I-93 MIS-FAQ |
(Freakquently Axed Quesshuns) |
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| Who is LiveWave? |
| LiveWave,
Inc. 210 Lincoln Street Boston, MA 401.848.7678 LiveWave creates networks of remote-controllable broadcast cameras using its own proprietary technologies for a variety of businesses including cable television networks, broadcasters, corporations, government, military, manufacturers, retail establishments, hospitals, hotels and resorts. These private networks carry live, uncompressed broadcast-quality signals, allowing distribution through any online or television format. LiveWave's patent-pending camera control gives clients and their audiences unprecedented interactivity with fluid pan, tilt and zoom of the network's cameras. |
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| Who/What Are The I-93 Misfits? |
| The I-93 Misfits are the misfortunate souls who find themselves within the viewing spectrum of LiveWave's I-93 Traffic Cam. Specifically, The Misfits are a group of bums, alcoholics, drug addicts, homeless and transients that populate the basketball courts directly across the street from the cam. |
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| Does LiveWave operate the I-93 Misfits Web Site? |
| No. Hell No. This site is in no way endorsed by LiveWave, Inc. or any of its affiliates, sponsors, etc. The only correlation with LiveWave is the posting of digital images that were obtained from their cameras via free, public access to their site. These images remain the property of and are © LiveWave, Inc. In some instances these images may be altered strictly for the sake of parody or to protect the guilty. |
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| Well, then, who DOES operate this web site? |
| Does it matter? The site is maintained by me, "I93Misfits" but depends on YOU the user to send us those special moments that you capture from the I-93 cam. |
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| Do these people know that they are on camera? |
| Yes, and no. The camera is in plain sight of the basketball courts, and the "regular" Misfits have been told on several occasions that they are on the Internet. Hell, some of them even wave at the camera. But when they get drunk or otherwise leave the planet then the camera is the last thing on their mind. At other times, a wayward couple may find themselves in the park for a late-night quickie -- they either don't know or don't care about the camera... and the image quality after dark is usually too poor to identify anyone, anyway. |
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| Why? Why? Why? |
| One day at work I stumbled upon LiveWave's web site. Then I stumbled upon the "Misfits". I called a friend to get him to take a look but the bums were gone before he got online. I decided to capture the images and build a web site so we could share those moments with each other. 4 weeks and 4000+ hits later, you're reading this FAQ. |
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| How do you know the names of some of the Misfits? |
| We don't. And we don't want to. The "Drivers" (geeks) that visit the I-93 cam usually take a vote to name a new bum when s/he appears. Their names have something to do with their appearance, mannerisms, race, disposition, etc. For example, "Grady" looks like Grady from Sanford & Son. "Stumpy" is missing his left leg. "Goldie Yawn" resembles Goldie Hawn (okay, that one was a stretch). |
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| Can anyone drive the cam? |
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no. First the Yes part: The I-93 Cam is accessed through www.livewave.com
and is available for operation by anyone. Without specific information,
we imagine that you must be running on as fast a connection as possible,
with a popular browser and java/javascript enabled. Now the No part. Use
your brain. If you jump into the I-93 Cam and there are 15 people online,
and there's a couple doing "the nasty" on the screen, and no one
ahead of you is moving the camera, then DON'T GET IN LINE SO YOU CAN
CHECK THE FRIGGIN' TRAFFIC. If you really want to check the traffic
in Boston, then click
here. If you want to practice driving the cam, we suggest you visit the penguins. Trying to follow a swimming penguin with the camera is somewhat equivalent to trying to follow a bumbling drunk. |
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| Why do some drivers have aliases (nicknames) but others say "Guest"? |
| That's for us to know and you to find out. RTFM. |
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| The driver before me got 2 minutes; I only got 30 seconds. What's up?!? |
| That's for us to know and you to find out. RTFM. |
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| It looks like the current driver has over 6 minutes left! How did he do that? |
| No, no, no. What you're seeing is the cumulative time of all drivers ahead of you, i.e., how long until it's your turn. |
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| What about the other cams available through LiveWave? |
| Boats. Planes. Penguins. Primates. Boobs. Fish. Beatniks. Bears. |
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| How do I capture pictures and get them added to this web site? |
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When you see something on the screen that you want to share:
When we receive your message we will open the attachment and clean it up for addition to the site. Also, be sure to tell us your on-line nickname or alias if you want credit for your submission. Finally, rest assured that we will NOT share your e-mail address or identity without your permission. |
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| Who is DeafSteven? |
| DeafSteven is one of the Drivers. He spends more time on the I-93 cam than just about everyone else combined. As a result, he is a Master Driver and can usually find "diamonds in the rough" when the rest of us have given up. |
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| The "Meet The Misfits" page only has three Misfits -- why? |
| Because you bastards are too lazy to send me any artwork. |
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| Really - What's the purpose of this site? |
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If we can laugh at the misfortunes
of others it may help to make our own problems seem small. And where else
will you see a drunk midget dropped into a trash can head-first? |
| Country Roads, Take Me Home |