Comments on: The Paxton Theater Fire, from 35,000 feet http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/11/28/the-paxton-theater-fire-from-35000-feet/ Same old blog, brand new place Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:14:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andrew Leyden http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/11/28/the-paxton-theater-fire-from-35000-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-14711 Andrew Leyden Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:07:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/11/28/the-paxton-theater-fire-from-35000-feet/#comment-14711 My favorite part of flying over Illinois is to try and guess the speed of the plane. As the squares are basically 1 mile squares, you can count how long it takes to cross one and work out the ground speed of the plane (more or less). My favorite part of flying over Illinois is to try and guess the speed of the plane. As the squares are basically 1 mile squares, you can count how long it takes to cross one and work out the ground speed of the plane (more or less).

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/11/28/the-paxton-theater-fire-from-35000-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-14455 Doc Searls Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:18:37 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/11/28/the-paxton-theater-fire-from-35000-feet/#comment-14455 Thanks, Stephen. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are 10,000 pictures worth? I have at least that many, shot out of airplanes. For the most part I'm not trying to take great photos. I'm trying to learn about what I'm seeing. Beats the hell out of school. Thanks, Stephen. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are 10,000 pictures worth? I have at least that many, shot out of airplanes.

For the most part I’m not trying to take great photos. I’m trying to learn about what I’m seeing. Beats the hell out of school.

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/11/28/the-paxton-theater-fire-from-35000-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-14275 Stephen Downes Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:21:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/11/28/the-paxton-theater-fire-from-35000-feet/#comment-14275 What I like is that you still sit by the window even though you travel a lot. That tells me more than anything you could write. What I like is that you still sit by the window even though you travel a lot. That tells me more than anything you could write.

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/11/28/the-paxton-theater-fire-from-35000-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-14053 Doc Searls Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:41:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/11/28/the-paxton-theater-fire-from-35000-feet/#comment-14053 Ah! So <i>you're</i> the Mike in the notes! Well done! I figured there would be one or more readers who would know about this stuff. I love Google Earth, but on my old computers it's a slog to find out what all this stuff is. And some things (e.g. the names of rivers) Google Earth just sucks at or doesn't bother with. And until you look closely you have no idea how many towns look like Paxton, Ill. I actually found it by matching town names and "fire" with the 13th of November. Once I found the fire in Paxton, I saw that indeed it was a visual match with the pix. Ah! So you’re the Mike in the notes! Well done! I figured there would be one or more readers who would know about this stuff. I love Google Earth, but on my old computers it’s a slog to find out what all this stuff is. And some things (e.g. the names of rivers) Google Earth just sucks at or doesn’t bother with. And until you look closely you have no idea how many towns look like Paxton, Ill. I actually found it by matching town names and “fire” with the 13th of November. Once I found the fire in Paxton, I saw that indeed it was a visual match with the pix.

]]> By: Mike Warot http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/11/28/the-paxton-theater-fire-from-35000-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-14000 Mike Warot Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:47:41 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/11/28/the-paxton-theater-fire-from-35000-feet/#comment-14000 I liked the photo set, it's good to see some places I actually know and can comment about (the nuke at Dresden, for example)... I added some notes to a few of your photos in the set. --Mike-- I liked the photo set, it’s good to see some places I actually know and can comment about (the nuke at Dresden, for example)… I added some notes to a few of your photos in the set.

–Mike–

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