MERCURY OPERATOR'S LOG: October 26 - December 1, 1994
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From: ian
Date: Sat Dec 24 21:03:20 PST 1994

*** some kind of coin at x:571 y:417, can't figure out what kind, possibly an old penny


From: ian
Date: Sat Dec 24 20:35:57 PST 1994

awesome


From: Christopher Jonke <none>
Date: Sat Dec 24 18:37:34 PST 1994

*** We discovered a crab. And it looked delicious!


From: Unknown Token
Date: Sat Dec 24 15:45:43 PST 1994

*** Piece of paper with typewritten words "AGATE chips" on the first line (the word AGATE was underlined).


From: William Stevens
Date: Sat Dec 24 15:20:09 PST 1994

Great Experience I loved it!!!


From: Joe Jacques
Date: Sat Dec 24 15:10:56 PST 1994

I was lucky enough to get started over the head of the flashlight I moved to x995 y357 and saw the crayfish and moved to towards the head to find the coffee cup handle I was moving in to blow the contents about but ran out of time...Good Luck to all that follow!


From: Paul Cronshaw DC
Date: Sat Dec 24 14:49:21 PST 1994

Interesting!!.. Tell me what this can be used for in the future??


From: Erik
Date: Sat Dec 24 13:55:18 PST 1994

THAT WAS ENJOYABLE. What good is it?


From: Mike Porter
Date: Sat Dec 24 13:50:36 PST 1994

My interface may be to slow to do this well. Will try again!


From: Mike Broich
Date: Sat Dec 24 13:18:19 PST 1994

***ditto


From: Mike Broich
Date: Sat Dec 24 13:12:26 PST 1994

***Tried air blasts around the objects found in last session but could not uncover any more of them.


From: Mike Broich
Date: Sat Dec 24 13:05:24 PST 1994

***Advertisement for a "Survivalist's Long Life Magnesium Battery" at ~ X135 Y319 and what looked like a folded picture of a face between this advertisement and the wall of the operating area.


From: Rob Tashbook
Date: Sat Dec 24 12:15:00 PST 1994

Found a seed package (?) that said "Sweet Basil." It appeared to have some sprouts or something around it.


From: Mark Oeltjenbruns
Date: Sat Dec 24 11:17:56 PST 1994

*** Something at around 212 413. Couldn't see much. Must be light, a blast of air sends it flying.


From: Mark Oeltjenbruns
Date: Sat Dec 24 11:11:32 PST 1994

Very cool! Any more sites like this??


From: Rob Wildermann
Date: Sat Dec 24 09:41:46 PST 1994

Continued exploring the mirror.


From: Rob Wildermann
Date: Sat Dec 24 09:35:33 PST 1994

Well, my first attempt to use the arm was not stunningly successful. If you need somone to find rocks for you than I'm your man. I did come across what I assume is a puddle or a mirror-- hard to tell. I timed-out before writing down the coordinates. Great experience!


From: Jason A. Decker
Date: Sat Dec 24 02:37:46 PST 1994

Very impressive concept and execution. I would like to see more ideas along the same premise. *** Saw object that looks like a crab. *** Reflective object located in-between "crab's claws." Tried using air puffs to uncover object, but only proceeded to blow object away.


From: BERTON WOODWARD
Date: Fri Dec 23 23:19:26 PST 1994

**saw something that looked like a jar. Didn't have time to explore further.


From: Jeffrey Hinchey
Date: Fri Dec 23 21:15:32 PST 1994

Give me a faster link and a chance to drive the new Moon Lander when it is released! Interesting concept..... otherwise I saw nothing


From: Barry Rose
Date: Fri Dec 23 20:09:28 PST 1994

My email is barry@indirect.com must be a typo Very interesting.


From: Niccholas
Date: Fri Dec 23 17:53:09 PST 1994

this area intententionally left blank


From: ThumperJ
Date: Fri Dec 23 17:02:53 PST 1994

That was extremely enjoyable. Discovered: **salt pack from ??? **top of a shotgun shell?


From: kevin brown
Date: Fri Dec 23 16:04:43 PST 1994

***the object at x413y514 looks like a box or maybe a wall, very injoyable thanks


From: Daniel Penrod
Date: Fri Dec 23 15:07:05 PST 1994

Interesting, but not very @ only 14.4 connection


From: Sean Willson
Date: Fri Dec 23 15:05:13 PST 1994

I really enjoyed using this tools and would like to know what lead you to create this project and what type of tools you used to bring it all together. Sean Willson premise@umich.edu


From: Rob Hessler
Date: Fri Dec 23 14:51:38 PST 1994

Very COOL! ***found some sort of pocket-watch shaped thing near the center...what is it?


From: Peter
Date: Fri Dec 23 14:28:58 PST 1994

Around (905, 334) there is what looks like an upsidedown photograph. I blew and blew but could not right it. Perhaps the compressor needs time to recharge? It would be helpful if some manager type could let the users know things like the location of the nozzle, how much time is required between blows; things like that. (Of course, this things is awsome, thanks.)


From: Paul Sternlieb
Date: Fri Dec 23 14:03:53 PST 1994

I didnt' see anything, but it's a neat process. What am I supposed to find? How can I vary the Z. It seemed to go either 0 or 170 but not in between. Great work on this project! I wish the images were clearer and had better lighting. Add a lighting control. Thanks!


From: suryan
Date: Fri Dec 23 13:57:26 PST 1994

Hi.. Found interesting..Certainly there is need to improve respense time..What about a click and drag operation for the arms?..I am research student working on force feedback systems.. ..was wondering if I could use my force feedback joystick in my lab, i would have felt the sence of touch too!.. Goodluck... -Suryan


From: Peter
Date: Fri Dec 23 13:52:12 PST 1994

I think that to alleviate fears of public panic, images of the thingymabob that I was unearthing should be immediately classified.


From: Tom Bannigan
Date: Fri Dec 23 13:15:49 PST 1994

This is really cool! I did not know however, that the top part of the diagram was the actual area of operation.


From: Allen Filloon
Date: Fri Dec 23 13:11:48 PST 1994

This was my first attempt at using the robot. I found the interface to be both exciting and, at the same time, frustrating. There were a number interesting objects I would like to explore. Great Job!


From: El-Lobo <ripco.com>
Date: Fri Dec 23 12:22:38 PST 1994

Wonder what the lag time for transmission and return acknowledgement would be between earth and the moon?


From: Venkatesh Raju
Date: Fri Dec 23 11:26:35 PST 1994

*** Found a black cylindrical object with a metal ring at one end. Can't figure out what it is though. Coordinates x=990, y=290. Also saw something that looks like a bowl nearby (possibly belonging to the Ming dynasty!). Can't wait to continue exploring!


From: Flynt Higginbotham
Date: Fri Dec 23 11:20:11 PST 1994

Again, another really cool experience *** x-116,y-331 Boy, if we had more of these batteries perhaps my energy level and subsequently my time limit operating the robot would greatly increase. Who do I talk to to get this nifty idea approved?


From: Joe Jacques
Date: Fri Dec 23 11:09:26 PST 1994

Saw the battery specification sheet at x121 y308 Very interesting project. Thanks for the opportunity I enjoyed it...to all that follow, read the log!


From: Ralph Dosser
Date: Fri Dec 23 10:12:34 PST 1994

Very nice. I'm going to point our Electrical Engineering dweebs at this, I'm sure they'll want one of their own straightaway.


From: Dave Simons
Date: Fri Dec 23 09:54:09 PST 1994

As archaeology, I suppose we're breaking new ground here- Lotsafun, but I'd rather have a remote controlled backhoe.**I found some round thing, but I suppose it is so radioactive it would not be much fun to play with.


From: Wayne Boncyk
Date: Fri Dec 23 09:41:28 PST 1994

Bummer! I found something new, but hadn't enough time to ID it!


From: robert
Date: Fri Dec 23 09:37:45 PST 1994

I think it the face at 397,525,170 is weird, but this is neat....Robert Age 10


From: Nelson Martinez Jr.
Date: Fri Dec 23 09:10:50 PST 1994

It was interesting, however, I had some difficulty seeing the objects at some points in the display due to black and white tones and shading. It would be nice if this was in color.


From: Linda Marcellus
Date: Fri Dec 23 08:49:40 PST 1994

Lotsa fun! It's amazing, though, how everyone else's turn always seems to take forever (when you're waiting in the queue), but when you're in the driver's seat, your turn seems to whip right by...


From: clem izurieta
Date: Fri Dec 23 08:32:28 PST 1994

*** Great stuff.


From: Merryl Gross
Date: Fri Dec 23 08:16:13 PST 1994

*** found something I couldn't read under the tip of what looked like a mechanical pencil 750,442


From: Merryl Gross
Date: Fri Dec 23 07:59:50 PST 1994

*** the WIRED logo at about 300,520. Strange.


From: Merryl Gross
Date: Fri Dec 23 07:37:51 PST 1994

*** WIRED logo??


From: Merryl Gross
Date: Fri Dec 23 07:17:09 PST 1994

***found what looks like a collar tag for a dog or cat. It said Earl (or Farl?) 713 - 9080 when i blew on it to try and clear the obstruction, it blew away. somewhere near x 289 y 445


From: Merryl Gross
Date: Fri Dec 23 07:09:34 PST 1994

*** A Glass beaker at x312 y429. I think it was standing up and I blew it over. sorry...


From: Frank Luedtke
Date: Fri Dec 23 06:32:12 PST 1994

Pretty neat. It's amazing how far we've progressed in computing/telecommunications.


From: p. t. nguyen
Date: Fri Dec 23 05:39:47 PST 1994

Out of this world!


From: Ed Holdgate
Date: Fri Dec 23 05:33:05 PST 1994

*** Battery Wrapper at 98,349


From: Gregg Paynter
Date: Fri Dec 23 04:02:14 PST 1994

Truly an innovative project. This really makes one think of possibilities....Hummmmm...bye-for-now.


From: Ken Robson
Date: Fri Dec 23 03:39:56 PST 1994

Excellent - good example of the interactivity you can acheive over the net. Thanks, Ken.


From: Flynt Higginbotham
Date: Fri Dec 23 00:12:42 PST 1994

SWEET, Really cool, though I have no clue what I was looking at. Perhaps with a little more sleep I can function better and blow all of the popcorn away. In any event, I really thought it was quite an interesting project; enough so, that I woke my roommate to come and have a look. And he thought the internet was boring. HAH!


From: Jim Record
Date: Thu Dec 22 22:25:56 PST 1994

This is amazing! I tried to look at the bright, two part small object at 674, 440. It is just below the Free Gifgt from the Smithsonian object. Nothing is more cool that to have a computer move something in the macro world. The net needs many more things like this.


From: Dan McCrackin
Date: Thu Dec 22 22:22:16 PST 1994

Wonderfully useable interface, despite the constraints of WWW operation. My complements to the designers. Definitely an interesting experience. *** x=667 y=459 (object located by previous operator, aparently) A sign or label "A FREE GIFT FROM SMITHSONIAN" Attempted a general look around; wasn't too lucky, though :-)


From: Brian Cortez
Date: Thu Dec 22 22:14:10 PST 1994

I think this is a good idea. Considering the nature of the contamination in the asrea, this gives the opportunity to do research in ANY area now .. Congratulations!


From: Chris Marszalek
Date: Thu Dec 22 20:55:53 PST 1994

cool....


From: Chris Marszalek
Date: Thu Dec 22 20:43:45 PST 1994

It was pretty cool. The only thing that would be better was if you could move it around like up on an angle. -Chris


From: David Haas
Date: Thu Dec 22 19:42:50 PST 1994

A lot of fun! *** looked like a harmonica??.***


From: Andreas Meyer
Date: Thu Dec 22 18:53:22 PST 1994

Interesting, although the overall picture was rather dark. I'll try again later... Andy


From: Ben Wearn
Date: Thu Dec 22 18:19:40 PST 1994

*** The small picture of a head at 401,528 is quite startling! It looks like something of the occult. There are 3 Hebrew letters on the forehead: aleph, mem, and chet. Anyone who knows the significance please e-mail me. (wearn@yale.edu) There is a plastic ID tag to the upper left of the head-picture.


From: Ben Wearn
Date: Thu Dec 22 17:57:37 PST 1994

*** excavated the watch strap at top of area *** both straps are now apparent above and below the "world map" half of the watch seen previously over in the 450,470 area positively identified a wine cork and read paper slip which said (approximately) "mortars and pestles were used in grinding [corn?]"


From: Jacobus Kats
Date: Thu Dec 22 17:37:06 PST 1994

Enjoyed my first time at it. would like more practice so as to find more goodies faster.


From: sathya
Date: Thu Dec 22 17:00:56 PST 1994

Being a CIM student I really enjoyed it. Thanks for allowying me to experience it..


From: Laszlo Pinter <later>
Date: Thu Dec 22 16:54:41 PST 1994

Nothig yet, but very interesting to control a REAL thing from my desk!


From: p.welsh
Date: Thu Dec 22 16:35:38 PST 1994

I did this with two boys, 8 and 13 years old, and it was enjoyed greatly by both of them.


From: Frances Ross
Date: Thu Dec 22 16:15:08 PST 1994

Thanks for the opportunity to try this! We are presently attempting to set up a remote operation mode for one of our electron microscopes so I found your project very interesting Frances. .


From: Jim Slepicka
Date: Thu Dec 22 14:58:01 PST 1994

A nice addition to the net! Total interactivity!


From: Daniel A. Merrill
Date: Thu Dec 22 14:49:05 PST 1994

I believe my client system and Internet connection bandwidth has limited my access to your robot. It was an interesting experiment, though. How about letting the robot out of the box - on wheels perhaps and with a forward look angle, as well. Thanks for the opportunity anyway. Look forward to a faster system from which to join you again... Season's Greetings to all at USC!


From: Bret Strain
Date: Thu Dec 22 14:26:31 PST 1994

It was sorta fun. I sent a blast of air, but I don't quite understand where the blast is directed. Is it so powerful as to just send things flying around ?


From: Yves de Villers
Date: Thu Dec 22 14:19:31 PST 1994

Very nice project. I enjoyed it very much.


From: Dennis Flanigan <Jr.>
Date: Thu Dec 22 14:05:08 PST 1994

I typed an ',' in my name and my Email address was recorded as Jr. I full name should be: Dennis Flanigan and my Email address should be: flanigan@lance.colostate.edu ***This was kind of fun. So when do get we get to start picking stuff up and moving it around?


From: Roger Miller
Date: Thu Dec 22 14:01:39 PST 1994

*** I saw something that looked like a key or a dog-tag. *** It was metalic and had the number 213???9080 This project was an excellent idea. You could have a bigger or different world to explore. *** It would help identifying things if you gave the scale *** for movements. Is "up" 1foot or 1 yard.


From: Greg Graham
Date: Thu Dec 22 13:46:09 PST 1994

***I continued looking at what I thought was a flashlight. ***I found a key ring on the end of the flashlight at ***X=960, Y=293, so I conclude that it is something like ***a mini-maglight. I also excavated the lens end of the ***flashlight, but I forgot to write down the coordinates.


From: Greg Graham
Date: Thu Dec 22 13:36:10 PST 1994

*** I discovered a large, long black object at X=997, Y=326. It looks like it might be a flashlight. This was a lot of fun. Thanks.


From: Oliver Meyer
Date: Thu Dec 22 13:29:27 PST 1994

Just saw a few stones :-(


From: David Rickling
Date: Thu Dec 22 13:23:15 PST 1994

Glad to have had the chance to look around here ... I will be Back -David Rickling Network Manager College of Business San Jose State University, Ca.


From: Ben Wearn
Date: Thu Dec 22 13:01:31 PST 1994

*** started "Excavating" a strap of some sort above the *** watch in the X 625 Y 591 region. This was my third session, and the first time I managed to uncover anything new. I was dumped out in the middle of my session, but managed to log back in while I still had some operating time left. Frustrating how hard it is to get back to where you were before-- I'll echo the sentiments that you should be able to input coordinates or at least have a grid. Still a great project though! I first found it yesterday and spent much of last night trying to describe it to people who aren't very Internet-aware. I'll be back...


From: tim davis
Date: Thu Dec 22 12:59:00 PST 1994

VERY COOL!!!


From: tim davis
Date: Thu Dec 22 12:42:49 PST 1994

HAPPY HOLIDAYS


From: Jim Wright
Date: Thu Dec 22 12:28:47 PST 1994

man, time flies! hit the air puff and it got really strange either the video stopped working, all the sand got blasted away and i saw the bottom of the barrel, or the mirror others have referred to.


From: John Fairfield
Date: Thu Dec 22 12:17:13 PST 1994

Was really neat till my network connectiom timed out after 2 minute...will try again later.


From: Venkatesh Raju
Date: Thu Dec 22 10:17:07 PST 1994

This is the most amazing use of the internet I have ever seen or experienced. I can't believe I can control a robot in California from my workstation in Richardson!


From: R. Gary Cutbill
Date: Thu Dec 22 09:08:15 PST 1994

***studied an object which was circular in nature, in the vacinity of x=285, y=347. The object was very reflective, and once cleared provided the opportunity to see a reflection of parts of the robot mechanism.


From: Frank Breedijk
Date: Thu Dec 22 09:01:54 PST 1994

I loved it *** I think I discovered some kind of a pot.


From: David Broyles
Date: Thu Dec 22 08:44:59 PST 1994

Not enough data to make a proper analysis...but it was fun!


From: Jim Morton
Date: Thu Dec 22 08:29:35 PST 1994

This is interesting. ** an object that partially looks like a dogtag or key tag located at x302 y435. the letters IP and number 8080 or 9080 are stamped on the object. Several adjacent objects including something that looks like a pen. Precisely where ( relative to the camera viewpoint ) is the air-blast aimed ? I tried to blast the above dogtag object and it ended up covered ! Jim


From: John P> Barby
Date: Thu Dec 22 08:05:43 PST 1994

*** Found a divers mask @ 284,381 *** Found what looks like a battery for a PRC-25 radio @ 97,338


From: Joe Brown <tell u later>
Date: Thu Dec 22 07:23:25 PST 1994

Thanks a lot for letting me fool around in your sandbox.


From: Joe Augenbraun
Date: Thu Dec 22 07:15:54 PST 1994

This is outrageous!


From: Doug Curtis
Date: Thu Dec 22 07:11:20 PST 1994

Neat idea, I found what looked like a piece of tubing, but ran out of time before I could tell.


From: Joe Brown <tell u later>
Date: Thu Dec 22 07:06:25 PST 1994

*** looks like a little piece of paper, says "MUMM" or something


From: Joe Brown <tell u later>
Date: Thu Dec 22 06:58:57 PST 1994

*** shiny thing. globe


From: Joe Brown <tell u later>
Date: Thu Dec 22 06:52:36 PST 1994

***it's not a doll, it's a bust or someting i'll tell you my e-mail address once I find out what it is


From: Joe Brown <tell u later>
Date: Thu Dec 22 06:45:42 PST 1994

***wall,someting shiny. doll


From: Joe Brown <tell u later>
Date: Thu Dec 22 06:39:40 PST 1994

*** I seem to have hit the sandbox wall.


From: Joe Brown <tell u later>
Date: Thu Dec 22 06:33:23 PST 1994

That sure was interesting. It's really great to be able to operate a robot remotely from thousands of miles away!


From: oliver tseng
Date: Thu Dec 22 06:16:58 PST 1994

Finally found some stuff ***bust of man with top of head chopped off ***matchbox ***cup with definition of Mosaic in it


From: Dave Gamble
Date: Thu Dec 22 05:46:22 PST 1994

*** Found what appeared to be some kind of medallion - possibly a dog's Rabies tag - at 278, 451. Went down to blow some debris off, but blew it away. Didn't have time to hunt it down again.


From: Matthew Williams
Date: Thu Dec 22 05:35:00 PST 1994

*** Obsidian discovered at x:773 y:404 *** Unknown at x:308 y:435


From: Zachariah Johnson
Date: Thu Dec 22 04:31:58 PST 1994

VERY INTERESTING.. :)


From: Neil A. Drage
Date: Thu Dec 22 04:28:27 PST 1994

Wow 2, the return of Wow!


From: Eta De Cicco again
Date: Thu Dec 22 04:26:49 PST 1994

A superb idea. I would like to get some school pupils playing with this this. I kept an eye on the time it took to respond to my changes in the movement of the arm, sometimes the delay meant I was restricted in the number of movements I could make in five minutes. At about x103, y314, z 170 I found what looked like a battery casing. Lots of fun!!! Congrats!


From: Neil A. Drage
Date: Thu Dec 22 04:19:03 PST 1994

Wow!


From: Henry House
Date: Thu Dec 22 03:41:47 PST 1994

*** Possibly adandoned military equiptment.


From: Gary Hildebrand
Date: Thu Dec 22 03:00:14 PST 1994

*** At 654, 457, found left-side of "Smithsonian" paper, *** which fully reads, "Free Gift From The Smithsonian" *** Also saw shiny object just to left of this paper, *** but after shooting air, it seemed to have disappeared!!!


From: Unknown Token
Date: Thu Dec 22 02:50:42 PST 1994

*** 734, 414 were the coordinates for the long, curved, slender *** black object and paper with "Smithsonian" on it that I found *** earlier Greetings from Japan! Merry Christmas to all!!!


From: Gary Hildebrand
Date: Thu Dec 22 02:48:16 PST 1994

This is the coolest thing I've tried on the net so far (yeah, I know, everyone says that :-) *** found a long, slender, curved black object, and a piece *** of paper which appeared to say "Smithsonian" on it, *** unfortunately, i didn't have time to write the coords down! I was able to blow a small bit of something (paper?) near the above two objects.


From: Demo
Date: Thu Dec 22 01:27:27 PST 1994

It is a little gloomy in the lab!


From: Unknown Token
Date: Thu Dec 22 00:51:59 PST 1994

*** a piece of paper at 520,394 with this writing: CHRYSOCOLLA (underlined-my comment) was used in jewelry and sandstone paintings. It had a much larger piece of something, than the surrounding material, holding it down. It also had some other larger unidentified structure in proximity to it. It might be made of wire. It looked man made, it impressed me as bo-like. (This is worse than peanuts-you guys are cruel).


