Dead Geek Icons Hitchhiking Across USA

pacopico writes "The Register has a mammoth story on a weird art/technology project. An artist has created five life-size wooden figures of Silicon Valley pioneers such as Hewlett and Packard and Intel founder Bob Noyce. These figures are supposed to hitchhike around the country and make their way from the East Coast to Silicon Valley. They're outfitted with GPS tracking systems, and you can watch them move via the web. It's all part of the ZeroOne art and science festival taking place next week in San Jose."

Beautifully weird

[York the Mysterious]

This is a beautifully weird idea. It serves no real purpose except to have some fun and see what happens.

Re:A chair for Mr. Ballmer....

[rolfwind]

I don't feel like reading that massive article, aside from the GPS, can someone tell me how they ensure that these things get across America safely? I imagine these things will make fun targets to get run over, stolen, or shot at by some numbskulls. Though I am willing to do all three if it was Mr. Ballmer.

Re:Hitchhiking

[Denial93]

Anyway those hitchers should NOT make it to wherever they're going. For one thing, they can't duck.

Worse, it is legal to just keep them.

Re:They need

[sm62704]

They need to get a day job

Why?

and make their regularly schedule appointments to their mental health doctors.

I pity you in your drab world.