@Jon!: woops o.o

Jon!

@Jon!: ooh that would be so much better

*opens Photoshop :)

Jon!

@IphtashuFitz: Ohh that would be so much better

*opens photoshop :)

Jon!

@Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy:
Was that the original "Oceans 11"? 'Cause I they did the same thing in "Quick Change" w/ Bill Murray. (also a great, freakin movie)

Miranda Kali

@Jon!: It should be stenciled right on the balloon!

IphtashuFitz

Maybe it was the camera's birthday.

92BuickLeSabre

I wonder how long until a group of folks in London try doing this to as many cameras as possible all at the same time in protest of the "Big Brother" style surveillance they're always under.

IphtashuFitz

The word 'FAIL' needs to be added underneath :)

Jon!

They stole this from Oceans 11. But I digress.

Sir! They defeated the security system we installed!

How?

With balloons sir!

What?! Did they fly in over the sensors and rob us from above?

Uh, no sir. They just blew up balloons and floated them in front of the cameras.

D'OH!

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

Sometimes I worry that Giz is losing touch with some segments of its readership, then Mark, you go and recapture the all important closet crossdresser market. Kudos for that.

Don't forget about the wino hippie market though.

(Thanks for making me laugh this morning.)

TC2COOL

'why so serious?'

big_marky_t

Win.

MastaFalse

Ninja preparation manual: Section 12(b), paragraph 4:

Balloons.

Hectorvex

@Miranda Kali: Yeah, when they were getting Livingston into the camera control room. They had the Mormon bros. get into a Balloon Boy scuffle, to block the camera and distract the guard. I only know this b/c I watch it EVERY time it's on TNT. Oceans 11 is to TNT what Beastmaster was to TBS.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

@big_marky_t: Man, I didn't even see your reply. LOL

The vids have some clever balloon deaths, but then, is he shooting the icicles with a bb gun? That just ruins it...

SigmundTheSeaMonster

Why so serious?

SigmundTheSeaMonster

@Hectorvex: Mastery of this technique will make you into the worlds most feared creature: the ninja-clown

Gann

No, not the original Ocean's 11, the much improved 2001 rework with George Clooney, et al.

joshthegeek

@Gann: He blocks cameras with balloons in the shape of ninja stars.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

or into the playboy mansion and try on all the high heels... wait.... i mean....jump on the trampoline.

UrIt

I guess they will just have to start installing needles on the front of secutiry cameras.

Priest

@venomous_duck41: No, I call this Art.

92BuickLeSabre

You call this art???

venomous_duck41

Could work for speed and red light cameras as well.

ohonkysladdero

@Miranda Kali: @ezman: Sorry, I have been ruined by Hollywood in thinking Oceans 11 starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt WAS the only Oceans 11.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

So, anyone want to comment on the legality of having high enough intensity IR led's mounted on/around you/your car to block youself out of all of these "big brother" type cameras?

Potential uses:
Walking around London - blot out your face
Toll plaza cameras
Red light cameras
etc.

SQLGuru

@Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy: Wait, wasn't that in the remake, not the original Ocean's 11 from 1960?

ezman

@92BuickLeSabre:
Kudos, sir, kudos. The silence of other people kinda astounds me, thought someone else would recognize him (har har). See him in Catch 22?

secretmanofagent

AHAHAHAAAH yes!

vgart

We'll need more balloons.

LookoutforChris

@SQLGuru: Mythbusters showed it doesn't really work, even if it was legal. At least, they showed that the LED license plate frames sold for this purpose don't work; they dismissed the idea of covering the whole car with LEDs as infeasible.

HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak

this is brilliant in its simplicity. i love it

elislider

Yeah, I just use a laser to disable video camera's when ever the need arises, like going to the grocery store to get milk in the UK. Oh, and I always keep one mounted on the top of my head, I don't want google maps to catch me either. Total Privacy is real google sucka.

jkr2

Damn, I used the clear balloons...

Con Seannery

A happy face balloon could have been more win.

Mike918

Now the cameras need high powered lasers to pop the balloons and scorch crooks.

anothernord

Hold it! Helium is a non-renewable resource.

dug1138

Good thing there wasn't so much as a slight breeze!!!

JEmlay