From: Leslie Wagner
Date: Thu Dec 22 00:51:46 PST 1994

*** a piece of paper at 520,394 with this writing: CHRYSOCOLLA (underlined-my comment) was used in jewelry and sandstone paintings. It had a much larger piece of something, than the surrounding material, holding it down. It also had some other larger unidentified structure in proximity to it. It might be made of wire. It looked man made, it impressed me as bo-like. (This is worse than peanuts-you guys are cruel).


From: Leslie Wagner
Date: Thu Dec 22 00:35:03 PST 1994

1st crack at it. Nothing of interest. Can't wait to try again. Just where in Nevada is this??!!


From: tim murphy
Date: Wed Dec 21 23:57:57 PST 1994

Needs more light... or you could add a light button as an extra control.... Very Nice idea.... Thanx :)


From: Ben Bethel
Date: Wed Dec 21 21:28:39 PST 1994

***It looks like I found part of a mathematical formula near 755, 332, 0 and when I drew back to 284, 490, 170 it looked like a fortune cookie sized slip of paper. ***At 296, 447, 170 it looks like a flint or side of a matchbox was unearthed... and at 315,430,0 is a fuse? This is really a great experiment... keep up the great work!!!!


From: Tony Jago
Date: Wed Dec 21 20:21:11 PST 1994

Box of something at x=130-175 and y=300-320


From: Tony Jago
Date: Wed Dec 21 20:10:37 PST 1994

I found some strange looking things but I was unable to identify what they were. Is the air gun working???


From: brad
Date: Wed Dec 21 19:17:26 PST 1994

cool!


From: Anton
Date: Wed Dec 21 18:51:34 PST 1994

great idea!


From: Jonathan Holt
Date: Wed Dec 21 17:23:38 PST 1994

*** "Survivalist Specialist Long Life Magnesium Battery" *** Pair of purty eyes (from magazine?)


From: Jonathan Holt
Date: Wed Dec 21 17:16:45 PST 1994

*** A mirror (I think)


From: larry mason
Date: Wed Dec 21 16:40:58 PST 1994

uhmmmm.... interesting. As they say here on the island, "mele kalikimaka".... thanks for the change to drive a ....?


From: Sylvain Pilon
Date: Wed Dec 21 16:12:14 PST 1994

*** saw picture of a face (strange looking face) *** tried to remove sand from it but more fell on top *** I guess I can't get it all off


From: hess
Date: Wed Dec 21 16:05:49 PST 1994

A T1 line really seems to help.


From: bob schuchman
Date: Wed Dec 21 15:37:37 PST 1994

***dictionary entry - definition of "mosaic"


From: Jym McMurdo
Date: Wed Dec 21 15:23:37 PST 1994

***Found some label that said "A Gift From The Smithsonian"


From: Kestrel
Date: Wed Dec 21 15:08:12 PST 1994

*** I always wondered what Websters had to say about Mosaic***


From: sharam
Date: Wed Dec 21 14:34:14 PST 1994

*** First time. Did locate a piece of paper. Air blast was too strong, blew the paper away. Cool stuff.


From: Semprini
Date: Wed Dec 21 13:29:19 PST 1994

Great fun! The anticipation was enough to kill me. The graphics could have been better but at least I can say "I was the first 'kid' on the block to..." ***Two small, shreaded pieces of paper found. One had some ***writing on it, the second was a picture of two human eyes. I'll be back...


From: Jim Pizzirusso
Date: Wed Dec 21 13:04:53 PST 1994

I really did not find any objects. It was really very exciting to control the robot. I would like to try at a later date. Jim


From: santander
Date: Wed Dec 21 12:57:44 PST 1994

Hi-tech!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


From: Bobby Evars
Date: Wed Dec 21 12:24:23 PST 1994

The puff of air seemed to have no effect.


From: Robert Davis
Date: Wed Dec 21 12:17:16 PST 1994

Great fun! I think you people have done a fantastic job. Please expand upon what you have now, maybe a class room viewer? Thank-you Robert


From: Frank Wood
Date: Wed Dec 21 11:35:43 PST 1994

What is that ring thing? Have you considered ATMing your machine so that refresh is reasonable? Thanks, you guys have an interesting product.


From: tim davis
Date: Wed Dec 21 11:02:36 PST 1994

I had "a blast"...but the time webt TOO FAST!!! I'll be back...


From: Ethan Winkley
Date: Wed Dec 21 10:40:06 PST 1994

Wha' happened?


From: col picking
Date: Wed Dec 21 10:20:42 PST 1994

***APPEARS TO BE A HANDLE OF SOME TYPE


From: Merryl Gross
Date: Wed Dec 21 10:10:38 PST 1994

***"SURVIVORIST SPECIAL LONG LIFE .... BATTERY" is what I found around x=89 y=352. Hmm. Was someone testing out their product line at this site?


From: James Yang
Date: Wed Dec 21 10:05:25 PST 1994

Wow, what a concept -- gives me some ideas!! ***found object resembling a corn-dog(???) and also ***tried to clear debris from a paper on rayo-vac batteries or something


From: Merryl Gross
Date: Wed Dec 21 09:53:44 PST 1994

That was fun, even tho I didn't find anything.


From: Elmar Vogt
Date: Wed Dec 21 09:41:22 PST 1994

*** At the right side of the mirror there seems to be something lying below the glass- (272/310) Could be a distorted image of another watch, but it's difficult to esimate. Hopefully _not_ a reflection.


From: Tracy Walker
Date: Wed Dec 21 09:30:55 PST 1994

Something Shiny, something long. Many things right, only a few wrong.


From: Scott Frank
Date: Wed Dec 21 08:46:51 PST 1994

Hmm....it's been a few months since I was last able to use the 'bot. Is it just me, or is it really hard to see anything down there? The image contrast seems to be pretty low..all I got was a big grey smudge.....


From: Dan Pinvidic
Date: Wed Dec 21 08:32:52 PST 1994

First try at this. Great Project! A nice feature would be to display actual time that each queue entry will gain control of the robot.


From: Fred Bauer
Date: Wed Dec 21 08:12:58 PST 1994

*** Found a Matchbox - diamond (R) safety matches - pocket size. From this I would judge that the viewing area is abount 4 cm wide in the high position, and about 2 cm wide in the low position. (This may be totally off, I'm guessing as to the size of the match box.)


From: Nate Larsen
Date: Wed Dec 21 08:11:05 PST 1994

An amazing use of the internet. I guess the next step is color and full motion, or perhaps VR. Keep up the excellent work.


From: Wayne Boncyk
Date: Wed Dec 21 08:04:44 PST 1994

Not bad! My only regret is that network response time limits the number of movements/actions I can make in 5 mins.


From: Dave Miller
Date: Wed Dec 21 08:02:17 PST 1994

This is really great! I'd be interested infinding out things like MTBF, what the average queue size is and how much of the time the robot is in use. Have you considered moving the robot out to Roswell once all the secrets have been uncovered here?


From: mike hiltz
Date: Wed Dec 21 07:40:09 PST 1994

Very Interesting. Despite the negative comments I've read, I think the human-machine interface used to control this robot is very elegant & simple, yet very effective interface. Great GUI design!


From: Fred Bauer
Date: Wed Dec 21 07:17:56 PST 1994

Looked around a bit, didn't find anything interesting.


From: Mike Swan
Date: Wed Dec 21 05:08:50 PST 1994

This is the most interesting thing that I've found on the net yet. *** Looked at black object with white rim at 231/406. Tried to find 'southern' perimeter, but to no avail. I'll be back...


From: laurent
Date: Wed Dec 21 04:12:04 PST 1994

too short. i found a beautiful "sifflet".


From: Elmar Vogt
Date: Wed Dec 21 03:56:01 PST 1994

Big Fun, unfortunately not much time... *** I suppose the pipe has been found before, but what's that glass thing above it?


From: Ottavj
Date: Wed Dec 21 03:01:07 PST 1994

*** very nice


From: Eric <ebranckéulb.ac.be>
Date: Wed Dec 21 02:17:35 PST 1994

First wrong Email: ebranck@ulb.ac.be ***Paper with inscription: 'Sulphur was...by medicine...to cast spell..' ***Pen ***The 'famous' free gift from smithsonian" ***A metallic small stuff (look like a glass but smal one Good fun Cheers and happy Xmas


From: Eric <ebranckéulb.ac.be>
Date: Wed Dec 21 02:03:43 PST 1994

First test of that robot ??!! didn't found anything sorry.


From: Keith Nealy
Date: Wed Dec 21 01:49:53 PST 1994

We need real time chat mode to encourage, heckle, and basically supervise the current operator. It would be fun to be able to discuss what we'd found with other users and with the operator while they're excavating. Again, thanks for the opportunity.


From: Keith Nealy
Date: Wed Dec 21 01:40:31 PST 1994

It's a great idea. I'd be nice to have a picture of the actual setup. I'd like to see the robot. So when do we get to aim the Hubble? Thanks for the opportunity.


From: Dan LaSota
Date: Wed Dec 21 00:13:34 PST 1994

I found a matchstick. I'd say it was an Ohio Blue tip but couldn't really tell with the grayscale picture. It was a wooden camping match though. })


From: Dan LaSota
Date: Wed Dec 21 00:04:04 PST 1994

It didn't really seam like the arm uncoverd anything. The only visible change in movement was from the zooming of the arm up and down


From: Jim Winski
Date: Tue Dec 20 22:23:26 PST 1994

Still nothing! Will have to try again!


From: Jim Winski
Date: Tue Dec 20 22:17:12 PST 1994

A little slow at my first driving session. Will try again. No discoveries this time!


From: Garrick Strom
Date: Tue Dec 20 21:33:34 PST 1994

Pretty kewl *** from the short look I got, I would guess its a car dashboard.


From: hayden lindley
Date: Tue Dec 20 21:10:56 PST 1994

*** I found some equations for something and a bottle with sulfer written on it


From: owl
Date: Tue Dec 20 20:33:08 PST 1994

found two metal squares with raised and indented domes


From: Pierre Goyette
Date: Tue Dec 20 17:52:21 PST 1994

***Looks like a rock with a line on it.


From: Gerald Hsu
Date: Tue Dec 20 17:13:03 PST 1994

*** Found a watch down there and it's actually ticking ... It would be great if the observation come with audio information also.


From: J.R. Stoner
Date: Tue Dec 20 16:42:04 PST 1994

*** Seems like a pop-can with finger pull.


From: "Mr. Mike" Passaretti
Date: Tue Dec 20 15:49:35 PST 1994

Some grid lines on the quadrant arc to help get you to approximate positions reported by other explorers would be neat. *** Looks like a key over around 1020,390.


From: Mobius
Date: Tue Dec 20 15:37:34 PST 1994

not much (slow connection)


From: Ken Sallot
Date: Tue Dec 20 15:32:22 PST 1994

x:882, y:471 is a dolls head. x:785, y:477 is some sort of debris that I can't figure out what it is. I didn't find anything else.


From: Scott Axworthy
Date: Tue Dec 20 15:01:17 PST 1994

Don't you just hate that when it happens...good champagne doused with radiation.


From: Dale Morris
Date: Tue Dec 20 14:29:34 PST 1994

*** Found instructions for "Survivalist Special Long-Life Magnesium Battery", 14.4 and 3 volts, 3 lbs. *** Found a very dark-looking doll's head??? A mysterious artifact.


From: Dale Morris
Date: Tue Dec 20 14:17:56 PST 1994

*** Found what looks to be a large black tray with an upward-turned rim.


From: Matthew McKee
Date: Tue Dec 20 14:05:09 PST 1994

That was cool! That's quite a setup you've got here! ***I think I found the edge of that old Smithsonian mag.


From: Gerald Hsu
Date: Tue Dec 20 13:01:04 PST 1994

*** There seemed to be a handcuff down there.


From: Chris de Bruin
Date: Tue Dec 20 12:49:43 PST 1994

***Found what appears to be a rear view mirror on the left side of the site. Definitely an interesting concept. I just wish I had a faster link to better control the arm. Chris de Bruin :V


From: Michael Wheeler
Date: Tue Dec 20 11:54:38 PST 1994

It never updated my screen after my first move then when I aborted the operation it no longer recognized me as an operator even though my time wasn't up.


From: Bryan Dawson
Date: Tue Dec 20 11:42:05 PST 1994

*** Something looked like a military belt buckle but the camera gain was a little low to really tell...


From: Greg Fuller
Date: Tue Dec 20 11:25:10 PST 1994

Found nothing, but it's a pretty slick.


From: Fred L. Johnson
Date: Tue Dec 20 11:23:04 PST 1994

*** The quartz watch does not seem to have a brand name, *** just the quartz identifier. It does seem to be keeping *** correct Mountain Standard Time since it shows 1 hour *** behind my CST. The time lag between indicating a new position and actually getting the new position image makes for some frustration. More light would also be nice.


From: Kenn Gerchman
Date: Tue Dec 20 11:03:21 PST 1994

***Is that 12:05 on the watch? This is great.


From: Richard Berry
Date: Tue Dec 20 10:58:16 PST 1994

Neato - but the lighting or the gain on the camera could be turned up a little


From: Gwinkler
Date: Tue Dec 20 10:49:19 PST 1994

My Image wwas Not very clear. you might cheak the leans I found a metalic object like a wrench. Great fun! you should extend the time.


From: Kenn Gerchman
Date: Tue Dec 20 10:43:20 PST 1994

this is great. requires some practice moving the arm. ***is that a coin??


From: Mike Day
Date: Tue Dec 20 10:38:08 PST 1994

This is really slick, but I ran out of time before I could explore the shiny object above the face.....I will be back!


From: Boy Wonder
Date: Tue Dec 20 10:25:22 PST 1994

Once again, great! ***found a head with no top***


From: Gerald Bryant
Date: Tue Dec 20 10:20:38 PST 1994

It was my first time on the robot, so I was just getting familiar with the area. A fun and interesting activity over your lunch break.


From: Paul Munro
Date: Tue Dec 20 10:04:26 PST 1994

There was a metal ring (part of an eyehook perhaps) at [792,417] but after i made a puff, it disappeared -- it probably got buried...


From: Jaime Salas-Manzano
Date: Tue Dec 20 10:00:09 PST 1994

I was spiritually moved by the face of the alien being. ha! ha! he! he! ho! ho!


From: Chris Bedgood
Date: Tue Dec 20 09:43:31 PST 1994

*** We found a piece of paper that had a dictionary definition *** of 'mosaic' but we didn't have enough time to read it *** all


From: SCOTT PEARSON
Date: Tue Dec 20 09:37:02 PST 1994

Cool stuff! Is this a real robot arm?


From: Julie Boudreaux
Date: Tue Dec 20 09:00:19 PST 1994

The arm of the robot did not respond to movements within the right-hand box. I was continually viewing the same screen during the operation period Is there some step I am missing?


From: Scott Axworthy
Date: Tue Dec 20 08:50:09 PST 1994

When do you send a probe to Mars? We could finally get a chance to examine those darn mysterious faces!


From: Greg Wade
Date: Tue Dec 20 08:13:16 PST 1994

This is the best thing I have seen on the Web so far!!!


From: Mark Hasler
Date: Tue Dec 20 07:37:30 PST 1994

I observed the image of a beautiful naked woman emerging from the surface of the debris. I blasted the image with a couple of air bursts. Can no longer locate image, will try again later ... Mark Hasler 12/20/94 9:35 am CST, St.Louis, MO.


From: Steven E. Grevemeyer
Date: Tue Dec 20 06:56:23 PST 1994

This was great. Neatest thing I've seen in a long time. I found this from a write-up in Internet World, Jan 95, opn pages 28-29. -seg


From: Michael Kivetz
Date: Tue Dec 20 06:51:51 PST 1994

***Found a Survivalist Lithium battery and a wire(?). MAK


From: Howard roberts
Date: Tue Dec 20 06:19:07 PST 1994

Interesting idea


From: Steve Gilligan
Date: Tue Dec 20 06:09:12 PST 1994

We unfortunately developed a screen problem at this end will return later to to pursue our quest.


From: Walter Wenzler
Date: Tue Dec 20 05:21:40 PST 1994

Tis is really awesome. I can see where this could be of use to textile manufactures, as well as other remote manufacturing, or research facilities. Whats next?


From: erwin de blok
Date: Tue Dec 20 04:58:23 PST 1994

Found a painting


From: Timothy Hunt
Date: Tue Dec 20 03:21:03 PST 1994

*** Found large circular item at around (287,360) with a white rim and black highly reflective central piece. I *think* I can occasionaly see the reflection of the camera and its light in the black bit - maybe a china plate that has been glazed?


From: Timothy Hunt
Date: Tue Dec 20 02:59:30 PST 1994

Fun experiment - will maybe come back again :o)


From: Jens-O. Stock
Date: Tue Dec 20 01:54:15 PST 1994

sorry, but I couldn´t see very much. Was it too dark to see or have I done something wrong? see you, Jens


From: Brad Barclay
Date: Tue Dec 20 00:17:24 PST 1994

*** I have attempted to discover more about the ring shaped object found in the vicinity of (793,478). It would appear that it has some depth into the ground, and thus could be a hollow cylinder, a small pot, or perhaps a small bowl. I shall next attempt to determine approx. size of the oraface. The colour of the object is dark - perhaps black or blue, and seems to indicate that, whatever it is, is either has a pigment added to its composition, or has a dark coloured paint or enamel on its surface. Further study is warrented.


From: Brad Barclay
Date: Tue Dec 20 00:08:10 PST 1994

*** The circular "rim" of an object has been found by myself at (793, 487). It would appear to be the rim of a pot, or perhaps some sort of bracelet, as the item has either been filled with dust, or else is showing the ground beneath it. I shall further explore this area, and will report back on my findings.


From: Sergei Vodopianov
Date: Mon Dec 19 21:41:45 PST 1994

Totally useless but still very interesting


From: nathan hedstrom
Date: Mon Dec 19 21:40:44 PST 1994

I started with an essentially exposed artifact. ***The ar- tifact looked to be a bit of technical writting, due to the numerous symbols and numbers. I didn't pay a lot of attention to the text though - I'm more of an archeologist not an anthopologist :-).


From: Tim Geuy
Date: Mon Dec 19 21:02:42 PST 1994

Great fun - can't wait to show the kids.


From: Chad Blumeyer
Date: Mon Dec 19 20:37:14 PST 1994

*** Uncovered an object at 575, 500 that had the letters "MUMM" on it. Object appeared to be a strap or belt of leather like material.


From: Chad Blumeyer
Date: Mon Dec 19 20:23:13 PST 1994

This was my maiden voyage to the Mercury Project, it was great fun! Hope to see more stuff like this on the net. Hats off to the developers and all who support the project!


From: Charles Milam
Date: Mon Dec 19 19:41:34 PST 1994

Great Fun even if I didn't find anything. I'll be back. Thanks Charles


From: susan wolter <sdwolter>
Date: Mon Dec 19 17:59:31 PST 1994

***It was very interesting. I feel like a real explorer.


From: Dan Larsson
Date: Mon Dec 19 17:38:27 PST 1994

*** Picture with a face at X:407 & Y:518, some kind of text *** written on the forehead, hebrew?


From: Dan Larsson
Date: Mon Dec 19 17:31:22 PST 1994

FUN! Takes sometime to get use to, I will be back.


From: Clem Chase
Date: Mon Dec 19 16:58:10 PST 1994

**** @710, 375: A broken shovel? ? Way cool concept, this


From: Dan DaRos
Date: Mon Dec 19 16:47:11 PST 1994

Make that a pair of eyes - two different. The air works just fine Sir Gun!


From: Dan DaRos
Date: Mon Dec 19 16:36:31 PST 1994

The battery has a watchful eye - Cindy Crawford's?


From: Emin Gun Sirer
Date: Mon Dec 19 16:30:24 PST 1994

The air blast doesn't seem to work anymore. Good concept though.


From: Dan DaRos
Date: Mon Dec 19 16:26:49 PST 1994

If anyone wants a Rayovak Survivalist Special magnesium battery for $7.50 proceed to approx. X=115, Y=320


From: Dave Crook
Date: Mon Dec 19 16:20:50 PST 1994

Quite an unusal experience -- telepresence!


From: Dan DaRos
Date: Mon Dec 19 16:14:41 PST 1994

not enough time


From: Randy Lehman
Date: Mon Dec 19 16:11:24 PST 1994

I am using a 14.4 modem link to the internet. Normally I can download images quickly, however your server appeared to be sluggish in refreshing my screen. It made it very difficult to be productive in using the robot. Maybe there is to much activity on the system for a true interactive experience. Also I lost connection to your server during the image downloads. The concept is great. -Randy


From: Dan DaRos
Date: Mon Dec 19 16:04:53 PST 1994

Is that a mirror in the lower left quadrant?


From: Scott Mitchell
Date: Mon Dec 19 15:59:06 PST 1994

Way cool!


From: Richard Oettel
Date: Mon Dec 19 15:56:19 PST 1994

THIS IS A GREAT DEMONSTRATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF INTERACTIVE INTERNET! I LEARNED ABOUT IT FROM THE INSTITUTE ARTICLE. THANKS FOR MAKING MY DAY!


From: David Russler
Date: Mon Dec 19 14:45:01 PST 1994

Really Cool!! *** Awfully Strange they use Integrals on Mars, and also English on other papers!


From: limell lawson
Date: Mon Dec 19 14:39:01 PST 1994

Yowsa! This is great. What a wonderful tool.


From: Vince Morton
Date: Mon Dec 19 14:28:41 PST 1994

Very cool! Only wish my connection were faster so I could get more than 1-1/2 movements...


From: Michael Miller
Date: Mon Dec 19 13:06:13 PST 1994

Trying to find what a paper said. At X=818, Y=448.


From: Joachim Thiemann
Date: Mon Dec 19 12:00:56 PST 1994

Wow! Put one or two of these on Mars and add me to the list of operators! This is fun! This is better than any other Web application I've seen so far... At least it's real (It is, isn't it?!?) Joe. PS. I got the address from the IEEE 'The Institute'


From: Tom Shrimpton
Date: Mon Dec 19 11:52:39 PST 1994

*** smother ... sparks ... fires? What does it all MEAN?? ;)


From: Bruce Troen
Date: Mon Dec 19 11:47:26 PST 1994

Pretty neat, but I did not do too well at uncovering anything.


