's watching for the few seconds it took.

While I know that viral marketing is all the rage these days, if this marketing plan was in any way examined or approved by the executives, I do NOT understand how anyone looking over the plan didn't think, even for a millisecond, that it needed to be run by Legal, and that they definitely needed to get permits and the like from each city in question, even if it also never occured to anyone that they might be mistook for bombs.

well, the dr. didn't say so, but I am pretty sure it is a rare thumb cancer.

well, the dr. didn't say so, but I am pretty sure it is a rare thumb cancer.

Did you catch it from bon?!!

Other viral marketing campaigns haven't bothered with permits. About 7-ish years ago, IBM got into trouble for a viral marketing campaign for Linux. They had people spray-paint Tux the Penguin (using stencils) on sidewalks in a half-dozen cities, which was illegal. I've also seen viral marketing stuff that involved fake crime-scene tape....

Other viral marketing campaigns haven't bothered with permits.

But that's because the cost of getting busted isn't so high, usually. It's illegal here to have ads on scaffolding (or whatever it's really called -- I can't pull the term to mind at the moment), but companies do it all the time anyway, because the fines aren't that high compared to the value of the advertising, which is huge.

well, the dr. didn't say so, but I am pretty sure it is a rare thumb cancer.

Did you catch it from bon?!!

Snerk.