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I used to run in a crowd that every summer hosted a watermelon launch. There were three categories: manual delivery, mechanical delivery and the unlimited class. I entered under unlimited, usually with some form of a large missile delivery system. An engineer/pilot buddy of mine built them out as RC cruise missiles...it got "stupid" (but fun) in a hurry. We even had a "Miss Melons" Contest...lots of fun and old days and friends that I miss.....<BR>
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The last year that we held one (the last year that I went) was 1986 and we had about 5,000 spectators on hand (including the fire department). <BR>
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I too agree that it would be good to keep this simple...too many people these days and we'll all find ourselves on a government watch list. : ) I just think it could be fun to responsibly light-off some old HDDs to render them inoperable thus safely disposing of the data.<BR>
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RinL<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
<B>From</B>: Mike Harrison <<A HREF="mailto:Mike%20Harrison%20%3ccluon@geeklabs.com%3e">cluon@geeklabs.com</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: Mike Harrison <cluon@geeklabs.com>, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><BR>
<B>To</B>: <A HREF="mailto:mhw@wittsend.com">mhw@wittsend.com</A>, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<A HREF="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</A>><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: Re: [ale] Thermite party<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:04:09 -0500 (EST)<BR>
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> of hand and have the powers that be shut the whole thing down due to the
> size of the crowd or publicity. Seriously. Too many players == bad
> juju... Just my 0.02 euro.
If it's open to the "public" and/or in a public space, it gets
complicated, requires insurance etc..
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