From: Paul Damian Crocco
Date: Mon Dec 19 11:42:25 PST 1994

*** There is a sock with letters on it.


From: Mike Kenny
Date: Mon Dec 19 10:55:17 PST 1994

***I found nothing. It sure didn't seem like five minutes, perhaps because it was so fun!


From: Jim Atkinson
Date: Mon Dec 19 10:39:56 PST 1994

Sweet Basil. 166 310


From: Pat Altimore
Date: Mon Dec 19 10:30:30 PST 1994

*** Coffee Mug full of dirt. Yuck.


From: Pat Altimore
Date: Mon Dec 19 10:17:27 PST 1994

*** Someone was looking back at me. It was kinda spooky.


From: Pat Altimore
Date: Mon Dec 19 10:10:57 PST 1994

*** A Diamond Matchbox.


From: Daniel Joannidi
Date: Mon Dec 19 09:45:21 PST 1994

***The Diamond Matches were unique! *** What types of metals or other exotic and common materials were placed in the operating area?? *** I especially liked the interactive feature here, and it's nice to be able to observe the other operators. That's a nice setup you have here, and I hope you keep it around for a long time!!


From: Randy Whited
Date: Mon Dec 19 09:38:23 PST 1994

Great, I got most of a sweet Basil herb packet packed by the Smithsonian uncovered


From: Ibrahim Hakki
Date: Mon Dec 19 09:27:56 PST 1994

***there seems to be some sort of plate or container at 260,360 also check out a paper next to it


From: Ibrahim Hakki
Date: Mon Dec 19 09:19:08 PST 1994

This site is damn cool. Great idea, I hope it spawns some more like it. *** I've found something that looks like a picture of an eye and an article(did have time to really read it) but it seemed to refer to some crater in mexico or something.


From: Michael Krick
Date: Mon Dec 19 09:06:58 PST 1994

add to the list of "COOL SITES"


From: Roger Post
Date: Mon Dec 19 08:24:14 PST 1994

very nice. it is amazing that I had no wait time before using. a nice little program. Roger


From: Tom Shrimpton
Date: Mon Dec 19 07:14:31 PST 1994

***help excavate in the region of x=370 y=250 !!


From: Tom Shrimpton
Date: Mon Dec 19 07:08:22 PST 1994

again...i need more time. also, it is difficult to 'direct' the compressed air so that objects get uncovered rather than covered.


From: Tom Shrimpton
Date: Mon Dec 19 07:01:57 PST 1994

argh! i keep finding stuff just as time runs out!


From: Tom Shrimpton
Date: Mon Dec 19 06:52:41 PST 1994

***what looked like an envelope, describing packed meats, eggs, etc. ... referred to Lot W, Smithsonian Inst. cool! my first 'uncovering' !


From: Tom Shrimpton
Date: Mon Dec 19 06:26:52 PST 1994

Found a watch reading 7:40:25 (approx.) and a small globe? Also, text concerning the use of serpentine.


From: Tom Shrimpton
Date: Mon Dec 19 06:16:13 PST 1994

An interesting exercize in telepresence...I'll have to try it again to get a real feel for it. Tom


From: Arno Griffioen
Date: Mon Dec 19 05:17:44 PST 1994

BIG fun! Seems to be loadsa stuff more than before.. Less to dig for though :-(


From: Wayne Huffman
Date: Mon Dec 19 01:58:04 PST 1994

Very interesting - especially at 5:00 a.m. EST (insomnia) *** I found an object marked "Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C with two eyes near it and something that discussed Serpentine carvings on fetishes (I hope referring to religious objects from another culture). I have not yet discovered a common thread linking the objects, other than perhaps they are objects from a museum. I'll come back and look some more later. ---Wayne


From: lori
Date: Mon Dec 19 00:59:19 PST 1994

oops--I thought it was a game!


From: lori
Date: Mon Dec 19 00:41:06 PST 1994

arm movement is difficult, air compr. did not uncover, it buried items.


From: Tom Gardner
Date: Sun Dec 18 23:11:05 PST 1994

***Written text at X919 Y332


From: Duane Gustavus
Date: Sun Dec 18 22:04:42 PST 1994

Fun!


From: Jeff Cristine
Date: Sun Dec 18 16:20:10 PST 1994

Very Interesting .


From: nasser
Date: Sun Dec 18 15:53:48 PST 1994

very impressive


From: Tim Celeski
Date: Sun Dec 18 15:49:23 PST 1994

Great idea! Interactive TV will have a long ways to go to go to catch up with this!


From: Hristo Stephanov
Date: Sun Dec 18 15:17:07 PST 1994

Look at x683 y508. See what is written and tell me if this site and the robot are not fake. I don't know. It is damn interesting but it doesn`t seem to be real.


From: Tom Lindsay
Date: Sun Dec 18 15:11:04 PST 1994

Lighting could be improved - possibly a user-controlled function


From: Hristo Stephanov
Date: Sun Dec 18 15:05:19 PST 1994

qw;/kjdgbw Mnogo interesbno neshto


From: Ian Harris
Date: Sun Dec 18 14:33:12 PST 1994

That was fun, if it wasn't a real robot, it was very convincing with the compressed air blowing. Thanks.


From: Björn Zetterström
Date: Sun Dec 18 14:11:38 PST 1994

Too slow on my machine. Install optical fibers everywhere, now!


From: Rodney Peck
Date: Sun Dec 18 14:10:57 PST 1994

*** at 672,516 there is a black stick with carvings, and a globe Lots of fun, thanks!


From: John Goyette
Date: Sun Dec 18 13:34:40 PST 1994

This was my first time operating the robot. What a tremendous experience. Thumbs up for the Mercury project!


From: Richard Raucci
Date: Sun Dec 18 13:25:56 PST 1994

*** I found a pair of eyes! Way cool. Thanks! Richard


From: Unknown Token
Date: Sun Dec 18 13:13:48 PST 1994

***I found what looked like a PERSON or something at x:137, y:371,z:170. It looked pretty weird. This game rocks.


From: Unknown Token
Date: Sun Dec 18 13:13:44 PST 1994

***I found what looked like a PERSON or something at x:137, y:371,z:170. It looked pretty weird. This game rocks.


From: Kevin Tucker
Date: Sun Dec 18 13:09:36 PST 1994

***I found what looked like a PERSON or something. It looked pretty weird. This game rocks.


From: Christopher Morrell
Date: Sun Dec 18 12:56:08 PST 1994

I didn't discover anything. What does it all mean?


From: Prem Subrahmanyam
Date: Sun Dec 18 11:24:56 PST 1994

***I observed a magnifying lens, a watch, and a scrap of paper ***describing how serpentine was carved into fetishes for shepherds ***to take when keeping their flocks.


From: Prem Subrahmanyam
Date: Sun Dec 18 11:17:52 PST 1994

***mask or sculpture of face


From: Allyson E. Young
Date: Sun Dec 18 11:05:06 PST 1994

This is a very impressive demonstration of the Internet abilities.


From: Chris Pavicich
Date: Sun Dec 18 10:24:27 PST 1994

*** there seemed to be a mirror under the package of basil seeds


From: Chris Pavicich
Date: Sun Dec 18 10:11:53 PST 1994

*** Took at least one run-through to figure out what I was looking for. *** The second time I found a quartz watch and an old globe


From: Pierre Goyette
Date: Sun Dec 18 09:26:50 PST 1994

***Blowing air made paper document on batteries move. Fabulous demonstration of remote manipulation.


From: David Sobin
Date: Sun Dec 18 07:55:28 PST 1994

***Found a toy plastic globe of the world. System kicked me off before I could record the coordinates.


From: campbell
Date: Sun Dec 18 06:31:21 PST 1994

This is an interesting exercise Is it possible to compress the image still further ? Is it possible to grant non-USA particpants more time per turn. reason : its not just modem delays that kill you, its also the international load time. when an image refresh takes maybe 90 seconds, a 5 minute turn is enough to zoom probe and blow some dirt, then get kicked off. Thanks for the chance to use this great facility !!


From: Chris Patterson
Date: Sun Dec 18 04:08:09 PST 1994

*** Wow, found a black thing - prob just a rock :-) gotta get these air blasts right - I think I actually covered it up... also found a set of instructions on Basil... Great stuff - loved it...(I'll be back :-)


From: John Baum
Date: Sun Dec 18 02:40:11 PST 1994

Great setup! I really enjoyed using the arm. Thanks.


From: Carsten Dreesbach
Date: Sun Dec 18 02:07:05 PST 1994

*** Uncovered a HAND?!?! Can't tell in this light! At 813, 405... I dunno!


From: Kevin Price
Date: Sun Dec 18 00:22:34 PST 1994

Found something that looks like a mechanical pen with circuitery inside. Also a piece of paper.


From: gabriel ramos-fernandez
Date: Sat Dec 17 22:49:35 PST 1994

***i found at x=658,y=523 a bracelet with drawings on it, something that seems to be a globe with an ancient version of the world, and a watch that stopped at 11:45. Also a note saying "serpentine: used by the herdsmen to lead flock". Really nice concept, congratulations! i'll sure visit the site again.


From: David Sobin
Date: Sat Dec 17 21:40:58 PST 1994

***Found a metal object that looks like a winder for a large clock. Could also be an old fashioned skate key. Air blasts didn't work as expected this time. They didn't seem to clean off the area in the center of the screen. I'll have to experiment more. This can get REALLY habit forming!


From: David Sobin
Date: Sat Dec 17 21:33:32 PST 1994

*** "Survivalist Special" Battery has outputs of 14.4 and 3 volts.


From: David Sobin
Date: Sat Dec 17 21:23:07 PST 1994

***Battery wrapper is a "Survivalist Special" Long Life Magnesium Battery, Catalog #CK-128. They can be yours for only $7.50 each. Good for military applications in radios, says the info. Appears to have multiple voltage outputs.


From: David Sobin
Date: Sat Dec 17 21:14:27 PST 1994

***Found some kind of document describing a battery and its applications. Could be a battery eliminator of some sort. Coordinates were 142,330. This is my first attempt as operator. I forgot to configure my browser to auto-dowload images, I wasted lots of time. It runs plenty fast at 19.2kb/sec.


From: Sharon Shea
Date: Sat Dec 17 20:22:42 PST 1994

real cool, but five minutes isn't long enough!


From: nasser
Date: Sat Dec 17 19:46:53 PST 1994

good


From: wsg
Date: Sat Dec 17 19:26:18 PST 1994

***the wrapper from a disposable battery cell possibly used to power the robot itself...


From: Rick Brooks
Date: Sat Dec 17 19:21:03 PST 1994

This is an exciting form of user interaction. Thanks!


From: Andrew Portolesi
Date: Sat Dec 17 18:30:47 PST 1994

***cool! Thanks! From Andrew P, age 12, grade 7, Nova Scotia, Canada


From: jim pace
Date: Sat Dec 17 17:48:58 PST 1994

So is this a joke, or what? Perhaps you are testing participant's skill in information retrieval. If that is the case, as an info scientist, I would like to see the results some time. Thanks!


From: Dan Simpson
Date: Sat Dec 17 17:44:33 PST 1994

*** We found something...black, cigar-shaped...! *** It had shiny things on it! *** Oh My God, I think this is a job for Fox Mulder & Dana Scully!


From: R. Cohen
Date: Sat Dec 17 17:09:57 PST 1994

***Hebrew text at x=400, y=525


From: joost schuur
Date: Sat Dec 17 17:04:16 PST 1994

been there, did it, came back, did it again, still liked it j


From: Trey Breckenridge
Date: Sat Dec 17 16:12:15 PST 1994

This is a really neet project. More viewing objects of various sizes (specifically larger ones for beginners) might make it more interesting. Trey Breckenridge


From: John Weisenfeld
Date: Sat Dec 17 16:11:51 PST 1994

***in that corner there is a coffee mug, yay! Great WWW stuff!


From: Tom Long
Date: Sat Dec 17 15:46:05 PST 1994

Much too cool!!


From: Ian Dees
Date: Sat Dec 17 15:15:36 PST 1994

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS SERVER!


From: george hebert
Date: Sat Dec 17 14:14:17 PST 1994

***black cylinder neat!!!!


From: Dan Simpson
Date: Sat Dec 17 13:56:45 PST 1994

Really Cool.


From: Jonathan Morton
Date: Sat Dec 17 13:29:30 PST 1994

Even better...found a watch this time, that said 2:30. hmm..


From: Jonathan Morton
Date: Sat Dec 17 13:13:09 PST 1994

Pretty cool...I think I may have even found something of no importance whatsoever.


From: John W. Cox
Date: Sat Dec 17 11:47:32 PST 1994

We had fun!


From: Carsten Dreesbach
Date: Sat Dec 17 11:37:26 PST 1994

*** Thought I'd found something new... but I didn't ;[ *frown* Ran out of time before I found out!


From: Ian Dees
Date: Sat Dec 17 09:51:10 PST 1994

***I'VE FOUND SOME BAZIL SEEDS!! I AM GOING TO TRY TO BLOW THEM OVER!


From: ykura
Date: Sat Dec 17 09:14:18 PST 1994

*** I accessed by netscape but had any difficulty except 14.4K slow sppeed. y.kura


From: Paul Engler
Date: Sat Dec 17 08:24:37 PST 1994

What the hell was that thing at (292,472)????


From: Kevin Meyer
Date: Sat Dec 17 06:43:29 PST 1994

*** 4 rather large sand grains found at leasst twice!! Wow! Intriguing device, now when will it be able to make me a cup of coffee?


From: Billy D'Augustine
Date: Sat Dec 17 05:32:30 PST 1994

Odd. Also a bit slow on a 14.4k line.


From: Carsten Dreesbach
Date: Sat Dec 17 01:01:34 PST 1994

I like the idea a lot! I was impressed by the quality of the interface. Congrats to the people who designed this. Unfortunately the monitor here was a little fuzzy,so the resolution I got out of the images was rather poor.I'll be trying it again with a better monitor again though. It was fun!


From: Fred Hebard
Date: Fri Dec 16 23:28:31 PST 1994

*** Are these comments worth anything? *** Saw some magazine or newspaper headline-sized print. tried to blow off more sand to read better. Ran out of time before had a chance to see the result of my excavation, or read the newsprint. But I suspect it was in the Cryllic (sp?) alphabet: Ruskies!


From: Ed Murphy <jibberjabber>
Date: Fri Dec 16 22:42:42 PST 1994

***Interesting. Where is this robot? Amazing how anyone in the world has access to such things. Feels kind of sluggish, but you can't get everything you want. Good idea, too bad I didn't know where the hell I was going.


From: Brian Pope
Date: Fri Dec 16 22:13:05 PST 1994

I'm using Netscape to get on here and every time it loads up the interface to the robot it freezes will your robot interface with netscape?


From: Matt Nash
Date: Fri Dec 16 21:29:17 PST 1994

Wow. One of the neatest things I've seen in some time.


From: Nicolas Pottier
Date: Fri Dec 16 21:13:43 PST 1994

Wow...that's neat...kinda corny though..real applications should be exciting


From: John FX Berns
Date: Fri Dec 16 20:01:43 PST 1994

Very hot! Spawned a great idea. Had a epiphany, a religeous moment!


From: Bob Abbott
Date: Fri Dec 16 19:44:19 PST 1994

This think is really neat. Needs better light for better observation.


From: sven
Date: Fri Dec 16 19:16:02 PST 1994

It was fun trying it.


From: Caesar Wong
Date: Fri Dec 16 19:14:20 PST 1994

*** found the coffee cup with the mosaic definition, and something about basil... That's when my time ran out.. I think I'll read more of the logs to see how this stuff makes sense..


From: Caesar Wong
Date: Fri Dec 16 19:03:25 PST 1994

First time using this, but my call waiting went off, and it was the wrong number!.. Will be sure to hit *70, from now on :-).. I found out about this on Up To The Minute.. This is an _excellent_ use of the web, both recreational and the potential a remotely operated system like this has..


From: Anthony D. Martin
Date: Fri Dec 16 18:50:48 PST 1994

Thank you for providing this service to the internet. It is quite interesting to control a robot remotely over the internet.


From: Russ
Date: Fri Dec 16 18:41:00 PST 1994

Need more time. Need more experience. Need one of these at home! ;)


From: Russ
Date: Fri Dec 16 18:33:46 PST 1994

Would be nicer if there was nothing other than the image and controls to refresh after each command. Pretty neat other than that. Maybe I just need a faster modem ;)


From: Jon Watts
Date: Fri Dec 16 18:26:35 PST 1994

Found a picture of a persons face.


From: Jon Watts
Date: Fri Dec 16 18:19:07 PST 1994

A very interesting creation! Several comments: It would be nice to display the queue from the un- registered observation and registered observation screens. A place to put general comments and suggestions (like this note) separate from the operators log (which could then be used only for discoveries and observations) would be helpful. A discussion area which you can post to without having to operate the robot would improve the ability to achieve the stated objective of collaboratively solving the puzzle. The ability to specify co-ordinates to move to would save searching time when trying to visit something someone else has found. A map that people could attach markers for interesting objects to would help identify the overall layout of the site.


From: Mike Perry
Date: Fri Dec 16 17:00:06 PST 1994

***Found Basil seeds from Smithsonian at X=200 Y=375; Paper saying Serpentine was carved into tiny fetishes to protect flocks at X=679 Y=500. Decorated object next to it.


From: Charles Dee Rice
Date: Fri Dec 16 16:56:23 PST 1994

***Found what appears to be a recepie (sp?) book at 200x375... Was moving arm "up" to get a better look, when I ran out of time...


From: Phil West
Date: Fri Dec 16 16:43:51 PST 1994

*** A card that says "Gate chips were used as points for spears and arrows. Cute !! Phil West


From: Mike Perry
Date: Fri Dec 16 16:21:49 PST 1994

***Found the wrist watch. The interesting thing is that is running and shows the correct time (PST). Some type of a small globe next to it with a piece of paper under it.


From: sergio
Date: Fri Dec 16 16:07:49 PST 1994

Found nothing yet !


From: Matthew Richardson
Date: Fri Dec 16 13:55:26 PST 1994

***fOUND ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT CONNECT A DOG LEASH TO A DOG COLLAR


From: Len Harold
Date: Fri Dec 16 13:31:54 PST 1994

I want more time!


From: Pat Altimore
Date: Fri Dec 16 13:21:33 PST 1994

*** Big rock


From: Bill Sherman
Date: Fri Dec 16 13:19:38 PST 1994

*** Mosaic definition was found on a piece of sideways paper.


From: Joe Burke
Date: Fri Dec 16 13:16:33 PST 1994

Very Cool!!


From: Jerome Gormley
Date: Fri Dec 16 13:12:44 PST 1994

***My first time operating the arm and I found a placard talking about agate chips, which were used for spears and arrows. There was a second placard nearby which I couldn't quite make out. A very cool intro to remote operations - well done to all involved.


From: Greg Bryan
Date: Fri Dec 16 13:06:00 PST 1994

Great fun!


From: Len Harold
Date: Fri Dec 16 12:42:33 PST 1994

Pretty cool, a wider angle camera would be nice. Thanks, Len


From: George Griffin
Date: Fri Dec 16 12:33:53 PST 1994

***175,338 Tried to move a piece of paper (which explains how to grow basil) to see what was underneath. It looks like a formula.


From: Joe Sweeney
Date: Fri Dec 16 12:29:44 PST 1994

***In the lower left quadrant, there is a cook book of sorts or a story discribing a gardens various plants...duh, I don't know, but it sure was fun. Thanks again. I'm sure I'll be back to play. I'm gonna tell me friends what I did today. Maybe I'll let them know where they can play as well...


From: Joe Sweeney
Date: Fri Dec 16 12:10:30 PST 1994

***Thank you for making your project available to web wandering folks. I enjoyed myself, although my time at the wheel only allow me to raise the arm, then change it's position once...Next time I'll be more direct in getting underway. I guess I should have taken the time to read what was before me...a dictionary? Something about 10 days? Oh well, thanks again... Joe Sweeney


From: Todd Kelley
Date: Fri Dec 16 11:49:46 PST 1994

Keep up the great work. This system is fantastic.


From: Tim Fowlow
Date: Fri Dec 16 11:48:54 PST 1994

Lots of fun! Reminds me of the 5 cent diggers they used to have at the fair.


From: Tim Gocher
Date: Fri Dec 16 11:36:03 PST 1994

Excellent! This has great potential. What would it take to utilize a mobile robot, maybe even with real time video. I know this sounds ambitious, but the potential is incredible. Great work, Regards, Tim.


From: Mike Phillips
Date: Fri Dec 16 11:24:41 PST 1994

This is really incredible. Great interface for the contols. It would be handy to be able to input specific coordinates to get back to a site though. How big an area can the robot traverse? THANKS for making this available to the public!


From: Elaine Dennison
Date: Fri Dec 16 09:10:52 PST 1994

Great idea! Thoroughly enjoying.


From: Frank cobb
Date: Fri Dec 16 08:50:31 PST 1994

Not bad. Great idea. I will be back!!!


From: Patrick Finnigan
Date: Fri Dec 16 08:14:44 PST 1994

***X=514,Y=423 (again). Zoomed out to see a box or case of some kind. Because we have no real notion of the "scale" it's hard to estimate size. Previous notes on objects found give a rough feel, though. Have only scanned the "current" logs - I need to look at all past logs to see if anybody else found out what this was/is. Is it (scary thought) possible the exploration area IS CHANGING OVER TIME?! I know that I need to visit to see this setup now (weather looks about right from the USC home page!).


From: Steve Flynn
Date: Fri Dec 16 07:31:33 PST 1994

***tried to finish uncovering the paper, not a lot of success. Thanks!


From: Steve Flynn
Date: Fri Dec 16 07:25:22 PST 1994

*** Found a piece of paper talking about and AGATE chip, and then found another piece of paper buried under that. Good resonse time this morning! Well Done!


From: Patrick Finnigan
Date: Fri Dec 16 07:10:28 PST 1994

***514,423 rectangular object with smooth surface. Appears slightly concave. I will have to search the logs to see who else has found this or what it might be! Fine experiment. Can I see the real thing when I visit California?


From: George Scherer
Date: Fri Dec 16 06:42:35 PST 1994

Didn't find any thing of any note. Neat Experiment. How long will this go on?


