(jaw drops down in awestruck happiness)
NICE! The CNN thing would be even better! I mean, it's not like we'd have to ask 800 people to stop using the peachtree escalator, and we'd also get quite a bit more viewage. Though we'd probably have to set the thing up with the CNN center ahead of time.
Thinking along those lines... Perhaps we could get CNN to do a spot? I mean it's not everyday you see several hundred slinkies going down an escalator set by a bunch of robot builders and future engineers

It could be a very round-a-bout way to give a plug for FIRST
We should probably do it during lunch one of those days, since that's when the most people are in the eatery area, and are free to start slinking.
Oh, Michael, nice thinking with the treadmill. Perhaps you could set up some kind of side guard to prevent the slinky from going too far off to the side?
Anyways, here's for Slinkyfest '06! Bring your slinkies!