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Net Sticky Notes All Over London
An anonymous reader writeswith a link to a BBC story which mentions in passing the Urban Tapestries project for distributed, collaborative location-based note-taking, excerpting "In practice this means giving people a specially-equipped mobile phone that allows them to wander around central London and leave virtual notes for other people to read by writing them on the phone and then 'sticking' them to a building. It works because the position of each phone is constantly tracked so when a note is written the place can be noted - when someone else goes to the same place, they can read the note."
first virtual note you will see:
"call jenny for a good time: 555-0634"
...scavenger hunts?
Nifty
imagine this:
-I urinated on that corner last night, use other side of street.
-Lonely? looking for sex? inquire within.
-Missing dog...50 pound reward.
Is it true that more people vote for the winner of American Idol, than vote for the president? -Ali G.
- Don't go in - I had my phone stolen here
- Lost - One mobile...
- No WMD in here...
... is a cunt"
:-D I just need to get one of these, write a script to post 'dave is a cunt' every 30 seconds, and spend a day on my pushbike!
/. post without being automatically burnt to death? I may well find out!
Can now be written absolutely ANYWHERE in central london
I wonder how it will work on elevators! "floor 2: Dave is a cunt" "floor 3: Davis is still a cunt"
Can you say 'cunt' half a dozen times in a
Stop looking at your phone... you just stepped in dog shit.
flinging poop since 1969
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if you walk in front of goverment building and you see the note saying that, "explosion" that would scare the hell out of everyone.
"You Stand Before the Museum of Natural History... Before you is a magnificently architected building, containing many marvels of the world. In front of it is a clear fountain, around which students sit and chatter. Beneath your feet is a manhole.
A policeman (white aura) stands here, looking around in search of troublemakers.
Visible exits are north, west, east, (down)."
From this day UKians are the knights who say NI!
They've invented virtual graffiti; the possibilities are endless.
Imagine the digital scavenger hunts, finding the virtual phone number on the wall (no longer do I have to visit those nasty public restrooms and jot down numbers).
This could be fun!
Good security is based upon reality and common sense. Common sense is a function of having common knowledge.
This bring a whole new twist to graffiti. Virtual markings on buildings.