From: Rob Weeks
Date: Fri Dec 16 06:24:33 PST 1994

This is the best use of forms that I have seen!


From: Spenser Aden
Date: Fri Dec 16 05:56:40 PST 1994

*** 748,448: Note reading "SULPHUR was used by medicine men to cast spells." This sits just under the tip of a ball-point pen.


From: Ken Williams
Date: Fri Dec 16 05:51:09 PST 1994

excellent project. Thanks for making this available over the net. How are objects illuminated so well :-) ?


From: Richard <Richard.micronetics.com>
Date: Fri Dec 16 05:32:58 PST 1994

Very interesting project. The irregularity of the surface makes orientation difficult. It is difficult to determine where you have moved to.


From: kristiina Ståhlberg
Date: Fri Dec 16 03:54:56 PST 1994

This is a rather interesting project; many thanks. It will take some time to learn the secret of the game, so to speak. Near-Xmas greetings from a snow-free(!) Finland. K.S.


From: Dennis Milbert
Date: Fri Dec 16 03:42:11 PST 1994

Great Fun! It would be useful to have some sense of scale.


From: James Muggli
Date: Fri Dec 16 03:10:00 PST 1994

I'm wondering what that paper has on it. I'll give it a few more blasts of air.


From: Matt Kaminsky
Date: Fri Dec 16 01:53:44 PST 1994

*** Found a pipe (I thiunk, didn't fit in full-out picture), forget coords though. Suggestion: Some kind of coordinate grid on oper map, so we can get back to a site we were at earlier.


From: Alexander J. Moon
Date: Thu Dec 15 22:58:44 PST 1994

I FOUND A DOG TAG THAT SAID BEARL OR EARL WITH A 213 AREA CODE ON IT (LOS ANGELES).


From: Unknown Token
Date: Thu Dec 15 22:07:27 PST 1994

***herb seed packet from Smithsonian Magazine "good on cheese"


From: bob schuchman
Date: Thu Dec 15 22:05:47 PST 1994

Smithsonian Magazine herb container for planting on your window sill (circa 1994).


From: Noah Sutherland
Date: Thu Dec 15 21:38:41 PST 1994

***I uncovered what appears to be a packet of Sweet Basil seeds with instructions for planting/using on the back of the packet.


From: Noah Sutherland
Date: Thu Dec 15 21:29:05 PST 1994

***Wow, this was my first time at trying it. I'll have to try again sometime on a color display.


From: Paul Feng
Date: Thu Dec 15 20:53:19 PST 1994

*** "Sulfer was used by medicine men to cast spells" How true that was, is, and will be.


From: Carlo Mantero
Date: Thu Dec 15 20:46:26 PST 1994

Fantastic, one of the best on INet. Keep going Carlo


From: Jeff Brock
Date: Thu Dec 15 20:20:36 PST 1994

I must say this is pretty nifty. ***There are all sorts of little things to blow around and then try and find later It didn't even take that long, even across the continent.


From: Dan Upper
Date: Thu Dec 15 19:56:36 PST 1994

Well, I don't believe I've ever affected directed the motion of a physical object hundreds of miles away before, with the exception of a disk drive head. Thanks for a creative and far-sighted synthesis of new technologies.


From: dr_taylor
Date: Thu Dec 15 18:41:07 PST 1994

We discovered some sort of pharmaceutical document relating to the U.S. government. We don't know if this is part of a Top Secret project or ... perhaps a prescription. Good luck from Up To The Minute!


From: Kyle Mallory
Date: Thu Dec 15 17:54:56 PST 1994

*** A HARMONICA at 390x330 (appx) My wife thinks this is just WAY TO COOL!


From: Kyle Mallory
Date: Thu Dec 15 17:42:27 PST 1994

*** Obsidian was once used for knife blades because of the rocks sharp edge!


From: Matthew Austin
Date: Thu Dec 15 17:08:31 PST 1994

thank you for putting this on the web


From: Garry Bryan
Date: Thu Dec 15 16:46:31 PST 1994

MY MACHINE IS QUITE SLOW SO THE INTERACTION WAS STILTED. THE UPDATING OF THE VISUALS ALSO WAS WEAK. WILL TRY AGAIN.


From: Steve Murphy
Date: Thu Dec 15 16:14:32 PST 1994

This is one of the more interesting uses of a hyper-text/graphic interface. Although the bandwidth limitations are an annoyance, the concept of actually manipulating remote space via telepresence is thrilling.


From: Paul Feng
Date: Thu Dec 15 16:06:54 PST 1994

Argh. Frustrating. Please add a direct coordinate-entry method for navigation. And I'm still hungry.


From: Matthew Richardson
Date: Thu Dec 15 16:01:36 PST 1994

Wow, Really Neat-o!


From: Paul Feng
Date: Thu Dec 15 15:57:30 PST 1994

I'm hungry. How about adding some kind of "feed operator" capability? That would really solidify this as the most excellent web site.


From: Kyle Mallory
Date: Thu Dec 15 15:47:23 PST 1994

Well, that is quite the interesting application. I must thank the people in charge of this opperation, it gives me a nice feeling, knowing what is capable with this great thing called the Internet. Everyday, it amazes me even more. and I have been using it for a year a some months now. *** I did manage to find a watch or some form of timepiece. *** I stumbled across a few other things, but I don't know what they were. A photograph, and a box or magazine was also seen by observation. I am curious to know the exact location of the robot. Is it located in of doors, inside a display case? Very neat, and exciting the things that are possible today. Wouldn't be neat if we could do that with other things? (like the HST satelite, or the abandoned Vicking Mars Rover?) Thanks again for the experiance... Kyle Mallory - The Tracs Corporation


From: Matthew Richardson
Date: Thu Dec 15 15:44:29 PST 1994

***a Watch


From: Mike Burns
Date: Thu Dec 15 15:36:42 PST 1994

Pretty cool! How about realtime interaction? I think I found a kitty deposit *8^).


From: Cary Alexandre
Date: Thu Dec 15 15:13:04 PST 1994

Today was my first day at using Mosaic (via Netscape's browser V0.96). And O what a day...I am reborn. -cla


From: Curtis Nottberg
Date: Thu Dec 15 14:46:04 PST 1994

Great idea. Now all we need are faster network connections. Mabey ATM will help. :)


From: Jym McMurdo
Date: Thu Dec 15 14:39:28 PST 1994

Wow!


From: Jym McMurdo
Date: Thu Dec 15 14:33:25 PST 1994

Pretty cool robot!


From: Ray Simar
Date: Thu Dec 15 14:03:42 PST 1994

Neat


From: Ben Bressman
Date: Thu Dec 15 13:00:20 PST 1994

*** Great little Net play toy. Too slow


From: Jeffrey Travis
Date: Thu Dec 15 12:39:54 PST 1994

Wasn't able to use the robot-something went wrong.


From: Keith Powell
Date: Thu Dec 15 12:19:41 PST 1994

*** sulfur "Used by medicine men to cast spells" *** a small silver cylinder *** a tire


From: Yannis Faitakis
Date: Thu Dec 15 12:07:30 PST 1994

this thing is great!!! a bit slow, but it is amazing good work!!!!


From: Mickey Mestel
Date: Thu Dec 15 11:30:35 PST 1994

movement and air blasts all took too much energy. i oeprated the robot for only a few minutes, only because of the slow speed of downloading the images. every movemnt or air blast took 1-2 energy untis. it would be nice if it lasted a *little* longer.


From: Unknown Token
Date: Thu Dec 15 11:24:48 PST 1994

*** wow, i acutally found nothing this time btw, i found out about this in SunExpert magazine


From: Doug Johnson
Date: Thu Dec 15 11:08:19 PST 1994

Very clever! I am impressed with the idea.


From: Andy Kozubal
Date: Thu Dec 15 11:03:18 PST 1994

Interesting and challenging. I found a note uncovered by previous operators. Above the note was a piece of paper with and integral equation. What's it mean?


From: Jim Allen
Date: Thu Dec 15 10:41:28 PST 1994

***scope probe at 805,457


From: Unknown Token
Date: Thu Dec 15 09:50:36 PST 1994

ok, so i'm a bit thick. the "early pioneers" and the "Laika" stuff is great. keep it up!


From: Don McCullers
Date: Thu Dec 15 09:45:55 PST 1994

Can we call facilities and have more lights turned on? :-) Don McCullers


From: Don McCullers
Date: Thu Dec 15 09:35:42 PST 1994

Don't know if it's been submitted yet or not, I can't imagine that it hasn't, allow a way to go directly to location X,Y. Don McCullers


From: Unknown Token
Date: Thu Dec 15 09:33:02 PST 1994

*** coffee cup at 950,300? is it me or did the project history et al make this sound like the robot we are controlling is the one in Nevada?


From: Brian Carcich
Date: Thu Dec 15 09:23:33 PST 1994

*** coffee cup at 950,300?


From: Brendan Burns
Date: Thu Dec 15 09:19:21 PST 1994

*** Some button, plug? type ornate thing at x586, y410 if only you could get the matchbook out of the way.... Cool site!


From: Brendan Burns
Date: Thu Dec 15 09:07:30 PST 1994

There is some sort of squarish object with lines when the camera is to the far left


From: Brian Carcich
Date: Thu Dec 15 08:58:37 PST 1994

*** M. HOHNER Harmonica at X=485(?) Y=330 More UI suggestions: Provide larger area for click-to-move i.e. area off image should be a valid target so user can accurately move a distance greater than 1/2 the width of the image. combine functions to save bandwidth. e.g. MOVE,DROP,BLOW or MOVE,BLOW - is it possbile to tie these to individual buttons (sorry to you Macintoy users;-).


From: Brian Carcich
Date: Thu Dec 15 08:48:29 PST 1994

*** that "Packed in 1994" thing was a seed package, I think. *** found the picture of an eye. *** something funny at X=266, y=326


From: Brian Carcich
Date: Thu Dec 15 08:38:57 PST 1994

ACK OUT OF TIME! *** I found a snap shackle and a watch (which I managed to bury Another UI suggestion: show queue to current op. -Dr. Bithead


From: Crazy Bernie
Date: Thu Dec 15 08:31:54 PST 1994

THis was really fun, but the time was too short.


From: Clark K. Ray
Date: Thu Dec 15 08:27:45 PST 1994

System seems to have lost the first password I was assigned last week.


From: Brian Carcich
Date: Thu Dec 15 08:27:02 PST 1994

This is great, our homeschooled kids will be on over the weekend! *** found some piece of paper or wrapper that said a lot and had "Packed in 1994" at the bottom I'd like to ask future Ops to say where they heard about this. I read about it in Sun Expert, Dec, 1994 issue. A few user interface suggestions that are in NO WAY meant to disparage from the value of this project: Change Z=... to Height=UP or DOWN Z=0 or Z=170 is too much info since it's only one of those two values. Add units to X= and Y= i.e. 170 what (mm, inches, furlongs)? Label positions of edges of image. Warn non-active operators after one minute of inactivity; disconnect if no movement after two minutes; provide keep-alive button for those who are inactive because they are examining something. Could the operators in the queue be able to "cheer" the current op on - with the etiquette PRE-established that the current op (or any queue op) may ignore or even turn off the messages, and indeed should be encouraged to do so if the thread gets antagonistic or offensive. Make size of queue available before user selects "ADD ME" This is a superb project. Keep up the good work.


From: Jeff Hunter
Date: Thu Dec 15 08:17:53 PST 1994

interesting concept to use WWW protocols to manipulate a remote device. For those of use behind firewalls and slow modems it might be nice to allow either the 5 minutes or a set number of commands to be able to send to the robot. Thanks, it was fun.


From: Ted Hattemer
Date: Thu Dec 15 07:41:42 PST 1994

DISCOVERED NOTHING 1ST TIME


From: Jay Marlin
Date: Thu Dec 15 07:15:58 PST 1994

cool!


From: Alexander Koerner
Date: Thu Dec 15 06:55:39 PST 1994

Great idea !


From: Spenser Aden
Date: Thu Dec 15 06:52:02 PST 1994

This was my first operation .. pretty neat. No discoveries on my part, but it will be interesting to see what this note that has (obviously) been previously discovered has to say.


From: David J Klann
Date: Thu Dec 15 06:23:51 PST 1994

Way cool idea! I'll have to come back again because I didn't find anything (other than rocks :-).


From: oliver tseng
Date: Thu Dec 15 06:02:05 PST 1994

This was my first time on... pretty interesting. However, was the light turned off or something? The images didn't seem as clear as the one in the orientation. I guess the sun isn't up on the west coast yet. :)


From: Mitch Zeissler
Date: Thu Dec 15 05:12:38 PST 1994

This is great!


From: Dave J. Hall
Date: Thu Dec 15 04:53:38 PST 1994

Neat, but I didn't find anything. I never got the feeling that I was moving anything. I saw nothing that could not have been easily faked.


From: Paul
Date: Thu Dec 15 04:27:14 PST 1994

*** I discovered some metal junk...I wish i had normal link to US so it would work faster


From: Enno
Date: Thu Dec 15 04:16:33 PST 1994

Great! Unfortunately the picture seems to be out of focus from time to time... Enno.


From: Bob Freitag
Date: Thu Dec 15 03:47:26 PST 1994

*** Hark, I think I found Hoffa!!! *** Great Fun! ***


From: Matt Kaminsky
Date: Thu Dec 15 01:31:25 PST 1994

*** Well, I've unearthed something at x573, y400. I'm still trying to guess what it is. It seems too ornate to be some kind of instrument, but I could be wrong.


From: Mattias Carlsson
Date: Thu Dec 15 00:47:44 PST 1994

Interesting... I didn't find anything this time, but I'll be back...


From: Ron Hartman
Date: Wed Dec 14 23:52:32 PST 1994

This has got to be the most facinating site I've found on the net! Wonderful! Keep it alive!


From: Jim Ploog
Date: Wed Dec 14 22:11:28 PST 1994

**Wrist watch ** Definition of MOSAIC **The word 'ART' on paper **An article about TURQUOISE


From: David Ross
Date: Wed Dec 14 22:05:19 PST 1994

I found "turquise was the principle rock in jewlery".. Damn, I forget the coords tho. :( Dave snakey@wam.umd.edu


From: David Ross
Date: Wed Dec 14 21:52:24 PST 1994

I found something that has a W and an E on it... I dunno what it is. Matt is up next...


From: Paul Feng
Date: Wed Dec 14 21:46:42 PST 1994

*** possible signs of drug use at 800,450


From: Beth Katz
Date: Wed Dec 14 21:15:29 PST 1994

*** Is that a mirror or a face about 390,520?


From: Beth Katz
Date: Wed Dec 14 20:48:14 PST 1994

*** There's some kind of watch-like thing at about 625,500. There's a bowl and some other object near them. This is addictive.


From: Lee Surma
Date: Wed Dec 14 20:33:04 PST 1994

Wow...Like I......Never Ran....Um....A Robot..Ah...Before!


From: mike mccullar
Date: Wed Dec 14 20:05:36 PST 1994

I noticed the surface is very similar to the earth surface. because no chemical analysis was made I can't determine what I saw. I am sure next time I will be able to determine any unique aspects of this alien environment.


From: Craig Polson
Date: Wed Dec 14 19:35:09 PST 1994

Cool... didn't somebody else say that, too? Found the Basil packet and some other dark amorphous blob... nothin new. Way cool!


From: Hristo Stephanov
Date: Wed Dec 14 19:19:51 PST 1994

It took me all the energy to get to my initial position.


From: Patrick Kroupa
Date: Wed Dec 14 19:14:52 PST 1994

this sucks! get a color camera!!! and like, bury some gold in them thar hills


From: Hristo Stephanov
Date: Wed Dec 14 19:04:49 PST 1994

This is great and I will be back to continue on my current excavations.


From: Paul Feng
Date: Wed Dec 14 19:02:05 PST 1994

*** gee, is the thing at 67,292 a fish head? *** Having just pulled several late nights at the lab doing minimally-challenging, but periodically presence-requiring tasks, I wish the >Atom Trainers< (www-atoms.physics.wisc.edu) had this kind of capability... Sigh. Be excellent, Party on.


From: gayle curtis
Date: Wed Dec 14 18:04:45 PST 1994

*** I saw a tubular something. Black, thick, like foam pipe insulation. How about sound effects??


From: Weiyi Li
Date: Wed Dec 14 17:02:33 PST 1994

Wow... Neat! Kool!


From: Beth Katz
Date: Wed Dec 14 16:59:47 PST 1994

I learned about this from _IEEE Institute_ newsletter. It is really hard to move the arm just a little bit. ***I think I found a face about 697, 292, but I may have ***covered it up by trying to blow on it.


From: Bill Stull
Date: Wed Dec 14 16:32:54 PST 1994

I unearthed a match box. WOW! This is probably the best site I have seen in a long time


From: Maureen Evans
Date: Wed Dec 14 16:03:06 PST 1994

*** I uncovered something, but wasn't able to identify it.


From: Stuart Ramsden
Date: Wed Dec 14 15:46:45 PST 1994

Where did the thumb come from? To whom did it belong?


From: Jack Seltzer
Date: Wed Dec 14 15:40:46 PST 1994

Great idea! Unfortunately I've not been able to find anything yet. However, what I have learned from the logs is that the word "cool" which was definitely cool a long, long time ago is once again very, very cool. Cool!


From: Carlos Carmona
Date: Wed Dec 14 15:19:46 PST 1994

far out man


From: Bill Jacobson
Date: Wed Dec 14 15:02:28 PST 1994

This is the best site I have found on the web!


From: Tom Gee
Date: Wed Dec 14 14:52:31 PST 1994

A carton or container of some sort bearing the words 'ART' is located at (373,490). This is a fascinating use of the Web. Thanks for the experience!


From: K.V. Bapa Rao
Date: Wed Dec 14 14:42:50 PST 1994

Introductory experience was great fun. Didn't discover anything, but "I'll be back".


From: Jeff Daly
Date: Wed Dec 14 14:07:58 PST 1994

nuttinhoney


From: Michael Hill
Date: Wed Dec 14 13:58:14 PST 1994

Silver mask type object next to box


From: Dr. Mark Sletten
Date: Wed Dec 14 13:48:22 PST 1994

Cool


From: Michael Hill
Date: Wed Dec 14 13:25:23 PST 1994

Very Cool.. possibilities for space exploration! Do you have some sort of project description you could e-mail me? It would be much appreciated. Thanks for the cool Web site, it saved me from having to write my paper! Michael Hill


From: Mick Currey
Date: Wed Dec 14 13:09:50 PST 1994

Thank you for setting this RTE up. It was alot of fun.


From: Ro Nagey
Date: Wed Dec 14 12:40:39 PST 1994

I would love to find out what the purpose of this experiment really is.


From: Boy Wonder
Date: Wed Dec 14 12:37:37 PST 1994

I found something! I uncovered part of an object! I have been here with other people before, but we never uncovered anything. ***I uncovered the right edge of something rectangular. It had two levels of it, and I uncovered the lower edge. This is a great use of the Web. I can see so many potential uses for this technology. Thanks. (I still would like to see a ping-pong ball!) ~Ian Roberts, PNL, Richland, WA USA


From: Eric LoPresti
Date: Wed Dec 14 12:12:39 PST 1994

OK, I got a real suggestion: two robots, two operators, and a ping pong ball. Its like air hocky from a distance! And goals, must have goals. And prizes for the winners (I admit, this is just Eric's suggestion) Anyway, great project, congrats. Eric LoPresti, Ian Roberts, PNL


From: Eric LoPresti
Date: Wed Dec 14 12:04:52 PST 1994

Wow, this is quite cool. We want more lumps of sand, and less heavy rocks. That's our entire comments for this web site: more sand. And a ping pong ball; cause you could blow that around real well. It'd be cool. And... I know! Can you make it so it blows harder into the pit? Or maybe we could put in small shaped charges- we really want to move some of that dirt. Oh, and yeah: to we get a prize if we find something? I really feel like I went through some work here and I want a prize! Eric LoPresti, Ian Roberts, PNL PS; from an HCI viewpoint: could you please make the diagram of the robot arm a darker color-- the green and grey background have the same value, making it hard to see.


From: Eddie Hill
Date: Wed Dec 14 11:55:27 PST 1994

***This is very excellent. I will be using this over and over.***


From: John Hascall
Date: Wed Dec 14 11:36:59 PST 1994

Well, it seems pretty cool but with such net-lag I didn't really find anything... :(


From: Paul Christian
Date: Wed Dec 14 11:28:29 PST 1994

Interesting concept. Control and response time reasonable. Opens a spectrum of potential appications. NICE JOB TEAM!


From: Doug Brashear
Date: Wed Dec 14 11:15:04 PST 1994

the robot was very slow on my machine...maybe only redraw the picture each time, instead of the picture and all accompanying text...


From: Timothy Eck
Date: Wed Dec 14 11:12:11 PST 1994

good clean fun! Thanks for the effort.


From: James Bittle
Date: Wed Dec 14 10:42:46 PST 1994

Thanks. A most interesting experiment..JB


From: Stephen
Date: Wed Dec 14 10:37:55 PST 1994

FUCK ME!!!...WHAT CAN I SAY? EXCELLENT.


From: Dale Morris
Date: Wed Dec 14 10:37:22 PST 1994

Very nice telepresence! I felt like I was working a robot arm on the moon! (The delay adds to that effect.) I think that demonstrations like this do more to crystalize for people what the possibilities are for digital communications like the Web than do people's textual descriptions of what they think the future will bring. Bravo! *** I saw the Hohner that someone else had found, and the note on Obsidian, though I was too clumsy with the camera to read all of it. - Dale


From: K. Scott Sampson
Date: Wed Dec 14 10:21:45 PST 1994

NEED A LONG TURN


From: K. Scott Sampson
Date: Wed Dec 14 10:09:33 PST 1994

I NEEDED MORE TIME AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GO TO NORDSTROMS! THANKS SCOTT SAMPSON


From: Don Capps
Date: Wed Dec 14 09:58:43 PST 1994

Sure would be nice to have higher bandwidth so that one could see smoother movement. Video frame rates would be very nice. :-)


From: K. Scott Sampson
Date: Wed Dec 14 09:45:03 PST 1994

Truly the best application I have seen. GIVE ME BANDWIDTH! The matchbook was found at 592,375. This is the start of an experience which will change the way we learn. Thanks!


