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Do we need a reason to do things other than the fact it is freaking awesome? Linker (talk) 17:42, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
- Look on the other end of the scale -- some of the freaking awesome things we do have devastating long term effects for all of humanity. But not this one. {...mentally weighing...} Probably. -boB (talk) 18:29, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
Ok, I'll setup the google alert: https://www.google.com/alerts/feeds/03781144062642195102/9931051611942254792 108.162.245.58 18:17, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
The Black Mirror-Mythbusters scale. Or, to give it it's proper name, the Brooker-Hyneman Scale. GranadalandDreamer (talk) 23:59, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
I'm amazed that no one has flown a drone into a tornado yet. Or is it just that they've yet to recover any footage from the mangled remains of the poor smashed drones? --Quantum7 (talk) 09:07, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Explanation seems pretty complete. Anything missing really? The comic is not very deep to need a longer explanation than it currently is. --172.69.134.207 11:16, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Is Cueball vacillating over which opinion he has, or does he have both and is wondering which to express?162.158.94.32 13:03, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
- That's a good question. Aside from risk-taking inherent to any storm-chasing, the activity of flying a drone into a storm doesn't have any obvious ethical baggage. Maybe Randall has thought of something that I haven't? Either way, it's a less-than-ideal testcase to demonstrate the evaluation scale humorously or otherwise. jameslucas (" " / +) 13:56, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
- If the dials above his head represent his thoughts, as suggested by the 2nd panel, then it is his actual opinion that he expresses in the end.162.158.94.20 14:22, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Drones into a tornado is a thing. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1517270439/the-sirens-project-uav-tornado-research
I don't even see this as a question. Of course it's massively cool. But the engineer in me is concerned about any drone being strong enough to not be completely destroyed before it gets close enough to return good data/video. Shamino (talk) 20:21, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
