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Domino Day '02 Ends with a New World Record

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nothing-to-do-with-lotus dept.

Bobson writes "It took 89 people 8 weeks to set up 4000000(4e6) domino pieces for an attempted World Record. The last piece was set at 21:00 CET(Central European Time) by a Backstreet Boy. Jim somebody... Anyhow said piece started of over 90 minutes of an amazing domino avalanche show. It is one of the top hacking feats I've had the privilege to witness. This time Live on TV. I hope tapes (dvds) of it become available. They even had time delays of more than 5min each, built into the system to allow for advertising intermissions. Some parts of the installation didn't quite work, but overall it was worth seeing. The final tally came to 3847295 pieces fallen. It ended less than an hour ago and you should have seen it."

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  1. 4e6? by danny256 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "It took 89 people 8 weeks to set up 4000000(4e6) domino pieces for an attempted World Record.

    Why would anyone use scientific notation for such a small number? Why not just say 4 million, wouldn't that mean more to people?

  2. Is it almost time... by Goat+In+The+Shell · · Score: 2, Insightful

    for a "Boy Band" topic and icon here on Slashdot?

    We've had news about copy-restricted NSync Cds, rumors of boy band Star Wars cameos, and let's not forget the recent poll winner regarding Lance Bass's ongoing space drama. Now they're involved in German domino sports as well?

    This is a posting rate greater than the Internet Explorer topic!

  3. i can't believe ... by minti · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... that this crap made it into slashdot, i mean, as a german i can say, that rtl does this crap every year, and no one is interested in except a few ppl, having nothing better to do on a friday evening. there is something in the newspapers, like, domino world record (once again...), and thats it. ok, i admit, it was cool, when they did it the first time, but to see this fscking dominos fall and fall and fall..and fall.. and fall. . . . . boring.

  4. Hacking? by crashnbur · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And why, again, does domino manipulation constitute hacking? I ask only because I am ignorant of the answer...

  5. zuh? by someguy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How is setting up dominos considered hacking?

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