From: Gerry Hatcher
Date: Wed Dec 14 09:08:20 PST 1994

Great fun!! and a nice application.


From: Danny
Date: Wed Dec 14 08:32:47 PST 1994

*** I found the WIRED piece of paper. Great site! Danny


From: Carl Fischer
Date: Wed Dec 14 08:16:16 PST 1994

***quite interesting, light level/gain seems a little low though


From: Dan Hontz
Date: Wed Dec 14 08:05:04 PST 1994

uncovered the matches (the previous operator was working on it, i just did the air blastin'). i think anyone who can open that box of matches ought to get some sort of prize....


From: Matthew Goff
Date: Wed Dec 14 07:53:24 PST 1994

***Found package of Basil fom the Smithsonian Institute I bet this could get pretty addicting :)


From: Michael Eaton
Date: Wed Dec 14 06:29:54 PST 1994

*** Found the miniature globe and the watch


From: Scott Alexander
Date: Wed Dec 14 06:25:25 PST 1994

excellent!


From: Dan Procopio
Date: Wed Dec 14 06:20:08 PST 1994

I definately have to come back to see what I can find.


From: Ben Wetzig <100033>
Date: Wed Dec 14 03:14:40 PST 1994

*** Could not make out any actual objects. Just looks like pebbles and bits of rock to us.


From: doug mills
Date: Wed Dec 14 02:58:45 PST 1994

***today i found a paper containing a short description of serpentine and what appears to be a magnifing glass. i take it that this is a test of the interface and not an actual site, but its pretty neat all the same. i'll be back :)


From: Agent Murdoch
Date: Wed Dec 14 02:29:46 PST 1994

Connection far too slow! But a fun idea - a complete view of the area might be useful


From: Siefke
Date: Wed Dec 14 02:02:19 PST 1994

Legt die Zettel doch mal richtig herum !


From: Pelle Wiberg
Date: Wed Dec 14 01:31:22 PST 1994

*** I did not see much but I liked the experiment


From: jeff rouyer
Date: Wed Dec 14 01:09:07 PST 1994

cool, can you stick a gun on it? Or I would like to bake a cake for you guys....


From: David Brown
Date: Wed Dec 14 01:05:23 PST 1994

***seem to have uncovered an object resembling a doll...or maybe I'm just having fantasies about Courtney Love!


From: Arjen van Staalduinen
Date: Wed Dec 14 00:53:52 PST 1994

This is Arjen from Holland I got bored to death watching some stupid harminica. Can't this thing move any faster? Couldn't you just put in a ferrari engine, JEZUS. ***I Discovered something on the coordinates X=380 Y=350 It is a harmonica the owner or maker is some guy(or girl) who they call M. Hohner(Who is this guy? some kind of stupid German harmonica maker)


From: Stuart Rapoport
Date: Wed Dec 14 00:36:27 PST 1994

Ken, Great project. I«ve got to run to class, but I«ll definitely give this a try again. Stuart


From: Mark Ash
Date: Wed Dec 14 00:21:11 PST 1994

Thank you


From: Alexis Beard
Date: Tue Dec 13 23:27:23 PST 1994

*** Although I did not discover anything, I would like to more how this works.


From: Brandon Grusd
Date: Tue Dec 13 22:54:08 PST 1994

Enjoyable, I was wondering if there was a way to update the images more quickly. Also if a general map of the area were available so that one could investigate specific areas without wasting time serching for something to find.


From: Carlos Carmona
Date: Tue Dec 13 22:08:52 PST 1994

I wonder who keeps up with the maitenance! las espa~nolas cuando besan..ole!


From: mike mazur
Date: Tue Dec 13 19:50:19 PST 1994

still fun.


From: mike mazur
Date: Tue Dec 13 19:44:22 PST 1994

Neat. Good way to waste time that sould be better spent studying for ASPH. i'll be back.


From: Steve Green
Date: Tue Dec 13 19:28:07 PST 1994

*** Pipe at 710,394


From: Jason Kim
Date: Tue Dec 13 19:16:30 PST 1994

Nice, but could use better lighting and focus. Assuming that you don't have automatic focus for the camera, It would be nicer if you could set the camera focus setting for the "close-up" view for more details. B-)


From: Steve Green
Date: Tue Dec 13 19:14:58 PST 1994

*** Harmonica (M.HOHNER) at 404,344


From: Steve Green
Date: Tue Dec 13 18:52:53 PST 1994

*** Globe at 655,516 *** Watch ( working! ) at 633,508 *** Mirror at 221, 365 I love the mirror! Nice touch.


From: Paul Larson
Date: Tue Dec 13 18:16:50 PST 1994

This is something to check out!


From: Todd Fries
Date: Tue Dec 13 18:12:27 PST 1994

Definately slow over a 14.4, but useable still. So when do we get live video feed through netscape?


From: Guy Hillyer
Date: Tue Dec 13 17:19:07 PST 1994

Truly mysterious artifacts!


From: Jay Long
Date: Tue Dec 13 17:13:47 PST 1994

Very cool


From: Jeff Zahnen
Date: Tue Dec 13 16:44:59 PST 1994

I liked it!!!


From: Kemasa
Date: Tue Dec 13 16:20:18 PST 1994

It was quite interesting to try this out, but the time it takes to do each command ends up limiting what you can do. It is something that I will have to try playing with later.


From: Joe Finn
Date: Tue Dec 13 15:59:45 PST 1994

This is pretty cool. I read ariticle in IEEE Institute on it. *** Found something that looked like a pipe, but ran out of time *** before I had a chance to find anything else.


From: Ian Baker
Date: Tue Dec 13 14:35:49 PST 1994

***I think the curvy thing around 900 x 350 is a bowl. there is also a ceramic statue of a guy a bit north of it.


From: Ian Baker
Date: Tue Dec 13 14:20:51 PST 1994

***There is something curved at 888 x 356, but I didn't have time to see what it was. This is an extremely interesting page.


From: Joe Splean
Date: Tue Dec 13 13:25:41 PST 1994

An interesting experiment for use on the net. Will we use this for future space expiditions too.?


From: Steve Baughman
Date: Tue Dec 13 12:56:23 PST 1994

Hey man, that was really cool! Thanks for making this available via the Web!


From: Andrew Onifer
Date: Tue Dec 13 12:50:09 PST 1994

*** Found Wired again :)


From: Keith Kelly
Date: Tue Dec 13 12:27:53 PST 1994

Cool stuff. How 'bout adding an arm to pick things up?


From: Alan Fling
Date: Tue Dec 13 12:12:56 PST 1994

This is so cool! please add more commands and options as soon as possible. Camera field of view, Rotate camera Bigger sand box More time to play :-) That's all I can think of right now. Great job!


From: Maurice Masliah
Date: Tue Dec 13 11:46:10 PST 1994

This is great!!! I loved it!!! I laughed, I cried, it was better than Cats!!


From: Brian Bartley
Date: Tue Dec 13 11:25:25 PST 1994

***I found some thing in the area where I was. Please check it out


From: Mike Perry
Date: Tue Dec 13 10:38:09 PST 1994

***If found a coffee mug apparently filled with gravel.


From: Gandolf
Date: Tue Dec 13 09:55:20 PST 1994

*** Found Box of matches *** Found Note about Obsedian and its use in knifes Interesting experiment ...


From: Rich Petras
Date: Tue Dec 13 09:33:16 PST 1994

*** Found a box of Diamond Safety Matches at ~633, 330. There also seemed to be a coin nearby (650,340), but i didn't have time to check it out. I LIKE IT !!!!


From: Mattias
Date: Tue Dec 13 09:24:31 PST 1994

Interesting thing. I wonder how many hours peoply will spend on this thing instead of working.


From: thomas crow
Date: Tue Dec 13 09:17:04 PST 1994

coolest web site ever!


From: Glitter Fairy
Date: Tue Dec 13 08:33:57 PST 1994

pretty cool. We think it is too short of a time. later...


From: Dan Hontz
Date: Tue Dec 13 07:59:20 PST 1994

Found the thing labeled "Wired," but it's not a magazine cover. Thought at first it might be a bag of something, but it looks like it's just a piece of paper.


From: Jorge A. Canas
Date: Tue Dec 13 07:08:36 PST 1994

*** discovered a tripod looking object...


From: David A. Brown
Date: Tue Dec 13 06:04:53 PST 1994

Tried it again at 6:04 am and this time there was several people in the queue monitoring me. The delay was very large and didn't get much of a chance to do anything. Still, it was well worth the time spent. Merry Christmas.


From: David A. Brown
Date: Tue Dec 13 05:46:39 PST 1994

5 minutes was too short! But I understand. This is the best application of virtual reality on the WWW. I would like to know how much support is required to keep this application running smoothly. Seeing as I ran it at 5:47 am your time there may be no one there right now even monitoring the robot. Thanks again for the foresight displayed here by USC.


From: Arjen van Staalduinen
Date: Tue Dec 13 05:11:41 PST 1994

I really liked operating the robot and i discovered ***some kind of formula on a piece of paper, but i didn't have enough time to read it all.


From: Matthias Tschakert
Date: Tue Dec 13 04:48:13 PST 1994

Home-Shopping? Tele-Working?? Here comes "Remote-Archeology"!!


From: Matt Perez
Date: Tue Dec 13 04:46:42 PST 1994

This turned out to be truly exciting. I only wish it were a bit brighter and faster (much faster). Also, it would be nice to return the sound of the robot blowing air and whirring around. thanks a bunch for the opportunity. -- Matt


From: Vroomen
Date: Tue Dec 13 04:02:22 PST 1994

*** found white paper with black stripes, also some black object (WC bowl??) and little story about sulfur. This idea is very good, although 5 minutes is way too short.


From: Dave Derrick
Date: Tue Dec 13 02:12:29 PST 1994

*** found mouthorgan at 377, 342 *** found seedpacket att 133,320 Can we request objects to be hidden for us to find ????


From: loh chien kuo <art20458leonis.nus.sg>
Date: Tue Dec 13 01:37:42 PST 1994

***Mask at 882, 453. How long will this project last?


From: loh chien kuo <art20458leonis.nus.sg>
Date: Tue Dec 13 01:25:51 PST 1994

***cup and saucer at x:931, y:314, z:170?


From: loh chien kuo <art20458leonis.nus.sg>
Date: Tue Dec 13 01:19:37 PST 1994

***Totally what!!! was that the lid of a toilet bowl???


From: Lee Elms
Date: Tue Dec 13 00:28:40 PST 1994

Interesting. Higher network bandwidth would have made it feel more 'interactive'


From: Sudarshan S. Chawathe
Date: Mon Dec 12 23:38:26 PST 1994

Fun stuff! *** I found the Smithsonian magazine in the lower left *** corner... (X,Y) = (120,330) -S


From: Dr. Cat
Date: Mon Dec 12 23:13:06 PST 1994

That was no Spatula, that was WiReD! But what does it all MEAN?


From: Dr. Cat
Date: Mon Dec 12 23:06:55 PST 1994

Thanks, that was fun! (Have we uncovered - Spatula City?) -- Dr. Cat


From: Gentry Howard
Date: Mon Dec 12 22:05:56 PST 1994

Pretty nifty, I would have to increase my bandwidth to get a resonable response time, 14.4k slip just won't cut it. Hopefully a Dedicated 56K line will help... Thanks for the opportunity...


From: Barath Sundar
Date: Mon Dec 12 22:01:56 PST 1994

*** (818,474) A printed note about Turquoise, and adjacent to that, an object(?) Net takes a looong time Surprised so few people around here - more robot than people, here now


From: steve kaczkowski
Date: Mon Dec 12 21:47:30 PST 1994

Did't find a damned thing.. :)


From: Jim Barner
Date: Mon Dec 12 21:17:37 PST 1994

Interesting demonstration of robotic control from long distance. Found a *** a watch but was unable to unearth all of it before enery ran out


From: Kevin Price
Date: Mon Dec 12 20:37:57 PST 1994

*** Found what appears to be a strip of paper with black stripes running lonk the long dimension and a large letter "D" at one side.


From: Alex Thomas
Date: Mon Dec 12 20:31:34 PST 1994

5 minutes seems to go too fast!


From: Jonathan Legg
Date: Mon Dec 12 20:00:31 PST 1994

*** @ 867, 390: A horseshoe-shaped part with a flat, circular part joining the ends. Possibly a ring, although I have no idea of the scale. Good fun! Perhaps a remotely controlled aeroplane in the future?


From: Bill Daul
Date: Mon Dec 12 18:13:53 PST 1994

When do you hook this up to a robot sub at an Aquarium? Nice job!!!


From: Mehdi
Date: Mon Dec 12 17:57:52 PST 1994

What did I do?


From: Brendan TOmpkins
Date: Mon Dec 12 16:55:49 PST 1994

Great implementation!, Image is rather poor but that may be due to my screen resoulution. Nice Job!


From: Kurt Leucht
Date: Mon Dec 12 16:08:41 PST 1994

I love it! The only thing is, the picture is blurry when the robot is close to the objects. (Z=0) Can you adjust the focus to two different places for the two different Z settings?


From: David Kadansky
Date: Mon Dec 12 14:51:24 PST 1994

***found some Sweet Basil seeds!


From: Seth Goldstein
Date: Mon Dec 12 14:24:27 PST 1994

It is going to take me a few more turns before I really get the hang of it. Still, I am deeply impressed. From a desktop in mid-Manhattan to wherever you are, roaming around


From: bill vincent
Date: Mon Dec 12 14:19:20 PST 1994

Very cool. 5 minutes is not quite long enough to really explore but understandable since this should be a fairly popular site. What are the goals of this projects and what results do you plan to get?


From: Patrick Braillard
Date: Mon Dec 12 14:04:37 PST 1994

I have obviously stumbled upon what some of the other people using the system have, a piece of paper, talking about Obsedion.


From: Bill Anderson
Date: Mon Dec 12 13:54:56 PST 1994

Well, I didn't have time for the full 5 minutes....


From: James F. Barrett
Date: Mon Dec 12 13:48:41 PST 1994

***Capital idea...transmission delays and lack of clarity, my end, need to be improved...shall return, thank you


From: Brian Dupras
Date: Mon Dec 12 13:30:07 PST 1994

I love it. :)


From: Richard Masterson
Date: Mon Dec 12 13:24:38 PST 1994

***nothing*** just watched it draw the screen.


From: ken purcell
Date: Mon Dec 12 13:21:00 PST 1994

don't know what that for? is it a gift from smithsonian? If so my sompany is firewalled against email coming to me from outside. ***returned to far left quadrant to find "Free gift from Smithsonian"


From: Dave Garn
Date: Mon Dec 12 13:16:19 PST 1994

This is perhaps the most awesome thing I have ever done on the WWW. It is incredible to think that I can control this robot from Northern VA. ***I found what looked like a chunk of obsidian on a slip of paper that (conveniently) said 'obsidian'. I forget the coords.


From: ken purcell
Date: Mon Dec 12 13:11:35 PST 1994

***found "free grift from..." ***ran out of energy before I could zoom out to read all of message


From: markc
Date: Mon Dec 12 13:03:26 PST 1994

Very interesting, and well thought out. Thanks!


From: Patrick Keyes
Date: Mon Dec 12 12:58:37 PST 1994

This is extremely cool. Obviously the time runs out too fast given the time it takes to update images. Also, I'm not really sure how to get to a specific coordinate that I or someone else previously visited.


From: Tom Brink
Date: Mon Dec 12 12:46:50 PST 1994

Way Cool!! ***Looked like a medicine bottle


From: Benjamin Preece
Date: Mon Dec 12 11:57:18 PST 1994

We are the kniiights who saaaaaaaay NI!, and we would like a faster connection, then you must cut down the tallest tree in the forest wiiiiith a HERRING!. CHEERS GUYS, PRETTY INANE!!!!(AND INSANE!!!)


From: Philipp Hosch
Date: Mon Dec 12 06:12:14 PST 1994

The coolest Web-site I have seen yet. Great! Didn´t find much since it was my first time here.


From: Tom Roberts
Date: Mon Dec 12 04:53:37 PST 1994

*** If you need to know the correct time, check out the pocket watch at 627, 501. I'm new to this so if you already know about it, ignore me.


From: Neil Johnston
Date: Mon Dec 12 02:56:20 PST 1994

*** found a piece of paper (?) with R E D and an equivalent sign ( 3 horizontal lines ) at 289,493. I wish a had a nice fast link to connect with !


From: Ari-Panu Porkka
Date: Mon Dec 12 00:32:52 PST 1994

I liked it! I hope that there would be more interactive stuff like this in the net. The test in the beginning made me feel funny though, I would have thought that a system could be constructed in a way that such tests were unnecessary. (i.e. self documenting and bullet proof) I'll be back.


From: James Peroulas
Date: Sun Dec 11 22:27:28 PST 1994

Il est tres cool mon homme!


From: Dan Hontz
Date: Sun Dec 11 22:23:08 PST 1994

oh, never mind my earlier mail -- just now found the press release explaining it all


From: Scott Taschler
Date: Sun Dec 11 22:16:52 PST 1994

hmm..I didn't find squat...back to the queue...


From: Dan Hontz
Date: Sun Dec 11 22:12:34 PST 1994

Hello -- I find this web site very interesting ... I've read the introductory story, and call me gullible if you will, but is it true? or is this just indeed sitting in a room at USC?


From: Darryl Mlinar
Date: Sun Dec 11 21:59:44 PST 1994

***I found the sweet basil. Mmmm good! This is a very interesting application. I enjoyed it mucho. Thank you.


From: Zubair Shaikh
Date: Sun Dec 11 20:43:18 PST 1994

*** It was fun. It would be great if the operator can view his/her action history. Also, I felt that certain areas of the terrain were not properly lit, so just like we can apply air gusts, similarly can we put some extra light on demand.


From: Jim Fisk
Date: Sun Dec 11 20:23:02 PST 1994

Great fun. Looking forward to the next time.


From: Paul Gilsdorf
Date: Sun Dec 11 20:12:52 PST 1994

Niftier than pan-fried spittle!


From: Dave
Date: Sun Dec 11 18:51:51 PST 1994

I found something!!!!! ***Looks a bit like a key or keyring.!!!! ***Followed the shaft but ran out of time. ***Will look more deeply.


From: bryan peterson
Date: Sun Dec 11 18:05:05 PST 1994

***cool system. it gives me a few ideas.


From: David Braun
Date: Sun Dec 11 17:59:38 PST 1994

Thank you, this is way cool.


From: adam cohen
Date: Sun Dec 11 17:06:30 PST 1994

Lot's of fun!


From: Shira Broschat
Date: Sun Dec 11 16:19:16 PST 1994

I was about as successful my firt time around as I am at those toy grabbing machines at supermarkets. In fact, I covered up stuff when I was trying to uncover it. Sigh. Anyway, I was on my way to discovering something with "Quartz" written on it at (591,473,0), approximately. Perhaps I'll have more luck next time. There is certain to be a next time. Thanks.


From: Jeff DeMoen
Date: Sun Dec 11 11:48:13 PST 1994

I commend you on creating the most interesting web page I have ever seen.


From: craig buzzell
Date: Sun Dec 11 11:26:00 PST 1994

We didn't find anything


From: Andrew Dunn
Date: Sun Dec 11 10:29:55 PST 1994

*** Note at~ X400 Y200 reads OBSIDIAN was used for knife blade(s?) because of the rock's sharp edge Comment: Obsidian is a naturally occuring form of glass. Flint is easier to work with and would probably make better knife blades. Obisidan forms when molten rock is rapidly cooled, for example when volcaic lava flows are quenched as they reach sea water. *** Craziest use of the internet I have seen :-)


From: Andrew Dunn
Date: Sun Dec 11 10:20:09 PST 1994

*** Found note about obsidion


From: David Vandergugten
Date: Sun Dec 11 09:35:34 PST 1994

With network updates, the 5 min window is too short.


From: Stuart Smith
Date: Sun Dec 11 09:28:11 PST 1994

Nifty Nifty.. I'll be back.. I wonder if you could set this up with the CUSeeME (sp?) software? That would be neat..


From: Paul
Date: Sun Dec 11 04:24:54 PST 1994

Difficult to coordinate blowing with up and down resolution.


From: Shayne Bradley
Date: Sun Dec 11 03:42:55 PST 1994

Very impressize.


From: Kirk Gibson
Date: Sat Dec 10 19:58:31 PST 1994

You might want to add more lighting in certain areas. Some objects (dark) were hard to make out. In any case, Impresive work! Bravo! Keep it up!


From: Raymond Chen
Date: Sat Dec 10 19:17:14 PST 1994

good job.


From: mark Brink
Date: Sat Dec 10 17:09:13 PST 1994

Ein absolutely gääches event. Seems to be the turning point between "real" and "virtual" reality... Or - with other words: That's, where magic begins. I'd like the next step to be the tele-operation of a camera-armed robot arm of a satellite. cu Sir Robin the Great


From: Darcy Coombs
Date: Sat Dec 10 12:33:08 PST 1994

*** DEC 10/94 - Initial scan: Edge of object (possibly bowl) examined. *** Object appeared metallic.


From: David Kadansky
Date: Sat Dec 10 01:17:40 PST 1994

fun as always


From: David Kadansky
Date: Sat Dec 10 01:12:10 PST 1994

*** I encountered a partially exposed object that seemed to be glassy and cylindrical. Further excavation revealed it to appear to be a harmonica labelled with "M.Hohner". The object was at coordinates 451,344 to 350,349. I was unable to determine the key in which the harmonica played.


From: David Kadansky
Date: Sat Dec 10 00:57:09 PST 1994

Thank you for this opportunity.


From: Daniel McCarty
Date: Sat Dec 10 00:49:41 PST 1994

The site wasn't very interesting. Apart from some ordinary- looking rocks, there was some "trash" (?) on the ground. One piece of trash looked like a seed packet, and the other one seemed like a part of a magazine or newspaper. This wasn't very rewarding, but it was an interesting experience. Daniel. *** discovered cool garbage at site. woo woo!


From: Pat McKinley
Date: Sat Dec 10 00:00:12 PST 1994

Fascinating project... the thought of controlling a machine in real-time across the country is mind boggling! *** I found some papers refering to military parts and prices at X:59, Y:298.


