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This Dillocam would be constructed of œ inch thick clear Lexan® and would have an additional lip around the base.
At the approach of a tornado, a petite volunteer (summer intern?) would crouch under the Dillocam with a camcorder. Long spikes would be driven through the lip, and into the ground at
an angle, to secure the Dillocam.
After the tornado has passed, everyone goes to the bar to have a few drinks to relax and enjoy the video.
Dillocams and Turtles
http://www.tornadop...ellar/curiosity.htm
[Klaatu, Mar 22 2005]
Tornado risk by density
http://www.hprcc.un...atoday-aug12x3.html
[Klaatu, Mar 22 2005]
Protest Tortoise Shell
[Worldgineer, Mar 22 2005]
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Not through *their* lips, but the lip on the Dillocam. |
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Why does it need a female volunteer? Why not just stick a camera on a tripod in the dillocam? |
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I briefly thought the title said "Dildocam", which would be an unfortunate idea. |
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//Why does it need a female volunteer?// |
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I originally thought "small child", but felt they couldn't be trusted to continue filming while the tornado approached. The problem with the tripod is that the camera is fixed. I was hoping to film the "cone of silence" as it passed directly overhead. |
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...and, the "Dildocam" is baked. |
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//Did I say that// You did when you wrote "petite", which is the feminine form of the adjective, like "blonde"/"blond". |
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Word'o'the day: spproached. |
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I don't think the problem is with moving the camera around. You could use a remote control robot for that, or simply have an array of cameras pointing in all directions like a bug's eye. The problem is that the bubble/lens could be covered by debris/mud, etc. |
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I can't help noticing that, amongst the
items on the recent list, we have a
"Dillocam", "Dido feedback", "Charming
the Snake", an "Alternative Wankel
Pocket" and, thanks to the wrap-around
on my screen, "Abandon". |
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Is this just a conspiracy to wind up
those of us who need reading glasses? |
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Maybe bury an array of upward peering cameras in a tornado alley area and have the lens covered with a spinning optical glass disc to spin away debris. They activate upon detecting a very low barometric pressure. |
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[brodie]: I'm assuming "why # III" (in the title), and further assume that the author listed it as "III" since the link he added has I & II protoypes already documented. |
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[sophocles]spot on! I am trying to upgrade what already exists. |
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[bz] great idea...but, since Oklahoma averages about 7 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles <link>, the coverage would have to be massive to hope to ever catch one. |
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[AWL] "petite adj : very small; 'diminutive in stature' ". I used the word in *that* context. Maybe a better word would have been "diminutive". |
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Or "scrawny" so as to eliminate any ambiguity. |
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Well, so, it might take a while or a lot of cameras. |
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I totally missed the "III" reference. Arabic fixation, I guess. |
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Aaaah! You've gone and posted an idea I've been meaning to post for years now. Different application than mine though, so I'll post it anyway (link). |
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//since the link he added has I & II protoypes already documented//
Sorry I checked out the link, but didn't notice the part abou the dillo II. |
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I thought the idea was for a yoof targeted dilliocam, Dillocam Ill, the next generation being the none-more-street Dillocam Sick. |
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i like dildo cam better than dillocam. |
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