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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    10/07/09

    In reply to Well, This Explains So Much About Google
    I still have an install of Keyhole NV on an old computer. I liked it better before everyone else knew about it too. :/
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    Image of EpiphyteCorp. EpiphyteCorp.
    10/07/09

    In reply to Well, This Explains So Much About Google
    "And then Larry showed up one day without Sergey and I was like, 'Hey Larry, where's your pal Sergey?' Larry looked at me, half-grinning, and said to me, he said 'I killed him. Shot him dead actually' and I was like 'Well crap, Larry, you flippin' shot him?' 'Yea.... but right after I did it I bought Google Portfolio.' I asked him how much and he said" (laughs a bit to himself) "He said 'I bought it with the twenty-bucks Sergey had in his coat pocket!'....(shakes his head, smiling) I tell you what, (laughs again to himself) you never know what to expect around here. We sure do have our fun....."
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    Image of otko otko
    10/07/09

    In reply to Well, This Explains So Much About Google
    -So, I never went back to work for Lieutenant Dan. Though he did take care of my Bubba-Gump money. He got me invested in some kind of fruit company. And so then I got a call from him saying we don't have to worry about money no more. And I said, "That's good. One less thing."
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    Image of gemcosta gemcosta
    10/07/09

    In reply to Well, This Explains So Much About Google
    Schmidt never struck me as a guy who's got a strangle hold on his company.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    09/30/09

    In reply to Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
    As the technology on this advances, I'll tell you what will happen:

    You'll be able to type a feller's name on Google, and it'll give back a live feed with pinpoint location and a data chart with everything you can imagine...

    Future generations will have to learn to live a life with zero privacy.

    And it won't be "Big Brother is Watching you"... it'll be "Anyone can be watching you now".... which is far scarier since you don't have an individual to fight against.
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    Image of FamiCube64 FamiCube64
    09/30/09

    In reply to Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
    This would be really useful for reporting traffic accidents.
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    Image of SikataLolzor SikataLolzor
    09/30/09

    In reply to Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
    Interesting - google: GOOGLE is SKYNET...
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    Image of jakebathman jakebathman
    09/30/09

    In reply to Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
    this is really, really cool
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    Image of Oh yeah, I still have a clock and a pencil! Oh yeah, I still have a clock and a pencil!
    09/30/09

    In reply to Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
    IF this gets implemented it will be the beginning of '1984' and we will have slipped faster down the slippery slope.

    I do not where a tin foil hat and I am no criminal but I would caution those that poke fun saying they are no extremist or criminal and it doesn't matter. I ask them one question: When a authoritative force finally DOES implement a rule or plan you cannot live with, will you have the ability to protest it or will you have lost that right years prior?

    I remember a comment from the sound cannon thread the other day that was well put. A government needs to fear it's people and not the other way around.

    Now, where did I put that tin foil?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    09/30/09

    In reply to Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
    I am surprised you guys havent mentioned how easy this will make tracking the Zombie Hoardes, and the fact that no matter what technology they come up with they STILL cant track Ninjas.
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    09/30/09

    In reply to Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
    Finally I'll be able to find where I put my keys.
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    Image of Matthew Powell Matthew Powell
    09/30/09

    @yantelope: They are under the couch, with me.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    09/30/09

    @Matthew Powell: And your wife.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    09/30/09

    In reply to Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
    I suspected this whole "real time watch everything movement" was coming, so I have been walking around with a double middle finger salute wherever I go - it should show up picture-perfect in Google Earth. Sure, it will not stop the march of technology, but it is a great last act of defiance.

    Ignoring the political implications, the technology that is bringing concepts like this to life is pretty fantastic.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    09/30/09

    In reply to Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
    Meh. I don't think this is scarier than my credit card number going into some electronic system every time I buy something, or that all the websites I look at need to be communicated to some third party for my internet to work.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    09/30/09

    In reply to Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
    Everyone needs to settle down. I've had the ability to track my individual Sims in Sim City for ages and they don't seem to mind. What's the big deal?
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/30/09

    In reply to Google Earth Will Track Cars and People In Real Time, Eventually Destroy Privacy
    If Google's doing it now, you can bet that someone with more power and a greater interest in controlling your life has been doing it for a while.

    By now, even if you move to the Maldives....we-...err....they'll know before you even get there.
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    Image of takeshi takeshi
    09/30/09

    @OCEntertainment: "Georgia Institute of Technology's students are using CCTV video to map actual vehicles and people into Google Earth."

    Georgia Institute of Technology != Google.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/30/09

    @takeshi: Err yes. You're correct. Forgive me. I've not yet finished my morning Mountain Dew.

    ....My point still stands.

    *turns back to wall of monitors, begins following takeshi*
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