From: Patrick Rogers
Date: Fri Dec 9 22:59:33 PST 1994

Very interesting. I'd like to see what this could be like with better bandwidth. Hell, I'd like to have the chance to play with some hardware and build something like this myself. Looks like it was a lot of fun (and a lot of work)


From: David Earnest
Date: Fri Dec 9 22:45:57 PST 1994

May be revealing the last end of a rotten banana.


From: Josef Roux
Date: Fri Dec 9 22:07:22 PST 1994

I did find it a bit confusing. I'll give it a bash later when I have some more time. I do find it quite interesting though. Cheers, Josef.


From: Sergio Shkurovich
Date: Fri Dec 9 21:19:38 PST 1994

*** I found a piece of paper: "SULPHUR..." at 719,459 ***


From: Sergio Shkurovich
Date: Fri Dec 9 21:13:10 PST 1994

Is this virtual reallity or what???, Congratulations!!!!


From: Ross Keele
Date: Fri Dec 9 21:08:16 PST 1994

This is an excellent evolution of the Web. Very neat !!! :)


From: Henry Watkin
Date: Fri Dec 9 21:03:29 PST 1994

Air hose doesn't seem to be working.


From: Sean Willard
Date: Fri Dec 9 20:59:15 PST 1994

V. interesting. As has been noted, 5 minutes isn't a lot of time, given the time lag. But you can really get a feel for what remote operation would be like over, say, interplanetary distances (although the estimated 1 second delay between action and response is less than half the delay between here and the moon).


From: Dan Shick
Date: Fri Dec 9 20:58:00 PST 1994

It would have been cool if the system had recognized me as an operator. I passed the quiz and everything....


From: James Arnoldt
Date: Fri Dec 9 20:50:35 PST 1994

Totally COOL!!!! ***Found the "Sweet Basel" Neat!!


From: Henry Watkin
Date: Fri Dec 9 20:45:54 PST 1994

***At (383,345) looks likes a candy bar. Am running over a 14.4Kbps modem so I didn't get much done in 5 minutes. This is great! Thanks.


From: Rich Herman
Date: Fri Dec 9 20:40:21 PST 1994

This is a fascinating new concept for the Internet! Thank you very much for the opportunity to try it out.


From: scottn
Date: Fri Dec 9 20:34:56 PST 1994

Is the Mercury robot real, or just a simulation? Either way, I thought it was pretty cool, but a little slow for a 14.4 modem.


From: Muntasir Sheikh
Date: Fri Dec 9 18:10:00 PST 1994

Is there a way to remove objects discovered from the area?


From: Gwynne Franzino
Date: Fri Dec 9 17:53:36 PST 1994

*** Found the banner from "WIRED" Magazine & another piece of paper at x266 y498 z170.


From: Gwynne Franzino
Date: Fri Dec 9 17:47:15 PST 1994

This was one of the most original applications I've seen on the Web to date. It has been the only application that I've seen where a mechnical interface was invovled...or was it? Physically removed from the site it is interesting to consider whether this was a real or virtual interface. Regardless, I'm going back for more.


From: Larry
Date: Fri Dec 9 17:05:59 PST 1994

Found two things in the vicinity of approx. 103,308: *** What appears to be a broken boomerang *** A strip of paper with instructions for some kind of electrical device? Something about "banana plugs", etc.


From: Harlan
Date: Fri Dec 9 16:50:58 PST 1994

***Wow! But one can't explore much in 5 min.


From: Larry
Date: Fri Dec 9 16:32:22 PST 1994

*** At x=490, y=565 there appears to be a large, quite dark rectangular object. Couldn't identify it though. Too dark.


From: Larry
Date: Fri Dec 9 16:25:47 PST 1994

Great concept! Thanks for the opportunity. Didn't find a thing on my firts try, though. :-<


From: rob@geko.com.au (Robert Thomas)
Date: Fri Dec 9 15:49:04 PST 1994

This is a wonderful toy, BUT, I think a (or a few) light(s) are broken, making it very hard to see anything.


From: chris lambert
Date: Fri Dec 9 15:33:35 PST 1994

I think I saw a Martian! How cool is that. Well done guys!


From: Ket Wiadnyana
Date: Fri Dec 9 15:17:39 PST 1994

Hey, this is cool ! But don't you think the images are kinda a bit too dark ?


From: Hayden Lindley <it2h4nsn>
Date: Fri Dec 9 14:33:11 PST 1994

***This is very very cool. I think it adds something to the Internet that no one has ever seen before. I found a wierd looking cirular rubber thing ( I think) and I saw a book.


From: chris
Date: Fri Dec 9 14:14:24 PST 1994

*speachless* A wonderful project to demonstrate and test the feasability of machines operated remotely by the general public. I give a "thank you" to the mercury project developers. Good Day all. -=:Chris@ccci.com:=-


From: Frank Wiedmann
Date: Fri Dec 9 14:11:50 PST 1994

*** Nice to know it's 3pm at your place while it's 11pm over here. Also found what seemed to look like a cup.


From: Dave
Date: Fri Dec 9 13:37:09 PST 1994

*** AGATE chips were used as points for spears and arrows


From: Dave
Date: Fri Dec 9 13:26:15 PST 1994

***watch


From: Frank Wiedmann
Date: Fri Dec 9 13:17:14 PST 1994

*** I found some text saying *** "CHRYSOCOLLA was used in jewelry *** and sandstone paintings". *** I didn't really understand it though. Great toy, even with the limits of WWW where a regular updating of information is rather difficult to achieve.


From: Dave
Date: Fri Dec 9 12:58:22 PST 1994

*** art museums book


From: Dave
Date: Fri Dec 9 12:37:34 PST 1994

*** art museums found


From: Dave Sugar
Date: Fri Dec 9 12:28:47 PST 1994

I really liked the idea of controlling a robot remotly, but I felt that it was a little slow over the choosen interface. I guess it would be hard to have something much faster that doesn't take up lots of bandwidth though.


From: Andrew Ertley
Date: Fri Dec 9 11:42:52 PST 1994

Reallylike it! found nothing :(


From: Jonathan Harmon
Date: Fri Dec 9 11:10:25 PST 1994

Darn it! Just as I got to a location with some objects (*** the pen and paper(?) at 737, 467), my time ran out...:( Nice, though...


From: Allen Waterman
Date: Fri Dec 9 10:59:27 PST 1994

i HAD PROBLEMS GETTING THE SCREEN LOADEDD. I GOT CONNECTION TIMEOUTS. VERY DISAPPOINTING.


From: Bill Taylor
Date: Fri Dec 9 10:28:57 PST 1994

Fascinating project. I can see this technology being very valuable in many areas, such as allowing close observation and inspection of art and artifacts from remote sites (as has been mentioned). Getting a screen-sized view of an object or painting is one thing, but actually being able "inspect" remotely would be fantastic. I can also see potential law enforcement uses also; presentation and remote inspection of sites, objects, evidence, crime scenes, etc. Thanks for the opportuinty to look at (and use) it! Bill Taylor Crime Analyst Sacramento Police Department


From: John Neild
Date: Fri Dec 9 10:28:32 PST 1994

Very cool! I passed the test, but I think I need to retake it because I had no idea what I was doing. I'm not sure if I it was my connection rate but I think I lost most of my time in redraw time.


From: kevin mccoy
Date: Fri Dec 9 10:23:07 PST 1994

***I found a wrist watch and a fragment of a note that had the words PLEASE PROTECT on it. My power ran out at that moment


From: Michael O'Donnell
Date: Fri Dec 9 09:57:55 PST 1994

My server is very slow, subsequently I did not have the opportunity to explore as I desired. But, I did enjoy the interactive capability. Good Work!


From: John Bull
Date: Fri Dec 9 09:47:17 PST 1994

OK *** The watch is running and appears to be set to current Mountain Standard Time. The polished ball bearing next to it must be about one inch in diameter or so.


From: Jorge A. Canas
Date: Fri Dec 9 09:40:00 PST 1994

Let's get a light source on the arm, some parts of the roomm are dark. Great site though...


From: Jim Martin
Date: Fri Dec 9 09:35:10 PST 1994

Quite impressive. I look forward to increased bandwidth to allow for full motion video. :) Jim Martin


From: Michael Eaton
Date: Fri Dec 9 09:23:14 PST 1994

Okay who covered the watch back up with sand?


From: Jack Linder
Date: Fri Dec 9 09:20:35 PST 1994

Very nice. It would be nice to be able to see a wider field of view to be able to search better. ***I found what appeared to be a rect. with some coils mounted in it. Perhaps some toriodal transformers (the EE in me is probably interpreting this wrong) Will Try again sometime


From: Unknown Token
Date: Fri Dec 9 09:19:25 PST 1994

OK


From: Andy Cohen
Date: Fri Dec 9 09:15:31 PST 1994

Found: Some kinda cable or cord. The bag of seeds. The edge of something like a paper or cardboard. I'm impressed. Now, lets stick it on the moon so I can find where I the site for my condo.


From: Dave
Date: Fri Dec 9 08:46:06 PST 1994

***paper object


From: MKRandall
Date: Fri Dec 9 08:27:16 PST 1994

***Who's the egghead in the picture at 383,524? Could you guys bump up the air pressure or get some lighter rocks? It's really tough to get anything cleared even partially in 5 mins. Where do I test for clearance level 2?


From: Allen Waterman
Date: Fri Dec 9 08:21:17 PST 1994

This is a very advanced use of the internet and I can seemany uses for it.


From: Eric Chaffee
Date: Fri Dec 9 08:16:42 PST 1994

Very Cool!!!!! It has got to just be a trip to be able to be on the cutting edge of technology. It just boggles the mind to think what this technology could offer if you could be given u unlimited bandwidth (full motion video, etc.) I tip my hat to all of you. Trane ps: This would make a great X-Files episode. ;)


From: Robert Steele
Date: Fri Dec 9 07:43:49 PST 1994

A very interesting experiment. It was difficult for me to tell that I was blowing any dirt away.


From: Nigel Blackwell
Date: Fri Dec 9 07:42:02 PST 1994

Although restricted, this was a fascinating experiebce. The concept, let alone actual practical experience, of tele-operation has not, i sumbit, been a famailar part of many people's lives. Where's Waldo?. At USC!. Thank you. Now how about the same idea, but with stereoscopic images?


From: Michael Eaton
Date: Fri Dec 9 07:02:12 PST 1994

*** Found the Basil, and the Horner Harmonica. Great Site!


From: rau
Date: Fri Dec 9 06:51:12 PST 1994

nice event - go on this way


From: Ken Sallot
Date: Fri Dec 9 06:46:43 PST 1994

I didn't find anything that impressive, just some rocks. However, this was also my first try at using this interface, and it did take a little getting used to. I'll try later on in the day again. Ken


From: Darren Cofer
Date: Fri Dec 9 06:41:28 PST 1994

Found the ***harmonica and the ***coffee cup containing the dictionary entry for "mosaic".


From: jeff
Date: Fri Dec 9 05:27:48 PST 1994

*** Sulphur was used by medicine men to cast spells.


From: Hany Nagib
Date: Fri Dec 9 00:44:33 PST 1994

*** Found some can (?) or box that has something to do with jewlary. Anyone knows what this is supposed to be ?


From: Ben H. Do
Date: Fri Dec 9 00:40:36 PST 1994

The articles in this area definitely seem to have been deliberately placed. ***The calculus integration formula as well as the sweet basil seeds were shown face up. I think this is a neat experiment but I have doubts about the location of the robot arm. I wouldn't be too surprised if this arm was operating in your laboratory at USC.


From: Patrick Lupiani
Date: Fri Dec 9 00:06:28 PST 1994

*** found a page about mosaic, appears to be from a dictionary


From: Patrick Lupiani
Date: Fri Dec 9 00:00:13 PST 1994

***the land, it has eyes!! it was cool


From: A Imlay
Date: Thu Dec 8 23:46:22 PST 1994

I saw ***3 black wires and 1 white wire intertwined*** along with something that was ***silver and very shiny***, on one end I saw a ***single black wire with a small grey box on the end.*** Lot's of fun!


From: Tom G. Brown
Date: Thu Dec 8 23:09:42 PST 1994

I found a *** rectangular object that had the inscription *** M.Horner. I couldn't make out what the object was, although it had a shiney finish.


From: Stephan W. Haller
Date: Thu Dec 8 23:05:59 PST 1994

Very interesting project! It is a little bit hard to discern any objects in the picture. It looks more like a pattern. Stephan ------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephan W. Haller Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. Tel. (06) 906 - 8075 Central Research Laboratory Fax (06) 904 - 7104 1048 Kadoma, Osaka 571 Japan e-mail stephan@crl.mew.co.jp -------------------------------------------------------------------


From: Tom G. Brown
Date: Thu Dec 8 22:55:32 PST 1994

Great Site, best on the Net. ***I uncovered a dictionary listing for Mosaic. Time to get back in Queue!


From: sanjeev
Date: Thu Dec 8 21:37:36 PST 1994

This experiment is an excellent demonstrator of the power of cyberspace cyberspace!


From: David Wyllie
Date: Thu Dec 8 21:27:42 PST 1994

Great! I'll be back! (Bill Seixas says hi!)


From: Jason Dawes
Date: Thu Dec 8 20:29:36 PST 1994

Found the ***basil seeds, and a picture of an ***eye. I think some gravel? needs to be added


From: Andrew Krol
Date: Thu Dec 8 19:41:21 PST 1994

*** Me and my friend John were operating the robot and we discovered something at coordinates x:870 y:471 that resembles the popes head but my mom said it looked liked JFK with a hat from egypt on his head. Excavating with your robot sure is fun.


From: Bill Vogt
Date: Thu Dec 8 19:17:27 PST 1994

This was great fun and interesting. I think I found ***what looked like the cutters from an electric shaver. I'll be back.


From: Robert O'Kane
Date: Thu Dec 8 19:00:16 PST 1994

Time flies when your out blowing rocks!! *** Found picture of a REALLY ugly dude. *** Went to a random place and uncovered a piece of white paper with black lines on it. *** When home.


From: David Ashwood
Date: Thu Dec 8 18:54:59 PST 1994

Interesting experiment, although no object discovered the operation proved to be rewarding. Thanks See you.


From: Robert O'Kane
Date: Thu Dec 8 18:41:17 PST 1994

*** Paper with writtings. Easy to spot, large text that could be read easily with the camera raised. *** Wrist band - black(?) with metalic decorations. Comments: It was easy to get loose visual reference with even small moves using the robot arm map. Camera focus wasn't the greatest.


From: Steve Green
Date: Thu Dec 8 18:21:39 PST 1994

Totally amazing! Several people watching me doubt that I am ACTUALLY driving a robot arm. But from the feedback I was getting I'm convinced it's real! Fantastic!! VERY WELL DONE!!! *** I found a packet of BASIL seeds ***


From: Nicholas Riley
Date: Thu Dec 8 18:11:27 PST 1994

at X 729 Y 417, there seems to be a black puddle. It doesn't look too three-dimensional, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was some mundane object. Whenever you discontinue this service or change the landscape, could you please stick a graphic of the whole landscape (color, preferably) on the Web? I'd like to see exactly what was out there, anyway. Generally--this is cool. I only have a 19.2Kbps PPP connection, so it would most likely be more fun if I used a faster connect. This log idea is really good, too.


From: Edgar H. Daza
Date: Thu Dec 8 18:07:45 PST 1994

*** piece of paper from a dictionary with the definition of "mosaic". Great entertainment but, must get back to work !!


From: Alan Stellpflug
Date: Thu Dec 8 18:04:36 PST 1994

A fun and practical use of the internet and www services.


From: Mary Russell
Date: Thu Dec 8 17:55:37 PST 1994

What fun. Didn't find anything though. It would be nice to have the operating instructions on the queue page; I forgot them in the excitement of it all. Thanks. Mary.


From: Prem Subrahmanyam
Date: Thu Dec 8 17:43:02 PST 1994

***I have little idea what I saw - perhaps the edge of a squarish can of some sorts?


From: Edgar H. Daza
Date: Thu Dec 8 17:31:27 PST 1994

This is probably the best practical application I've seen on the Web !! I wish I had a faster connection ... This could easily become an addiction :-) Congratulations to the people involved in the project.


From: Michael Rivera
Date: Thu Dec 8 17:12:24 PST 1994

***The images are not clear because they are monochrome. You also need better illumination. Nevertheless, I saw a glass jar with a white lid. I did not get to see the label or the contents of the jar.


From: Brian Ritter
Date: Thu Dec 8 17:00:24 PST 1994

***There's a big rolling pin looking thing at 689,372


From: Kevin C. Brown
Date: Thu Dec 8 16:02:05 PST 1994

*** 577, 477 cork *** 609,468 definition for Agate


From: JEFF
Date: Thu Dec 8 15:56:29 PST 1994

AWg!!!!


From: Kevin C. Brown
Date: Thu Dec 8 15:36:28 PST 1994

Got locked up after a few moves. Was trying to blow air. Message come back that I was no longer recoginized as the operator, would I like to return to the observation area? When I went there, my name was still up as operator. I could log back on with my password.


From: Glen S. Matheson
Date: Thu Dec 8 14:56:49 PST 1994

The second time was even better. Didn't find anything new because of the time factor but I think this is a pretty clever way to use the Net. There should be more sites like this on WWW.


From: Glen S. Matheson
Date: Thu Dec 8 14:45:11 PST 1994

Thought it was great. Response time seemed to lag and system didn't recognize me as an operator for about 2 minutes, but it was definitely a blast. *** found what appeared to be part of a Smithsonian paper.


From: jeff
Date: Thu Dec 8 14:26:03 PST 1994

GOOD DEAL!


From: gk
Date: Thu Dec 8 14:21:43 PST 1994

Thanks!


From: Steven R. Hall
Date: Thu Dec 8 14:17:59 PST 1994

*** Found something, but couldn't tell what it was. At the very top of the arc.


From: JOHN BULL
Date: Thu Dec 8 13:58:51 PST 1994

Far out! ***Cat litter with unidentified sedentary objects?


From: Cab Barkley
Date: Thu Dec 8 13:53:13 PST 1994

"Just Remember, no matter where you go....there you are!" Buckaroo Bansai *** football, Belt, and one rock, two rock, old rock, new rock.


From: Kevin C. Brown
Date: Thu Dec 8 13:36:23 PST 1994

*** 532,423 looks liked carved wood handle


From: Michael K. Randall
Date: Thu Dec 8 13:21:21 PST 1994

That was great fun. This will certainly be a valuable tool for demonstrating the power of the internet to clients of mine. I am a systems integrator who attempts to keep a small portion of a fortune 500 company within a reasonble reach to the cutting edge of technology. Remote operation would be a valuable tool for a portion of the department, as they work with potentially hazardous and/or nuclear material. I'll be back!


From: Keith Lapidus
Date: Thu Dec 8 13:10:26 PST 1994

This was very cool, but I definitely think that there is too little time for this. *** I did not find a piece of paper, but someone else did. they had a difficult time uncovering it so I helped. The paper had something about "OBSIDIAN being used for knifes etc....".


From: Craig Hicks
Date: Thu Dec 8 12:36:55 PST 1994

*** I discovered a disposable pen at 737,467. There appeared to be a scrap of paper next to it. I tried to move them with the compressed air, but ran out of energy.


From: T Isaak
Date: Thu Dec 8 12:36:11 PST 1994

*** This was great! I found an eyeball and the letter W. Thanks Trisha


From: CLAY CARSON
Date: Thu Dec 8 12:19:58 PST 1994

very cool. we are delighted by this unique web. congratulation!


From: Abdallah Tabbara
Date: Thu Dec 8 12:10:18 PST 1994

This is my first time here. What a great thing. Can anybody figure out what this long rod is for?


From: steve
Date: Thu Dec 8 11:52:51 PST 1994

awesome


From: Christopher Flake
Date: Thu Dec 8 11:42:30 PST 1994

Really very amusing. I must return again to continue my studies...


From: Robert E. Nelson
Date: Thu Dec 8 11:30:44 PST 1994

Cool!!! The robot responded very well. This was my first attempt at using it, and it was very interesting. The only limitation was the time, as transfers here were kind of slow. Other than that, this was amazing.


From: Stuart Oberman
Date: Thu Dec 8 11:17:43 PST 1994

Cool Stuff. Saw a watch and some paper.


From: Pete Leonard <Pleonard.andersen.cstar.com>
Date: Thu Dec 8 11:16:15 PST 1994

I am amazed! What ya' can't do with technology these days! ***We have discovered the site where an alien has returned to us the contents of a pre-X generation time capsule*** Keep up the excellent work, team! GREAT GREAT GREAT!!


From: David Walls
Date: Thu Dec 8 10:52:50 PST 1994

This was very interesting. *** I found a watch and began to clear out debris that surrounded the band. It looks like it might be a human male watch from earth! Analysis over. ***


From: David Broome
Date: Thu Dec 8 10:46:38 PST 1994

***Thanks!


From: Joseph Ciza
Date: Thu Dec 8 10:30:55 PST 1994

NOTHING MUCH TO REPORT


From: G Link
Date: Thu Dec 8 09:42:57 PST 1994

this was time enough to perform 11 actions, each taking about 25s,


From: Mark Finkelstein
Date: Thu Dec 8 09:22:53 PST 1994

That was quite interesting!


From: Ron Hill
Date: Thu Dec 8 09:08:03 PST 1994

WOW! that was fun. I agree about the delay being frustrating. Probaby my hardware.


From: G Link
Date: Thu Dec 8 09:07:38 PST 1994

*** found something, "sweet basil" written on it at  (237,387). The system works fine and the line  is fast enough for now. 


From: JT Klopcic
Date: Thu Dec 8 08:57:51 PST 1994

Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking... What time zone are you in? Excellent use of technology!


From: Rajesh Gupta
Date: Thu Dec 8 08:52:31 PST 1994

It was good to be making a robot move at my old alma mater, USC! It was almost like being back there myself in a sense. - Rajesh


From: Clark K. Ray
Date: Thu Dec 8 08:47:44 PST 1994

Splendid way to stimulate the investigatory spirit, both in the specific problem domain and in integrating education with universal network access.


