Balloon Boy Anniversary!

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LOL. Made me chuckle.

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denverpilot said:
Interesting isn’t it. Y2K 20th anniversary in a couple more months doesn’t feel as long ago as this event.
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Both of them feel like a long time ago to me, but maybe an equally long time ago, even though Balloon Boy was about half as long ago.
 
denverpilot said:
Was that link for the youngsters who don’t know the story?
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More details from today's news:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-hoax-fort-collins-10-years-later/3954659002/

What's more interesting, is that many journalists consider the Balloon Boy to be the first time (or at least the first major event) where everything was a reaction before determining the facts. Here's an in-depth article in the recent 5280 magazine.

https://www.5280.com/2019/09/the-balloon-boy-hoax-solved/
 
denverpilot said:
Was that link for the youngsters who don’t know the story?
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I found it helpful. I remember the hoax but didn’t remember some details, especially the million-volt timer that steered the balloon.
 
murphey said:
What's more interesting, is that many journalists consider the Balloon Boy to be the first time (or at least the first major event) where everything was a reaction before determining the facts. Here's an in-depth article in the recent 5280 magazine.

https://www.5280.com/2019/09/the-balloon-boy-hoax-solved/
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Huh. The same “journalists” who chased the thing with a helicopter for hours? :) Goooo figure.

Interesting that it’s the “journalists” who do that now, while the rest of us figure they’ll get the rest of the story out about three days from now. :)
 
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