Hank asks Nerdfighters to join the Search, Discover, and Confirm balloon team (2009)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2009-12-06) · owner: Hank
In December 2009 Hank asked Nerdfighters in the continental US who had a car, a cell phone and a free Saturday to join the search, discover and confirm team for the DARPA Network Challenge. Hundreds of them were sent to drive around their cities chasing leads.
Part of: Nerdfighteria's team for the DARPA Network Challenge (red balloons) (2009)
Told alongside: Hank asks viewers to search for DARPA balloons and report sightings (2009) · Hank: send balloon-team sign-ups no emails except about the balloon project (2009) · Hank: give any DARPA challenge winnings to the charities of the best P4A 2009 videos (2009)
About: nerdfighters.com, DARPA Network Challenge
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) | asked | Hank asks people in the continental US with a car and phone who are free on Saturday to join the Search, Discover, and Confirm team by emailing DARPANERD and signing up on nerdfighters.com. | $40,000 of Red Balloons 00:00:58 |
| 2009-12-06 | result reported | John reports that hundreds of Nerdfighters were dispatched to drive around their cities chasing leads. | LOSERS!!!! 00:00:29 |
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What is said about it
2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — ask: Hank: To join, email DARPANERD at gmail.com titled 'Search Team' with name, city, state (optionally neighborhood and phone), and sign up in the box on nerdfighters.com. — 00:01:24
- 2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John says thousands of Nerdfighters, including hundreds sent to drive around their cities after false leads, seemed on the verge of completing the challenge when MIT won. — 00:00:29