From: john saba
Date: Thu Dec 8 08:37:13 PST 1994

I didn't find anything, but I believe I covered a few things up with some of my air blasts! Also, that bank around the corner had better watch out. In the wrong and (and with a few wheels), this thing could be dangerous...


From: Daniel Jönsson
Date: Thu Dec 8 08:30:29 PST 1994

WOW!


From: Daniel Drysdale
Date: Thu Dec 8 08:06:53 PST 1994

*** Found a coffee cup at X:961, Y:344, Z:170, it appeared to contain a page from a dictionary, I couldn't read the page as I ran out of time. Happy Hunting


From: J Fowler
Date: Thu Dec 8 08:01:14 PST 1994

Great concept. I was using MacWeb on a PowerMac and the delays felt interminable. Next time I'll try from an SGI.


From: Jeff Trimble
Date: Thu Dec 8 07:51:04 PST 1994

This is a great Idea. Is it just me, or is your sand really a bunch of styrofoam peanuts? ;) I want to build one of these, only underwater - YaY..


From: Tom Georges
Date: Thu Dec 8 07:34:32 PST 1994

Very cool site. I believe this is a unique idea in terms of how to utilize the Web. Tom


From: Charlie Davies
Date: Thu Dec 8 07:33:00 PST 1994

This is a really interesting application of this technology. Unfortunately, not enough time. I'll be Baaaack! *** I only saw a brief glimps of somthing unrecognizable @ x 792 y 387


From: Darren Cofer
Date: Thu Dec 8 07:13:14 PST 1994

AAAAAIIIIIGGH!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING ?!!!


From: Darren Cofer
Date: Thu Dec 8 06:31:15 PST 1994

Found a small ***globe on a handle, I think, some ***text starting with the word SERPENTINE, and the ***clock.


From: Vivien Hannon
Date: Thu Dec 8 05:34:27 PST 1994

A really intriguing use of the net - will lead to many useful applications. I'll be back. ***Harmonica? at 363,326 and thereabouts


From: Matt Farra
Date: Thu Dec 8 05:28:25 PST 1994

This was an interesting experiment. I found the "digging" mechanism to be quite difficult to master.


From: Jon Russell
Date: Thu Dec 8 04:40:48 PST 1994

:-) Fun for all the family !! Jon.


From: Kevin Stephens
Date: Thu Dec 8 04:15:01 PST 1994

Thanks for the ride on your bot! That was great! Coolest thing I have seen on the net yet! I am tired so I don't know what I found but there was something there!


From: Paul Fitzjohn
Date: Thu Dec 8 04:07:16 PST 1994

*** A sweet Basil sign in the lower left area. *** A piece of paper with the definition of Mosaic in the lower right area. *** Some more paper somewhere near the centre top area.


From: MIYATA Ryosuke
Date: Thu Dec 8 04:02:45 PST 1994

*** I found an octopus or the head of Cthulhu?


From: Neil Johnston
Date: Thu Dec 8 02:01:53 PST 1994

Yippee, I found something ! *** found a piece of paper with ART museums written on it at 341,383 . There is a peice of string lying over it as well which winds its way upto about 258,481.


From: Andreas Olsson
Date: Thu Dec 8 01:55:13 PST 1994

Should this be fun?


From: mko
Date: Thu Dec 8 01:19:04 PST 1994

***FOUND A PAPER: SERPENTINE was carved into tiny fetishes to help herdsman protect their flock. very very funny (hihi...!!!)


From: Rich Davies
Date: Thu Dec 8 01:12:13 PST 1994

Neat Idea! Like it a lot, Can't think of any way that it could be improved, maybe an over head general view of the arena? The overall view would have to be a seperate screen I guess to keep the data comming down whilst operating to a minimum. Keep it going! We need places like this on the web, to keep it alive and to explore how far the medium can be taken. Rich


From: Jonn Martell
Date: Thu Dec 8 00:15:09 PST 1994

Very interesting. I'll have to try this at work. 28.8 doesn't really work with only 5 minutes. Thanks.


From: Michael Sattler
Date: Wed Dec 7 23:34:47 PST 1994

This time no strange errors, but the image is a bit fuzzy. Is this an auto-focus camera? Thanks again.


From: Michael Sattler
Date: Wed Dec 7 23:30:17 PST 1994

Late at night, low system load and no others in the queue, and I spent most of my time dealing with having the system tell me that I wasn't recognized as the operator. A really great idea, and some magnificent graphics in the presentation text, but the user interface needs some work. Thanks for a fun ride.


From: bnmoll <etsc.csuchico.edu>
Date: Wed Dec 7 22:53:24 PST 1994

*** Found the sweet basil***


From: Ryan Mitchell
Date: Wed Dec 7 22:33:20 PST 1994

Very neet. I think the brightness of the image needs to be a little higher. Thanks!


From: Jim Ploog
Date: Wed Dec 7 22:29:14 PST 1994

***Looks like some kind of metal bar. I wonder if it was part od the robot?


From: Jason Dawes
Date: Wed Dec 7 21:35:18 PST 1994

Uncovered the ***serpentine definition There seems to be something large to the north of the ***serpentine, and an expedition is planed for tomorrow for further investigations.


From: Matthew Breslow
Date: Wed Dec 7 21:30:10 PST 1994

Very cool system... Saw a pen and a label of some kind. Great use of WWW.


From: Jason Dawes
Date: Wed Dec 7 21:06:35 PST 1994

*** Didn't find a thing


From: Unknown Token
Date: Wed Dec 7 19:30:00 PST 1994

*** I saw a watch tell 8:27. Great fun!


From: Daniel Bar-Even
Date: Wed Dec 7 19:12:44 PST 1994

Very cool. Need one at home.


From: Chris Buchanan
Date: Wed Dec 7 18:47:20 PST 1994

Cool! I'll be back!


From: Kevin Fong
Date: Wed Dec 7 18:04:31 PST 1994

*** We discovered a document on Sulfur, but we accidentally covered it up when we tried to blow off the dirt that was covering part of the document... woops!


From: S. Hennenkamp
Date: Wed Dec 7 17:45:27 PST 1994

*** I need a faster modem!


From: Buddhi Abeysekera
Date: Wed Dec 7 17:39:53 PST 1994

I was really nice. Hopeto be back soon.


From: Bill Blosen
Date: Wed Dec 7 17:28:17 PST 1994

***Well, there is a tobacco pipe with a curved mouthpiece much like Sherlock Holmes had,by the obsidian sample card.*** You sure have an interesting site. It seems like a useful forum to investigate problems by interacting with some of the best minds around the world.


From: Steve Cellini
Date: Wed Dec 7 17:19:00 PST 1994

Very exciting. Just when people start to take telephones for granted :-> now you can do this! Wouldn't want to try to drive a car like this... Thanks for the opportunity!


From: Nick Ulman
Date: Wed Dec 7 17:13:02 PST 1994

***SWEET BASIL found at X,Y,Z = 224,369,170


From: bnmoll <etsc.csuchico.edu>
Date: Wed Dec 7 16:09:07 PST 1994

Good fun! ***Found some sort of paper with writing on it.*** Will come back for more.


From: Brian Schladen
Date: Wed Dec 7 15:59:39 PST 1994

Very Cool. Low latency even during busy hours (4Pm local time) Thanks....


From: Todd Pappas
Date: Wed Dec 7 15:54:34 PST 1994

*** I have found what seemed to be, an old magazine. Very Fun!


From: Cal Clark
Date: Wed Dec 7 15:32:38 PST 1994

There is a cool future here. I thank the creative minds that came up with (and implemented) the idea. ***Gum(?) was ***glued to the ***note next to the ***pencil(?) and ***black tube around 742, 452 (read the note for yourself). I assume the gum was to keep me from blowing the paper around (but it didn't stop me from trying). I didn't have time to investigate possible object covered by sand at the end of the pencil.


From: Scott Fritz
Date: Wed Dec 7 15:22:07 PST 1994

***I found something that looked like the cover of a pen ***location 798,441. But I ran out of time This is a lot of fun. I could see where I could end up spending a lot of time doing this. I don't think my boss would care for that too much.


From: John O. Kopf
Date: Wed Dec 7 14:44:57 PST 1994

it is not intuitive that one must push the "highlighted" button to move up/down. I wasted several turns because I wanted to go down and kept pushing the "down" button to no effect. I finally realized the "puff" button was lit and started using it. A suggestion: It would be nice if one could see a "before" and "after" view...with the delay between blanking the display and refreshing the picture it is hard to remember what has changed -- especially with a slow connection. Perhaps you could also explain the "speckles" visible in many of the views...grains of sand? JK


From: George Hart
Date: Wed Dec 7 12:49:44 PST 1994

Nice job! I saw mostly dirt and writing fragments. I expect this could develop into a major player in the sexual entertainment industries. Perhaps you could segue into that with a remote backscratcher system in which one contacts users around the world and asks them to connect to your page and scratch your back for you and you send them back messages about "a little higher" until they get the exact spot.


From: Jack Judy
Date: Wed Dec 7 12:40:50 PST 1994

Cool. Except the light level seems a bit low. -Jack


From: Kyle B. Brown
Date: Wed Dec 7 12:36:25 PST 1994

***Here is the deal I viewed a big old hunk of something, it was probably just a was probably just a rock; but if you'd like to check it can be found be found at X=572, Y=465. Enjoy, from my perspective it appeared to be rather large, but that really isn't saying much after all. It appeared to have some striations.


From: Jerome C. Licini
Date: Wed Dec 7 11:04:39 PST 1994

Nicely implemented system. My first time on though, I didn't get anywhere because it kept trying to send me 1.5MB of info. This time, I got somewhere, and I'll probably come back soon!


From: Richard Gordon
Date: Wed Dec 7 10:47:55 PST 1994

*** Uncovered a piece of paper with the following type-written message: "OBSIDIAN - was used for knife blades because of the rock's sharp edge." I wasn't able to get the X, Y coordinates because of a system malfunction.


From: Joseph Ciza
Date: Wed Dec 7 10:41:32 PST 1994

nothing interesting to report


From: John Koper
Date: Wed Dec 7 10:04:32 PST 1994

Pretty neat - imagine all the possibilities - john.


From: Krishna Sivalingam
Date: Wed Dec 7 10:00:03 PST 1994

That was a very cool experiment. My monitor is at best poor quality and I was groping randomly. I will be back next week with my brand new color monitor to try this again. I can see enormous potential for remotely handling network management. Kudos to the team!


From: Jay Wherley
Date: Wed Dec 7 09:53:03 PST 1994

*** saw the "mosaic" definition


From: Neil Johnston
Date: Wed Dec 7 08:36:36 PST 1994

First time, don't think I found anything but good fun. Bit slow to download images on my system though.


From: James Kao
Date: Wed Dec 7 08:27:53 PST 1994

Pretty cool- Saw a Smithsonian Magazine & something about Sweet Basil... Also saw a note that said something about a knife. Would be nicer if the blower had some more UMPHH though!


From: David Kircheis
Date: Wed Dec 7 08:15:07 PST 1994

An interesting experiment - perhaps something more usefull will develop from this in the future. Worked quite well - a good idea.


From: Matthias Imhof
Date: Wed Dec 7 08:09:44 PST 1994

what a great toy to operate remotely. is the next step a robot on mars? on the bottom of the ocean? matthias


From: Frank B. DuRoss Jr.
Date: Wed Dec 7 07:42:25 PST 1994

First time-very interesting, didn't find anything interesting, maybe next time!


From: darryl Wagoner
Date: Wed Dec 7 07:34:13 PST 1994

I discovered a sign, but don't remember what it said. it was only a fagment. I enjoyed it. -darryl


From: Tim Chemacki
Date: Wed Dec 7 07:21:09 PST 1994

302,357 interesting? message to Torbjorn, it is a Hohner harmonica. Good luck.


From: Tim Chemacki
Date: Wed Dec 7 07:06:04 PST 1994

five minutes just doesn't hack it! robot seems winded. blasts didn't seem to do much.


From: Torbjörn Axelsson
Date: Wed Dec 7 07:02:06 PST 1994

*** Continued exposing the harmonica. Managed to decipher the text. It is M.HOMNER.


From: Tim Chemacki
Date: Wed Dec 7 06:39:28 PST 1994

this is my first time - noticed what appears to be some sort of globe at 647, 574. Pretty cool!


From: John Watkins
Date: Wed Dec 7 06:38:47 PST 1994

*** I am not sure what I found, it appeared to be some type of jewlry, but then again, it may have been the edge of a picture frame. It was kind of fun to operate the robot over this distance. It would be nice if the image updates were faster. By the way, yesterday, when I tried it, it kept dumping huge files (over 1MB) when I tried to update the picture.


From: Torbjörn Axelsson
Date: Wed Dec 7 06:37:36 PST 1994

*** Sorry about that "lighter". I believe it is a harmonica. I managed to uncover some text on it, but the pictures are really blurry. (position 398,346) There is some text on it, I think it says Honneker or something. I can make out Honn??er This is my first original discovery and I really feel excited. Thanks alot! Btw, by moving the control buttons out of the picture you might cut down the picture size and thus the reload time significantly. Splitting the camera view and the position might also reduce the need for transfers whjen zooming and blowing.


From: Torbjörn Axelsson
Date: Wed Dec 7 06:16:39 PST 1994

*** Found a partly uncovered lighter(?) at 353,349.


From: Torbjörn Axelsson
Date: Wed Dec 7 06:10:18 PST 1994

*** I found something small and shiny (some kind of door handle) at 388 279 but managed to blow it out of sight with the blower. Need some more practise. BRB.


From: AjithPrasad B.
Date: Wed Dec 7 06:04:44 PST 1994

Pretty Godd!


From: Torbjörn Axelsson
Date: Wed Dec 7 06:01:11 PST 1994

Found something too large to be sand at 387,306. A long arc of some kind. Will be interesting to see if I can start learning to use the blower efficiently. The position is to the right of the straight lower left part of the work area. Been trying three times now but didn't uncover anything worth mentioning.


From: <>
Date: Wed Dec 7 05:39:25 PST 1994

***well, at the top middle i found a piece of paper. all i ***could make out was "RED". watched someone else discover ***another scrap of paper discussing spear or arrow points ***and what appeared to be a wine cork. nearby, started to ***uncover another piece of paper but ran out of time before ***exposing it.


From: bart browning
Date: Wed Dec 7 05:14:50 PST 1994

I only had time to do one vertical move, one horizontal move, and one blast of air. I didn't get to see my results!


From: David Ewing
Date: Wed Dec 7 05:02:09 PST 1994

This is great! What's the next robot going to be like?


From: Arno Griffioen
Date: Wed Dec 7 04:47:17 PST 1994

This is really great! It would be nice however if a color camera could be used. This b&w, combined with lousy dithering, makes it sometimes hard to see what's really there. *** A name-plate from the smithsonian(sp?) institute is in the rubble *** Also there's a card with description from a museum about stone arrow-heads.


From: Brad Garcia
Date: Wed Dec 7 04:41:13 PST 1994

That was neat. Got cut off *right* before I uncovered something else, though. :^( Found the Mosaic definition at 909-329. Found what appeared to be a some kind of written integral at 177-336.


From: Timo Kilian
Date: Wed Dec 7 04:11:03 PST 1994

This was my first time and i saw nothing interesting.


From: antonio succi
Date: Wed Dec 7 03:34:44 PST 1994

the second time was better...


From: antonio succi
Date: Wed Dec 7 03:28:40 PST 1994

Really cool...


From: Stuart
Date: Wed Dec 7 01:09:07 PST 1994

FOUND ***CUP WITH DEFINITION OF MOSAIC IN IT JOLLY GOOD FUN CHAPS.


From: Stuart
Date: Wed Dec 7 01:02:16 PST 1994

FOUND A ***LOBSTER ......????


From: Karl Runge
Date: Wed Dec 7 00:57:53 PST 1994

OK, found the stuff others have mentioned, *** Mosaic def, Smithstonian gift, Sweet Basil *** found some small shiny objects, couldn't figure out what they were...


From: Stuart
Date: Wed Dec 7 00:51:54 PST 1994

FOUND ITEM WITH ***SMITHSONIAN WRITTEN ON IT


From: Karl Runge
Date: Wed Dec 7 00:34:41 PST 1994

Pretty strange and neat stuff...I gotta get the hang of moving around, so I go reload now.... thanx Karl


From: Avram Cheaney
Date: Wed Dec 7 00:28:59 PST 1994

Very cool.


From: Kurt W. Faler
Date: Tue Dec 6 23:09:19 PST 1994

pics are to fuzzy, need better rez. still cool tho.


From: Haruhiro Yamaguchi
Date: Tue Dec 6 22:26:11 PST 1994

*** I found a part of dictionary.The word written there is "mosaic".


From: JBS
Date: Tue Dec 6 21:57:06 PST 1994

***looks like something with the words "art museum" printed on it at 345,375. very interesting


From: James Peterson
Date: Tue Dec 6 21:46:34 PST 1994

All in all, a neat hack.


From: JC
Date: Tue Dec 6 21:25:48 PST 1994

Super ! Voila quelque chose de tres interessant ! Vraient Super !


From: anoop ghanwani
Date: Tue Dec 6 21:20:04 PST 1994

***I almost found something -- looked like a box but was buried under too much debris for me to be able to see it clearly. Ran out of energy trying to clear it.


From: anoop ghanwani
Date: Tue Dec 6 21:05:16 PST 1994

It was a great experience. *** Found something like a newspaper or something Neat stuff!


From: Ethan Mollick
Date: Tue Dec 6 20:59:54 PST 1994

Thanks for the opportunity to try this, it was very cool. **I found a "Win a Free Gift from-" and just as I was about to find out from who I ran out of energy


From: Paul Grace
Date: Tue Dec 6 20:35:07 PST 1994

Add a mirror so we can see the arm! The watch was great, I got this Jamoke over my shoulder that was a non-beliver! Paul


From: Chris Dawson
Date: Tue Dec 6 20:24:01 PST 1994

I will definitely be back. Saw you in IEEE supplement.


From: Paul Grace
Date: Tue Dec 6 20:18:59 PST 1994

We don't buy it for a minute. We were just about ready to prove this was a scam, but you cut us off. Lawsuit! Just having fun. I'll be back!


From: Chris Johnson
Date: Tue Dec 6 20:10:27 PST 1994

Why not put nudie pictures under the dirt??


From: Bob Shaw
Date: Tue Dec 6 19:24:46 PST 1994

Yes!


From: paul E. Albers
Date: Tue Dec 6 19:12:10 PST 1994

***There appears to be a gift packet of sweet basil seeds from the Smithsonian on the far left portion of the excavation area (I did not write the coords down, sorry). There is also a label with "MUMM" on it under this seed packet.... With a little work we could do excavation in our homes, infront of the 'puter instead of at some inhospitiable site. Maybe we could even get some kids involved!!!! They could get some real hands on and maybe be motivated to learn more about computers, anthropology, or both!!! Naaa, that would make too much sense and besides nobody would pay for it......... Nice concept, smooth implementation, overall the best web idea I have explored in a while.


From: Chris Hiner
Date: Tue Dec 6 18:37:16 PST 1994

**Mosaic definition in the coffee cup... how odd...


From: David Taylor
Date: Tue Dec 6 18:36:30 PST 1994

My hat's off to whoever developed this. I wonder if any further tweaking could be done to reduce the bandwidth required for feedback. Certainly the image compression already used must make a serious difference.


From: David Taylor
Date: Tue Dec 6 18:25:35 PST 1994

Didn't seem like five minutes!


From: dave wagner
Date: Tue Dec 6 18:07:07 PST 1994

Outstanding concept for a site. How much power does the arm have anyway? I mean, am I moving a spoonful of dirt or a cup's worth?


From: Bruce T. Hill
Date: Tue Dec 6 17:36:32 PST 1994

*** A packet of Sweet Basil seeds


From: dale huff
Date: Tue Dec 6 17:21:45 PST 1994

EXPOSED SOME SORT OF *** PAPER WITH A PAIR OF EYES IN THE FAR LEFT AREA.


From: Scott McCambly
Date: Tue Dec 6 16:51:01 PST 1994

Very Cool Indeed! Let us know when we can drive a lunar lander around on the moon.


From: Gary Pien
Date: Tue Dec 6 16:34:07 PST 1994

Seems difficult to maneuver to distant areas of the map without being able to enter X,Y coordinates manually. Clicking on the maps themselves allow only small changes.


From: Mihai Pop
Date: Tue Dec 6 16:21:14 PST 1994

It is very exciting to use a robot so far from here. Unfortunately the connection was pretty bad so I couldn't play with it as much as I wanted. *** I found a sort of a bowl with a magazine or newspaper in it. I am not sure what it was because I did not spend more time exploring it. *** I also found a pen-shaped object. I could not say if it was a pen or not.


From: G. Henley
Date: Tue Dec 6 15:57:21 PST 1994

Saw the seed packet. Tried a couple of new locations but didn't find anything new. Very Cool anyway.


From: Philip Wright
Date: Tue Dec 6 15:19:09 PST 1994

Very interesting. It would be nice if I could view a hi-res image showing your setup before I starting playing with the robot.


From: Todd Arbetter
Date: Tue Dec 6 15:01:28 PST 1994

Can I use it to open a can of beer in Southern California?


From: Randy Poe
Date: Tue Dec 6 14:41:00 PST 1994

Is everybody remembering to go down close before operating the blower? *** There's what looks like a photo of a woman in a swimsuit at (230,326). Either right next to the famous SMITHSONIAN seed packet, or perhaps it's part of it. ***


From: mike houwers
Date: Tue Dec 6 12:33:28 PST 1994

***found scrap of dictionary defining "mosaic" this is undoubtedly the most interesting thing i've found on www to date. great job!


From: Richard Gordon
Date: Tue Dec 6 11:05:36 PST 1994

Couldn't use system because of an unspecified malfunction.


From: Kevin Webb
Date: Tue Dec 6 10:23:39 PST 1994

When i do something the host never respondons! Is the system down?


From: Yamnicky
Date: Tue Dec 6 10:18:43 PST 1994

The arm does not seem to be responding today. (Kinda like my girlfriend) I would like to find what appeared to be the head of a stabbing device.


From: James Kao
Date: Tue Dec 6 09:57:18 PST 1994

DOESN'T WORK!


From: Dick Soderman
Date: Tue Dec 6 09:38:39 PST 1994

It's still broke!


