Google Gone Too Far

The new Google service offers 360-degree images of locations as seen from the ground, instead of the usual overhead satellite image and matching map. So far, it covers parts of five metropolitan areas — San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Denver and Miami.

How’d Google get the images in the first place? In San Francisco, Google staffers drove vans around town for the past year snapping pictures, CNET said. In the others, Google formed a partnership with a company called Immersive Media to do something similar. The images, taken with a 11-lens camera — are static, not real-time webcams. It is not clear how often they will be updated.

Even so, privacy concerns are starting to spread like wildfire. The Drudge Report, that early-warning system for democracy, is now using a screencap of someone peering out of a living room window as his top image. If that didn’t scare you, the banner headline might: SMILE, YOU’RE ON GOOGLE EARTH!"

Although it seems like a cool feature, what's the main purpose of it? Seems a bit excessive and even Matt Drudge thinks it invades on privacy. What would people really use this for other than vacation planning? Plus the level of detail is rather outrageous. Would it affect national security if it was in the wrong hands? Google, sometimes you are too smart for ever yourselves.

Rosie.

Is Evil

Think Different.

Don't Vote for Hillary.

People will sell anything. ANYTHING!

"If you thought donning tin foil caps was excessive, Isabodywear is out to make those contraptions looks mighty mild. While the debate about just how dangerous (or not) cellphone radiation is still rages on, there's certainly a paranoid sect that will snap up anything that claims to "protect them," and this Swiss garb maker is latching onto said opportunity. The briefs are purportedly constructed with threads made of silver, which the company claims will fend off harmful cellphone radiation; moreover, in an effort to really prove just how effective these undergarments are, it suggests that phone calls originated within the confines of your new underwear simply won't connect. Reportedly, 4,000 pairs have been created so far, and for folks willing to give these a try and fill out a survey, the first 500 of you to email in and request one will seemingly have one sent out gratis. There's no word on when you can expect the Slipways to hit the market, but they should sell for CHF29.90 ($24) apiece when retailers start stocking."

Really, how stupid do you have to be to buy one of these. I'd rather buy tin foil and wrap myself in it to blind the surround people while I walk around in sunny California than to spend a staggering $24 on that crap.

Empire Strikes Back.

"The storm yesterday afternoon was part of the latest blast of bad weather to hit New York.

The murky skies and lightning, seen from across the East River in this dramatic picture, were accompaniedby 72mph winds and a deluge which saw an inch of rain fall in nearby Central Park.

There was no damage to the 1,454ft Empire State Building.

The lightning rod at its very top absorbs such strikes around 100 times a year.

It may not, however, have been such a good day to visit the outdoor viewing gallery on the 86th floor."

Just thought this was cool. You don't see this very often in LA with their buildings not being so tall. But the person who took that picture must have been waiting very patiently. Or he just used photoshop.

At least this is better than talking about how Al Gore is tired of politics.

If Jenny Jameson supports Hillary, then...

PR.com: "Who's your favorite Democratic front runner for 2008? Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or John Edwards?"

Jenna Jameson: "I love Hillary. I think that in some ways she's pretty conservative for a Democrat, but I would love to have a woman in office. I think that it would be a step in the right direction for our country, and there would be less focus on war and more focus on bettering society."

PR.com: "Do you find that the climate of the adult industry changes when there is a Republican administration versus Democratic?"

Jenna Jameson: "Absolutely. The Clinton administration was the best years for the adult industry and I wish that Clinton would run again. I would love to have him back in office. I would love to have Al Gore in office. When Republicans are in office, the problem is, a lot of times they try to put their crosshairs on the adult industry, to make a point. It's sad, when there are so many different things that are going on in the world: war, and people are dying of genocide...I look forward to another Democrat being in office. It just makes the climate so much better for us, and I know that once all our troops come home, things are going to be better and I think that getting Bush out of office is the most important thing right now."

So I guess it's pretty straight forward. Clinton loves porn. Jenna Jameson does porn. Therefore, Jenna Jameson is loved by Clinton. Also, if you're a Democrat, you support porn. And if you're a Republican, you're against it. Sounds about right.

"A remote chain of Arctic islands is advertising itself as a showcase of bad things to come from global warming.

Visitors to Svalbard can see reindeer, seals or polar bears in the Arctic, where U.N. scientists say warming is happening twice as fast as on the rest of the planet in what may be a portent of changes further south.

"Svalbard is an important meeting place...You clearly see the melting of the ice, problems for polar bears, for birds, which are damaged by global warming and environmental pollutants," Norwegian Environment Minister Helen Bjoernoy told Reuters.

A group of Dutch, British and Irish students attended a climate change college in Longyearbyen run by Ben & Jerry's, a U.S. ice cream maker, to educate them about climate change and help them launch grassroots environmental campaigns back home.

Briton Rob Bell, for instance, wants mobile phone companies to create chargers that switch off when the phone is full: "If everyone unplugged their phone chargers it would be enough to power 33,000 homes for a year."

Very interesting, and also very compelling to see how the world has changed due to global warming. The statistics is very interesting too, stating that if everyone unplugged their phone chargers, it would be enough to power 33,000 homes for a year. I would like to see how they came up with this statistic. Anyways, it's a real situation with the climate changes and we should all do our part to not further damage the environment more than it is already.