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First Company Logo Visible From Space
Albert Sandberg writes, "KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) has created the first logo that is visible from space. The construction was made by 65,000 1x1-foot tiles and covers about 2 acres. The logo was built and assembled over about a month and is located in the Nevada desert near Area 51. The article also has a short video showing the construction in time-lapse. Now the aliens know where to get their slimy food :-)"
KFC = Klingon Fried Crispy
So the aliens will locate us by tracking down Hitler's speeches, and when they get here they'll see the KFC logo. I guess they'll cap it off by landing in Darfur. First impressions are so important...
Web2.0: I love when people Flickr my cuil and digg my boingboing until my google is reddit and I start to yahoo
... that we all taste just like chicken.
How could an ignorant civilization have created such an intricate design that is only visible from high up? From the ground it looks like nothing. No human could have had the coordination to design such a picture. It must have been made by alien visitors, which neatly explains dinosaur fossils: those are their discarded "chicken" bones.
It seems a reasonable investment, when you think of it. They're targeting the highly desirable "ISS astronaut" market, and everyone knows how much fried chicken those guys eat. They're insatiable!
That green slime had it coming.
"Man, I love the smell they have around this planet. Where's it coming from again? Oh, right, this 'KFC' place. Goodness, it smells good. And hey! There's the logo. Tell me, Xghrth, why don't we come here more often?"
[15 minutes and an empty box later]
"Ungh.... THAT'S why..."
If I could do something to the moon, I'm afraid everyone would be looking at F**K instead of a logo. The world has no idea how lucky it is that I don't have that power.
The world is my oyster. That's why it's always in a stew.
Billboard on busy highway during rush hour, $5,000
Television ad during Superbowl, $1,200,000
Getting your logo on Google for free, Priceless
So, what's next and how much will be spent to get "free" advertising on Google?
Or, when will GOogle get wise and start charging for AdSpace or EarthAds?
. 62,400 repetitions make one truth -- Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Yes. Next question.
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They must've forgotten about the "©2006 Google" clearly visible by satellite every 200 ft.
What about the company whose logo is the Earth?
Yeah. Coke's working on setting off supernovae, timed so that it lights up the night sky with "Coke Brings Life"
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Needs antialiasing.
The time may come when the firefox logo is visible. Of course, then we must all panic as the giant space fox has come to hump the planet...
XML is like violence. If it doesn't solve the problem, use more.
... but insuring marketing innovations like "If this logo gets hit by a falling space station then everyone in America gets a taco" must be like the career-crowning capstone of the profession. "Bah, any idiot can underwrite a life-insurance policy for a 36 year old male nonsmoker. Its the REAL men who can just close their eyes and say, yep, I know what the risk of getting plastered by satellite debris is. Incidentally, $234 premium for coverage through the end of the year on a $200 million policy with a $150 deductible. NEXT."
Help poke pirates in the eyepatch, arr.