From: Max Heffler
Date: Tue Dec 6 08:56:10 PST 1994

I never got a response after clicking down arrow or on field after several minutes...


From: Les Carter
Date: Tue Dec 6 06:58:13 PST 1994

It just takes too long to perform a move. I only pressed the move closer button and I could have gone for a holiday to Australia and come back , before I would have got an update. Nice idea chaps , but just not quick enough for us people on the other side of the world with no time to spare.


From: Stuart
Date: Tue Dec 6 06:13:26 PST 1994

Very Slow, did not manage to move robot in 5 mins. Will try again soon.


From: Daniel Drysdale
Date: Tue Dec 6 05:05:05 PST 1994

I'm afraid that I experienced the same problem that many of the other people in the operator log complained about clicking on an area of the quadrant map or picture caused my program to connect to the host and then sit waiting for a reply forever. Hope it's back up soon!!


From: David T. Witkowski
Date: Tue Dec 6 01:41:54 PST 1994

I think it's broken.


From: david hindi
Date: Mon Dec 5 23:59:33 PST 1994

why will it not work.. I click on the image and it says waiting for response and never comes back ...huh?????? respond to: chrism@j3cub.engr.sgi.com and daveh@lectus.com


From: paul E. Albers
Date: Mon Dec 5 21:14:55 PST 1994

It appears to be on the fritz..... I'll be back.


From: Travis Harrison
Date: Mon Dec 5 18:12:46 PST 1994

Wonder why it's not working? Read the operator log. Seems someone ran it off the tracks...


From: Philip Wright
Date: Mon Dec 5 17:42:47 PST 1994

Its not working....


From: Chris Hiner
Date: Mon Dec 5 17:27:12 PST 1994

Seemed to be not responding... sigh...


From: Steve Cellini
Date: Mon Dec 5 16:48:22 PST 1994

Seems to be not working? Looks like great fun, and I'll be back!


From: James Burnham
Date: Mon Dec 5 15:34:03 PST 1994

Robot didn't seem to be responding to my commands (using netscape 0.93beta) on via a direct connect. Oh, well neat idea--I'll try again.


From: larry kahn
Date: Mon Dec 5 13:16:43 PST 1994

This is fake..... I drover right off the edge of your universe as evident by the straight line with data on the right hand side and a black void on the left hand side....


From: larry kahn
Date: Mon Dec 5 13:12:30 PST 1994

object 1 magazine article


From: c roberts
Date: Mon Dec 5 12:40:16 PST 1994

nice way to kill time when supposedly working!!!!!!


From: Ralph Cabrera
Date: Mon Dec 5 12:36:25 PST 1994

It is a very interesting project. An element of faith is involved, seeing that we can't really see the physical robot being operated. For all I know, it could be done in software only (modern smoke and mirrors... :-) *** Spotted a few objects, but no writing. Things were slow on my end, probably.


From: L. Scott Emmons
Date: Mon Dec 5 12:23:15 PST 1994

Wow!


From: David Webster
Date: Mon Dec 5 12:02:15 PST 1994

Pretty neat interface, could use some more objects, or maybe I'm just not a good treasure hunter... :) Thanks...


From: Rick Dorin
Date: Mon Dec 5 11:16:32 PST 1994

Great tool for remote scanning! *** Found a snap shackle at X:902, Y:395. Just a little bit up and left of the Mosaic definition. I'm getting good with the blower.


From: Neil Shipp
Date: Mon Dec 5 10:48:27 PST 1994

Way hoopy. *** Found the dictionary entry for Mosaic


From: Randy Poe
Date: Mon Dec 5 10:44:11 PST 1994

***Found something half-uncovered around (190,440). Can't make it out. Up high, it seems to have writing on it.*** Obviously, I need more practice with the blower. I think I accidentally blew sand ONTO the object.


From: Victor Bellomi
Date: Mon Dec 5 10:39:37 PST 1994

As soon as I found something, I ran out of energy. They should give you more operating time. Slow, but cool.


From: Rob Repp
Date: Mon Dec 5 10:17:48 PST 1994

Nifty idea.


From: Joe Schlamsky
Date: Mon Dec 5 09:39:28 PST 1994

*** found a bottle with the word "asilicum"(?) scrawled on it *** found a bumper sticker or something that said "A Free Gift From the Smithsonian


From: Unknown Token
Date: Mon Dec 5 07:56:03 PST 1994

I am new to mosaic. My screen was updated very slowly. Is this Normal? Thanks for the oportunity. Its amazing.


From: Scott Evans
Date: Mon Dec 5 07:55:57 PST 1994

I am new to mosaic. My screen was updated very slowly. Is this Normal? Thanks for the oportunity. Its amazing.


From: Peter Derr
Date: Mon Dec 5 07:28:59 PST 1994

*** found something that looked like a small cup next to some other things that I couldn't make out


From: Peter Derr
Date: Mon Dec 5 07:18:27 PST 1994

Lots of fun. *** I found the Basil seed packet.


From: Ted Nagy
Date: Mon Dec 5 07:02:06 PST 1994

Great job -- I'll check it out again


From: Nicholas Keenan
Date: Mon Dec 5 05:38:36 PST 1994

***I liked the idea,great fun, but it would nice to see a bigger picture.


From: Andrew J. Piziali
Date: Mon Dec 5 02:27:33 PST 1994

Nice job! As a home-schooling parent, this virtual reality experiment has a lot of potential for teaching the sciences. -- | Andy@Piziali.lonestar.org ________------+------________ (PGP public key available) / \ *---*


From: Kevyn Shortell
Date: Mon Dec 5 01:47:49 PST 1994

*** Definatly very interesting, can't wait until real-time video =-]


From: Tim Bishop
Date: Sun Dec 4 22:45:45 PST 1994

At this point, I'm not too concerned about what I've discovered; the thrill of controlling the robot is the enjoyable part. It wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be, hovever --perhaps if I had carefully read the scenario I would have appreciated it more. But this net trip, as is most other trips, was as a hurried trip away from my work, to which I should soon be returning... Thanks for the time.


From: Dana Russell
Date: Sun Dec 4 22:33:43 PST 1994

Interesting, very interesting.


From: Andrew Karanicolas
Date: Sun Dec 4 22:30:26 PST 1994

hey, this thing is totally cool! had a lot of fun! i learned about this in ieee spectrum / the institute. a color display would be even more cool. *** found some smithsonian mag. of some kind


From: Neil Clark
Date: Sun Dec 4 22:16:06 PST 1994

Good Stuff. I noticed something with 'Sweet Basil' on it. Better than watching 'The Abyss'


From: Oscar Fowler
Date: Sun Dec 4 21:38:00 PST 1994

You may want to add a gridmap to aid in searching the area.


From: Stan Stead
Date: Sun Dec 4 21:01:40 PST 1994

Interesting. Viewed "Sweet Basil" and "Free Gift from the Smithsonian"


From: ed
Date: Sun Dec 4 20:33:05 PST 1994

hey, great idea! a lot of fun! This is what the web is all about!


From: Don Irving
Date: Sun Dec 4 19:37:41 PST 1994

*** We found the thing that says to get your free gift from Smithsonian. I didn't think much of it, but my wife thinks we ought to look around the Smithsonian Web pages for a free gift like a clue. So here we go. Bye.


From: Don Irving
Date: Sun Dec 4 19:12:04 PST 1994

Still the coolest thing on the net! How about putting the controls at the top of the image so we can see them to click on them as soon as the image starts painting. Don


From: Phillip Hatcher
Date: Sun Dec 4 17:53:04 PST 1994

Great fun! Thanks for the opportunity.


From: Gregory Deych
Date: Sun Dec 4 17:47:00 PST 1994

*** A triangular carton, marked SWEET BASIL. Hmmmm.


From: Tobin Kyllingstad
Date: Sun Dec 4 17:42:02 PST 1994

I am no done yet.


From: Matthew X. Economou
Date: Sun Dec 4 17:28:01 PST 1994

A very interesting system. I believe that with a higher bandwidth connection (currently only a 57K leased line) the system would have had quicker response. :) ***I got a glimpse of a long (pen-like?) object, but upon operating the air brush, I lost sight of the object. (What did the REAL researchers find anyway?! Classified? What is here?!)


From: Gary Barber
Date: Sun Dec 4 17:08:04 PST 1994

*** found a book but couldn't get enough sand off of it to see any title. Thanks for the opportunity.


From: Marty Hauville
Date: Sun Dec 4 16:44:28 PST 1994

Yes but the compressed air button was not working. Found corner of some ***shiny chrome-like object. Update speed suprisingly good.


From: Duffy Dolan
Date: Sun Dec 4 16:07:45 PST 1994

Fascinating.


From: Aure Prochazka
Date: Sun Dec 4 15:55:18 PST 1994

It would be cool to make this into a game.


From: Aure Prochazka
Date: Sun Dec 4 15:49:32 PST 1994

That was really fun.


From: Brad McCarty
Date: Sun Dec 4 14:21:30 PST 1994

***Fantastic site! Found a page from a dictionary and something that looks like a small statue (?). Keep up the good work.


From: Unknown Token
Date: Sun Dec 4 13:54:34 PST 1994

This is really neat! I learned of the project in a recent IEEE publication and HAD to try! I would agree it's a bit slow, but it's also unlike anything I've seen before. COOL! ***I did find the matches :)


From: Sean Givan
Date: Sun Dec 4 08:38:35 PST 1994

No significant discoveries.. it's as if, though, that blasting the area with compressed air is just as likely to cover the area with dirt as remove it.


From: Berton Woodward
Date: Sun Dec 4 08:18:25 PST 1994

I find the sytem unacceptably slow. Is this due to network congestion? The problem is that by the time my screen is updated, the energy is just about gone. It's only a 17K pic, but it takes forever to come across.


From: Donald Heering
Date: Sun Dec 4 04:22:05 PST 1994

I'm flabbergasted! A taste of things to come? This desperately calls for an 622 Mbit/sec ATM link, though ;-). regards, Donald.


From: Brian Warner
Date: Sun Dec 4 00:52:07 PST 1994

Found a piece of paper off to the left. There seems to be more light over there. Interesting. Needs a fast connection to be fun. Fiber to the curb! Fiber to my room! FIBER TO MY HEAD!!!


From: Chris Hiner
Date: Sat Dec 3 22:11:44 PST 1994

Wow....***Matches and Something saying "Art Museum" I'll be back with friends on this one..


From: Ron Martinez
Date: Sat Dec 3 20:46:31 PST 1994

Didn't find anything. Lack of beginner's luck. Oh well, will try again. - Ron


From: Ali Alkar
Date: Sat Dec 3 20:12:05 PST 1994

***AT?T MUSEUMS really impressed, good job! I wished my screen was a bit better to get a better view of stuff around.


From: Imre Olajos <Jr.>
Date: Sat Dec 3 19:57:06 PST 1994

First, my real email address is lala@interaccess.com. The system interpreted my "Jr." as the email address. Other than that it wasn't even me who played with this stuff, but my brother! I should better finish now, he is eager to get back to RTE! :)


From: santiago A
Date: Sat Dec 3 19:26:16 PST 1994

*** something with the word smithsonian on it. *** A piece of paper with a sentence (points...) *** Another piece of paper with a sentence about tourquise.


From: tebibel
Date: Sat Dec 3 18:36:40 PST 1994

Cool!


From: Paul Ratazzi
Date: Sat Dec 3 18:25:30 PST 1994

Thanks -- I *really* like it. ***I learned a few things too: SULPHER was used by medicine men to cast spells, TURQUOISE was used as the principle rock in jewelry, and CHRYSOCOLLA was used in jewelry and sandstone paintings. ...what's CHRYSOCOLLA?... Thanks again!


From: Paul Ratazzi
Date: Sat Dec 3 18:05:23 PST 1994

Wow -- I'm impressed!


From: David
Date: Sat Dec 3 17:33:38 PST 1994

This looks REALLY COOL! I can't imagine running it over a slow link though. It owuld be cool if I could get an mpeg of my session to to watch as I blow away stuff, mediary levels would be nice too... i.e. another step back.


From: paul
Date: Sat Dec 3 16:57:58 PST 1994

Found the Diamond brand safety matches and a small bust of an unidentified person. I hate small busts but I love matches heh..heh..heh.. Thanks! Loved every minute. I'm am gathering up sites suitable for pointing young learners and families to. This is a sure winner. Any plans to expand to other environments? Aquariums? Soon we'll all have to put up with little Sam Donaldson bots relentlessly getting the scoop or the puff so to speak everywhere. Scary.


From: Kevin Taufner
Date: Sat Dec 3 13:00:51 PST 1994

Tried to locate a metallic looking object...gave up...


From: Steve Therrien
Date: Sat Dec 3 12:47:08 PST 1994

Very interesting WWW site! I hope more sites like this one become available. Keep up the good work.


From: Patrik Graeser
Date: Sat Dec 3 11:19:05 PST 1994

*** Fun thingy! Wery useful for taching longrange robotic control (Mars site exploration or like)! *** If you could enhance the image a bit I would be most gratefull! (I know... long range images are often very grainy!) *** Thank you for this possibility!


From: chris lassiter
Date: Sat Dec 3 11:14:50 PST 1994

Interesting!


From: Adam Tilghman
Date: Sat Dec 3 10:20:07 PST 1994

Hmm... Boss walked in and had to get on with my real job :-) As another famous robot put it, "I'll be back."


From: Björn Brenander
Date: Sat Dec 3 10:18:23 PST 1994

Men... jag hann ju knappt testa, ju. Jag får väl försöka nå'n annan gång, när det går lite fortare...


From: Chris
Date: Sat Dec 3 09:40:22 PST 1994

*** discovered that the perimeter is interestingly masked. found a metal clasp/clip thingie. dictionary.


From: Mike
Date: Sat Dec 3 09:35:57 PST 1994

Hey, great fun, but very hard to control robots position would be nice if there was a grid superimposed over the image from the camera and the robots position could be altered by typing in co-ordinates as well as clicking on the image. As for objects....well I could really recognise anything... Congrats on the interface though, it is very interesting. Mike.


From: Billy <HBennett at tyrell.com>
Date: Sat Dec 3 09:13:40 PST 1994

***I found a coffee cup full of coffee with a definition of Mosaic.***


From: John Dankworth
Date: Sat Dec 3 05:12:48 PST 1994

Coo


From: Gabe Lund
Date: Sat Dec 3 00:52:25 PST 1994

***I found a watch. BIG WHOOP!!


From: Gabe Lund
Date: Sat Dec 3 00:30:00 PST 1994

I never have enough time to discover anything, unless the operator before had found something and the camera is centered on it.


From: Gabe Lund
Date: Sat Dec 3 00:01:47 PST 1994

***I discovered some objects with writng on them, one said "A FREE GIFT FROM...", I coudln't make out the rest. I think this program is great, it is absolulutly one of the most exciting experiences I've ever had in my life. It's amazing, I'm controling a robot 3500 miles away, sitting in my living room. It's incredible!!


From: John Cauley
Date: Fri Dec 2 23:04:52 PST 1994

***smithsonian label ***bag of something ***looks like an artist brush real neat demo of remote robotics much better than my RB5.


From: andru mccracken
Date: Fri Dec 2 22:52:42 PST 1994

pretty cool. I only wish the robot were on mars, and i had just found john bobbits ______ !


From: Barry Hayes
Date: Fri Dec 2 22:23:39 PST 1994

** discovered? I found something, but alas ran out of quatloos. Very cool. I must return ..


From: matt mankins
Date: Fri Dec 2 21:46:24 PST 1994

I discovered a partial face was planning on excavating it further but ran out of time. Also struck onto a document noting the use of obsidian in knife blades.


From: Stephen Lau
Date: Fri Dec 2 21:35:43 PST 1994

E ticket! E ticket! E ticket!


From: matt mankins
Date: Fri Dec 2 21:26:49 PST 1994

This was great! Loved it! We uncovered the Smithsonian bumper sticker, can we have it? Snail mail to: Matt Mankins 1101 Stanford Drive Coral Gables, FL 33146 I can't say enough. From a technological side your interface was the best I've seen. The real time gif transfers and redraws are great. I'd love to see your code. Matt Mankins University of Miami


From: Tom Hopkins <thopkins.interaccess.com>
Date: Fri Dec 2 21:21:19 PST 1994

***Found some spring shaped thingy. It might be a pair of wire-strippers. Cool project!


From: Unknown Token
Date: Fri Dec 2 21:06:19 PST 1994

I just found this page and I don't know quite what to think of it after my 5 minute slot. Maybe it gets more interesting as you try it more.


From: Jim Hopkins
Date: Fri Dec 2 19:49:02 PST 1994

An unproductive swing through the sandbox ... not sure what the black obstruction was ... limit of the camera's field-of-view?


From: Max Nanao
Date: Fri Dec 2 19:22:21 PST 1994

its hard to tell whats going on.. is a color image possible?


From: blanched chum
Date: Fri Dec 2 19:15:30 PST 1994

What fun. Let's do that again...


From: Jim Hopkins
Date: Fri Dec 2 19:06:08 PST 1994

*** Appears to be a policeman's whistle at 334,413. Very cool experiment, but I can't decide if I'm seeing a site in southwest Nevada, or the gravel-covered floor of some lab ... :-)


From: John Hempe
Date: Fri Dec 2 17:46:20 PST 1994

Cleared away paper: "Agate chips were used as points for spears and arrows". Probably been read before, but now crystal clear. X=598 Y=442 Z=170


From: John Hempe
Date: Fri Dec 2 17:38:23 PST 1994

Found some article with print on it, no time to identify. There was something which looked like a cord on it.


From: Jean-Paul Louis
Date: Fri Dec 2 16:34:46 PST 1994

This was my first contact with this experiment. I t is awesome , and I will come back.


From: Charles Knipe
Date: Fri Dec 2 15:51:50 PST 1994

I couln't seem to find anything. Call me stupid but I couldn't figure out what the green stuff was (unless my 16 color display dithered something ungreen and made it green). The air blast seemed to have little or no effect, but it was fun just to know I was controling something that is hundreds of miles away.


From: Michael E. Kurela
Date: Fri Dec 2 15:39:58 PST 1994

*** Was working on reading about the turquiose.


From: Tobin Kyllingstad
Date: Fri Dec 2 15:25:13 PST 1994

I think this www site is pretty cool. I am going to have to try it out again on a faster link.


From: David Kaszuba
Date: Fri Dec 2 14:56:47 PST 1994

I couldn't seem to get much sand to move at all...it was still fun.


From: Unknown Token
Date: Fri Dec 2 14:39:34 PST 1994

killer display of interactive media. Perhaps there will be a veritable disneyland of sorts soon...


From: Jim Boniface
Date: Fri Dec 2 14:31:10 PST 1994

*** I found what I think is a key. pretty cool though. Seems like a bit more air pressure is needed.


From: SETH LONG
Date: Fri Dec 2 13:39:53 PST 1994

Pretty slick, folks. I enjoyed my brief stint with your amazing bit of technological wizardry. More than 5 minutes would be nice, though. Thanks for the fun. Have a nice day. Seth Long


From: Keith Marrs
Date: Fri Dec 2 13:06:47 PST 1994

I coudn't operate the robot. The image wouldn't appear when it was my turn to operate the robot.


From: German Costa
Date: Fri Dec 2 13:00:53 PST 1994

THIS THING UP AND QUIT WHILE I WAS WORKING. IT SAID I WAS NO LONGER THE CURRENT OPERATOR


From: michael platini
Date: Fri Dec 2 12:58:35 PST 1994

***it's fantastic!! Congratulations dr.Goldberg and co.


From: dennis ross
Date: Fri Dec 2 12:58:13 PST 1994

*** i found jimmy hoffa! ***


From: Troy Ames
Date: Fri Dec 2 12:46:53 PST 1994

You should kick people out if they do not do anything for 60 seconds.


From: Dagfinn Mehus
Date: Fri Dec 2 12:33:30 PST 1994

*** Discovered an envelope with something written on it (G**...) It's Great!!!


From: Dick Gray
Date: Fri Dec 2 12:19:05 PST 1994

*** Ballpoint pen (or Xacto knife?), billfold, etc... Looks like the contents of somebody's briefcase. This is an exciting concept. Seems to forget who is where though.


From: Stephen Jonke
Date: Fri Dec 2 11:56:06 PST 1994

Interesting. Didn't find anything that wasn't already uncovered, though.


From: Giri Iyengar
Date: Fri Dec 2 10:21:47 PST 1994

Was interesting but very slow. Color images may be better.


From: Steve Rogers
Date: Fri Dec 2 10:19:22 PST 1994

I guess my 14,400bps modem / Demon London / transatlantic conection was a little slow, huh? More fun than a fairground Giant Grabber, anyway!


From: Tom Gowers
Date: Fri Dec 2 09:31:48 PST 1994

Hmmm...most interesting! Didn't find much to write home about because our conection is so SLOOOOOW!!! Anyone else have any tips for cool devices? (I've seen the coffee machine and the Iguana!).


From: Richard
Date: Fri Dec 2 09:08:10 PST 1994

Thiss thing is way to hot to handle. *** I found a lot of red crystyline stuff *** it looked great with abstract form and *** texture that was out or this quirky world


From: Robin Hayes
Date: Fri Dec 2 07:32:38 PST 1994

*** Rock lobster and another flashlight(?) at 1000,276


From: Magnus Bäcklund
Date: Fri Dec 2 07:20:18 PST 1994

***found a magnifying glass


From: Craig Hirsch
Date: Fri Dec 2 07:05:54 PST 1994

*** A scrap of dictionary with the definition of "mosaic" was discovered.


From: Douglas E. Supp
Date: Fri Dec 2 07:01:08 PST 1994

This was amazing! I was very impressed...


From: J Leverenz
Date: Fri Dec 2 06:54:05 PST 1994

It looks like some sort of pottery. It could be a vase or a pipe. It seems a little dark in there to see real clearly.


From: ooijen
Date: Fri Dec 2 03:27:25 PST 1994

*** The MASK Aahhhh


From: Chris Townsend
Date: Fri Dec 2 02:02:28 PST 1994

***apparently part of an ancient document graces ***the netscape at (912,335,0)


From: Chris Townsend
Date: Fri Dec 2 01:35:58 PST 1994

Very very cool