paint the moon

[mojo]

bust out your laser pointer and help "paint the moon"

[joe52985]

im not going to say impossible but with all the debris, dust in the atmosphere, and in space its hard to get a direct shot at the moon

[Grimm]

Just put me down as a cynic. If you want to do something really neat, volunteer at a homeless shelter or make a small donation. Pointing lasers at the moon accomplishes nothing. Not even artistically. How about instead of standing outside with a laser pointer you go inside and give your parents of kids a hug? Or call them and tell them how much they mean to you. Call an old long lost friend and tell them that you were thinking of them and wondering how they were doing. How about a grandparent stuck in an old folks home. Just five minutes of your time can be priceless for them. Better yet go visit them, don’t make any other plans just stay and talk. Listen to them. They have a whole life’s worth of experience, benefit from it by listening.
I don’t have enough time in this life to waste on trivia like laser pointers.

[mojo]

Originally posted by Grimm
Just put me down as a cynic. If you want to do something really neat, volunteer at a homeless shelter or make a small donation. Pointing lasers at the moon accomplishes nothing. Not even artistically. How about instead of standing outside with a laser pointer you go inside and give your parents of kids a hug? Or call them and tell them how much they mean to you. Call an old long lost friend and tell them that you were thinking of them and wondering how they were doing. How about a grandparent stuck in an old folks home. Just five minutes of your time can be priceless for them. Better yet go visit them, don’t make any other plans just stay and talk. Listen to them. They have a whole life’s worth of experience, benefit from it by listening.
I don’t have enough time in this life to waste on trivia like laser pointers.

or how bout just saying a bunch of stuff that everyone always says to make themselves look good. personally, i don't have time to sit around and judge others by implying that they don't do these things

party poopers come in all forms *sigh*

[Grimm]

Originally posted by mojorisin

or how bout just saying a bunch of stuff that everyone always says to make themselves look good. personally, i don't have time to sit around and judge others by implying that they don't do these things

party poopers come in all forms *sigh*

Well, you just did. I suppose that makes you a hypocrite.

[mojo]

Originally posted by Grimm


Well, you just did. I suppose that makes you a hypocrite.

a lot of things seem to make me a hypocrite...especially to the people that draw first blood. boo hoo

btw, you seem to have some time to call me names. shouldn't you be on the phone with someone that needs your call?

/me wonders why you can't just post something like this without someone gettin on your ass in some way

[DoPeY5007]

Red is cool

[Grimm]

Originally posted by mojorisin

btw, you seem to have some time to call me names. shouldn't you be on the phone with someone that needs your call?

/me wonders why you can't just post something like this without someone gettin on your ass in some way

All my grandparents are dead except the one that abandoned his whole family leaving them impoverished to fend for themselves. No calls to make there. Called my parents last week. I will call them again this weekend. I have no children. I have called both my sisters this week too. I also spent time with my godchildren.
I donate to charities that I feel are worthy but presently do not have enough time for charity work like I used to. When I have the time again I will probably do it again.

Well you got on my ass. And it doesn't matter because I have my sh*t together. You want to go shine a flashlight at the moon, great you go do that. I said I think it is a waste of time and made sugestions on better ways to spend the time. If you have a hard time dealing with that, not my problem. It's between you and your shrink.

[mojo]

Originally posted by Grimm

Well you got on my ass.

as a matter of fact, you got on mine. chill, man. deep breaths....

and btw, i'm glad you got your sh*t together. you would be the one of the few people that i know that really does, all things considered. i hope you're right, for your sake

[oblongmelon]

I don't even have a laser pointer..but If i had one I'd probably try it just once to see if it really works.

[zenbooty]

I don't see it happening. The pointer creates too small a speck. I bet a million of those somehow miraculously concentrated on one area would create a dot less than a few feet diameter.

[Markel]

Originally posted by zenbooty
I don't see it happening. The pointer creates too small a speck. I bet a million of those somehow miraculously concentrated on one area would create a dot less than a few feet diameter.

More likely, because laser pointers are so cheaply made (i.e., not perfectly focussed), the beams will diverge so much that they will have no visible effect on the moon. The other thing to consider is how difficult it would be to aim a laser to hit the moon. A tiny fraction of error and it's off into space.

[sbp]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/21112.html

[Markel]

Originally posted by sbp
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/21112.html

Kinda sums up my first suspicion.

[mojo]

Originally posted by sbp
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/21112.html

ya, when i read the link that i posted, it actually said that people didnt even think it would work, but were doing it anyway. i don't even have a laser pointer, myself...