Comments on: 'Biggest drawing' just a big hoax

Swedish art student who claimed to have created the "biggest drawing in the world" using a GPS device and an international package delivery service admits the drawing is a hoax.

[Riquez-001]

Nice try Erik.
It doesnt matter so much it was a hoax, its a very creative idea regardless.

[wolf_c]

of course someone is going to have to do it know aren't they... most probably richard branson or some other stupidly rich fool will make a giant logo....

[kieranmullen]

It wasn't news before, why is it news now?

Pathetic news CNET.....

KieranMullen

[aaroberts]

I agree it was a very creative awesome idea. Cristo is probably writhing in jelousy. I'm not a big fan of abstract modern art, but this was truely and inspired idea.

[sanenazok]

What an idiot!

Should have looked into how GPS devices worked before putting this out.

GPS signal going through an airplane....right!

Next time hang a GPS unit around a goat's neck and sent it out to see what "art" is created.

Guess his idea beats the other Nordic artists who come up with such novel ideas like "people lying in bed in public."

[wlau]

You are the idiot if you think GPS doesn't work inside of an airplane cabin. It works perfectly fine and I have done it many times after the aircraft reaches allowable 10,000 ft. Way up in the cruising altitude 10,000 ft or higher there is a lot less multipath and other radio interference, and if you have a sensitive receiver like the SiRFStar III or Mediatek, you can easily pick up the signal inside of the aircraft ? you don?t even have to sit by the window. If you go above the clouds, you get an even a stronger signal because the clouds reflect some of the RF upwards, so you are actually getting signal from above and below. I once watched the altimeter on my GPS while the aircraft is climbing and descending through my entire flight and watched it land -- it was totally cool. I even placed my GPS in debug mode to look at the signal strength. As I said before, the signal was actually stronger in the air (above cloud) than it is on the ground! You should check your basic RF principal and how GPS works before calling someone an idiot. Obviously, if the GPS is placed in a very dense box and also inside of a well shielded cargo container like how DHL would transport it, then it?s less likely to receive enough usable signals.

[Composer_1777]

LOL! !!!!!!!!!! I would expect this stupidity only form an american, its nice to see other cultures can be as retarded.

[solitare_pax]

Reminds me of the nut in the American West who tried making the world's biggest smiley face by leaving pipe bombs in people's mailboxes a few years back. A clever idea here though - wonder if some rich person will try it with their mega-yacht.

[benjaminstraight]

Creative, just not true.