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Who knew, Trachalio's name is Carly!

LeapingGnome wrote:

Who knew, Trachalio's name is Carly!

...of Duty.

There is a walking trail near my office that I walk on during my lunch break. (This one, fwiw)

Today on my walk I found this thing attached to a railing

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I'm guessing the "TCCID" on the box is "Town Center (Area) Community Improvement District". Is it a camera? Some sort of counter? I looked but didn't see anything on the other side of the trail that looked like a reflector or receiver (it's just a wooded area). The mix of screwed-in bracket and zip-tie mount is a bit odd.

I'm on the trail most days and I'm pretty sure it wasn't there yesterday. I guess they're measuring... something?

That looks like a microphone to me. They may be measuring ambient noise in the area. Are there housing or road construction projects nearby? Or a major road?

ClockworkHouse wrote:

That looks like a microphone to me.

Me too.

oh sweet jesus that made me laugh

It could be an infrared camera counting people that go by. Getting a number of people that use the path could be part of their decision to build new paths.

Or a Geiger counter. Also, nice job spotting it, given the camo paint job.

Rewire it and it'll display all the collectables within a three mile radius.

If it's a microphone, you know what you have to do, right? Go to the bench everyday and say random code phrases, like "the elephant is in the toolshed", and leave.

ClockworkHouse wrote:

That looks like a microphone to me. They may be measuring ambient noise in the area. Are there housing or road construction projects nearby? Or a major road?

Yes to all of the above. The trail (or at least the section I walk) goes under two interstates and a major road and crosses another road, is between a housing project and a office park and goes past a construction site where they are building a bunch of apartments for Kennesaw University. The trail runs along a creek that flows through the area. The place where I took the picture is where it goes under a road; the railing is between the trail and the creek.

The trail was only recently completed; it runs 7 miles from yet another road to the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. I guess maybe it's a counter and they are trying to get an idea as to how many people actually use the thing now that it's done?

Here's the actual area...

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The roads labeled 401 and 5 are actually Interstates 75 and 575. The grey oval is Town Center Mall near Atlanta. The thing was on a railing near that first road I crossed on the right.

pyxistyx wrote:

Rewire it and it'll display all the collectables within a three mile radius.

So that's how it works!

And now math is apparently illegal in Kentucky...

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pyxistyx wrote:

Rewire it and it'll display all the collectables within a three mile radius.

Or rare Pokemon.

Looks like a microphone, to me. Could serve the dual purpose of monitoring ambient (road noise) sounds, and they can probably get a rough count on usage by (probably software) counting foot-falls or bikes on the gravel(?).

tanstaafl wrote:

And now math is apparently illegal in Kentucky...

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If MIB taught me anything...
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Lightsaber chainsaw. Because how else will you kill the sharks in space.

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tanstaafl wrote:

And now math is apparently illegal in Kentucky...

And no one was surprised.

Quintin_Stone wrote:
tanstaafl wrote:

And now math is apparently illegal in Kentucky...

And no one was surprised.

Now that just doesn't add up. We must be missing some proof integral to the equation.

A lot of these are NSFW due to language but it's fantasy / D&D evil characters mixed with... I don't know what to call it, high school-ish drama of sorts.

https://rapozacomics.carbonmade.com/...

Hah! "Form of Bat" Glad I didn't have a mouthful of coffee at that moment!

pyxistyx wrote:

Hah! "Form of Bat" Glad I didn't have a mouthful of coffee at that moment!

I love how he just... walks out.

Man I love Rapoza's art.

LockAndLoad wrote:

A lot of these are NSFW due to language but it's fantasy / D&D evil characters mixed with... I don't know what to call it, high school-ish drama of sorts.

https://rapozacomics.carbonmade.com/...

Holy sh*t that was fantastic!

Hah, that was great.

Soooo good.

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Was he taught how to shave by an orangutang?