On 10/5/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Damien Sullivan</b> <<a href="mailto:phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu">phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 10:25:44AM +0930, Emlyn wrote:<br><br>> So how about this... set up a system for constantly analysing the most<br>> recent high res map information, looking for a big "SOS" anywhere in
<br>> the world. Send any positive results along with GPS coordinates to<br><br>I only dip into the list these days, but this was well worth the dip. Nice<br>idea. Hell on the lost in the wilderness stories, though. :)
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Sadly, I'm pretty sure if you have the means to build a sign visible
from orbit, you have more than sufficient means to reach civilization,
so the lost in the wilderness stories stay. It's a clever idea, though!<br>
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- Russell<br>