March 24, 2008
Extra, Extra
Is that a drug deal caught on Google Maps? [Gawker]
Best! Our wish came true! Frank Chimero's States set now includes Illinois. [more]
The NFL ruled that the 49ers violated an anti-tampering policy by contacting Lance Briggs's agent during the 2007 season. [AP]
Steven Frost, 53, of Hanover Park has been charged with seven DUIs since 1989, including a charge over the weekend. [Trib]
The Neighbors Project says it's not too early to start planning your block party. [TNP]
Hm. Do the nipples make it, or do the nipples ruin it? [BME Ink, sfw]
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where was this photo taken? the ladders are in and there's snow on the ground!
The drug deal is classic. 39th and Vincennes. Must visit!
nipples definitely ruin it ... but hey, at least their not hairy.
i obviously can't spell ... nor do i have good grammar skillz this morning.
google maps is the best...
While I have little sympathy to offer for an exposed drug peddlar, if that's what this really was about, I have more than a few misgivings about the whole "Google Earth" concept.
Let's say that a woman trying to escape her stalker of an ex-boyfriend is taking her garbage out when that van drops by, her image gets on the site, and the boyfriend finds it. "Far Fetched?", you ask. Maybe now, but pattern recognition is widely known to be a very active field of research, and one day, who knows how long from now, the software might exist for face recognition by computer, raising the question of whether one could do a sort of search through that mass of images, looking for a lookalike for somebody one has a picture of.
How comfortable should we be with the possibility of a near future in which everybody can find anybody?