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So does that consider it to be a Balloogle?

I have lost my touch with puns. Frick.

No one really knows what it is.

It's sort of up in the air.

I see your inflated ego is showing again. Don't let it get you so air-headed about all of this.

Stop blowing hot air you windbags.

I sense rising tensions here, guys. Chill out before someone pops

But seriously lets actually discuss this topic. At first I thought this would cause serious complications for air travel, then I remembered that commercial aircraft only go as high as 11km – 14km into the sky so I guess it could work, provided that high altitude storm weather doesn't constantly ruin Googles networks.

But problems aside, all of this still kinda scares me. Google has so much money to burn that they can actually do what we always dreamed of doing as a kid: turn the world into a massive balloon party. Also if this turns into a success, how long before they take over the entire internet?

>mfw the balloonet (shut up, it's a cool name) is faster than my ground internet

Seriously, though. How fast is it going to be?

I don't think I can take this thread seriously anymore. All your comments are making me lightheaded.

Don't worry, I'm certain these jokes will blow over soon enough.

Since the balloons fly above aircraft traffic, does that mean you can pick it up while traveling on a plane and not have to pay an enormous amount for airplanes wifi?

One more of these jokes and I'm going to burst.

I think this is a great idea on the face of it. I'm a bit curious as to who controls access and how. I remember hearing somebody mention on another thread that there was a group of people in Europe who were trying to make satellite Internet that was not under the jurisdiction of any government. If this is the sort of thing we're talking about here, it's great, but it's not clear to me what the specific nature of balloonet (yes, that is a cool name) is insofar as who may be controlling and/or monitoring access.

[Insert balloon pun here, I'm feeling lazy.]

Sounds like you're all out of gas.

Don't get in over your head. You might get shot down.

^ Never change, KYM

Don't encourage him. His head is in the clouds as it is.

Pfblt. Don't let yourself get carried away, let's just be pumped for the next pun.

Honestly, I think this thread's getting a bit deflated. It'll only be a matter of time before it sinks back down to Earth.

So we best enjoy this heavenly bliss while we can. We must keep our heads above the clouds.

This news was certainly uplifting.

Hate to burst your bubble, but there's no brakes on this dirigible.

So anyway, to pump a little more serious discussion into this. I had this idea floating in my head. When this network goes up, do you think it would be completely controlled by Google? Or would parts of the network be sold to respective local telecom businesses?

I have nothing relevant to add to this discussion other than that this is the greatest thread I have seen on a forum all year.

I think I've overblown this image with effects.

It's time to let myself loose and take some downtime.

We better get in an upwards spiral again then, try to make some high quality puns, even though it's only a matter of time before the quality drops down.

I have a feeling that we are all going to get banned for derailing this thread. Totally worth it, though.

These little things are going over my head now. We're caught in a downward spiral, so we might as well make this worth the flight.

I'm easily blown away by these puns.

This thread has drifted so far from its original purpose that I doubt any thing could tie it down.

CARLOS STOP SPAMMING THE BALLOON TO EVERYONE

Sorry to burst your bubble but this thread ain't gonna. pop.

This thread needs a bit more pump

This thread is one more off-topic bump with a re-used unoriginal pun away from getting locked.

Attach a Carlos face or get the fuck out

The feeling from locking a thread really makes you blow your load huh BSoD?

Sorry guys, I came to this thread expecting some real discussion, but instead I find this dumb ass thread overblown with stupid puns. Grow up guys! And if this post gets you butthurt, blow me!

@RM

I get a huge rise out of it. Locking threads make me float on air

Then again, I knew I couldn't really lock this thread. I'm just trying to prompt some actual discussion

@Dac

I came to this thread expecting some real discussion

I tried to raise discussion in between the puns but the topic kept drifting away. I apologize for my failure but you can see where KYM's priorities hover

@this thread

Actually we may have a proballoonblem. I noticed we can't seem to pop with the puns. It's like we've had a breach in the pun containment shield and the thread is entering an puncontrolled state of punclear meltdown. I'll pun down to the puntrol room to check the…

…Oh, this doesn't look good. And the needle is getting higher. The thread is punning straight towards critical mass! If we don't stop the puns, they will soon start flying out of control!

I find those news quite…
shocking

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