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High Power RocketCam Videos

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the if-you-got-the-money-honey dept.

HaveNoMouth writes "What happens when the founder of Xircom and his brother bolt a DV Camcorder to the side of a 200 lb. model rocket and press the red button? The incredible movies (with sound!) at Gates Bros. Rocketry tell the tale. The quality of these movies is by far the best I've seen from the "strap a camera to a flying toy" community. They have a nice gallery of still photos too. If only everyone named Gates did stuff this cool."

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  1. Time to put away childish things... by locarecords.com · · Score: -1, Troll
    Wouldn't it be better and more rewarding to give the money to charity than to just blow up DV camcorders. This seems enormously childish and selfish for no gain *except* the feeling of burning money for nothing but a cheap thrill.

    I do sometimes wonder about people like this - with so much child poverty in the US, hunger and disease in the developing world, misogynistic and repressive state actions around the globe and a terrifying new famine certain to hit Ethiopia very soon. Should we really be acting like spoilt little children breaking our toys just because we are bored.

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  2. Re:Cheap shots... again. by tstock · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is it really really neccessary to have a cheap shot at MS no matter how little the post might be related

    Yes. This is not a popularity vote, it's a jab at a company that has affected more lives than any other. Here's another one for good measure:

    "Microsoft is not the answer to anything, it's the question. The answer is NO."