A spate of burglaries in a Buckinghamshire village had already put residents on the alert for any suspicious vehicles. So when the Google Street View car trundled towards Broughton with a 360-degree camera on its roof, villagers sprang into action. Forming a human chain to stop it, they harangued the driver about the “invasion of privacy”, adding that the images that Google planned to put online could be used by burglars.
As police made their way to the stand-off, the Google car yielded to the villagers. For now, Broughton remains off the internet search engine’s mapping service.
It is thought that the Google car that tried to enter Broughton had come from photographing roads in near by Milton Keynes. Google said that its car had been using public roads and was not breaking the law. A spokesman said: “We provide an easy way to request removal of imagery. Most requests are processed within hours.” Pictures removed include that of a man leaving a sex shop.
Privacy International, a pressure group, has begun legal action against the company in an effort to bring down the mapping service.
"I do not think baseball of today is any better than it was 30 years ago... I still think Radbourne is the greatest of the pitchers." John Sullivan 1914-Old athletes never change.
People need to realize that this is just the beginning of this kind of information. We're going to be seeing a LOT more of this stuff. Stopping Google is just a finger in the dyke.
knapplc wrote:People need to realize that this is just the beginning of this kind of information. We're going to be seeing a LOT more of this stuff. Stopping Google is just a finger in the dyke.
i cant believe i'm almost 30 and still laughing at things like this
knapplc wrote:People need to realize that this is just the beginning of this kind of information. We're going to be seeing a LOT more of this stuff. Stopping Google is just a finger in the dyke.
i cant believe i'm almost 30 and still laughing at things like this
Sometimes it just doesn't translate from the Old English spelling to the American mind.
knapplc wrote:People need to realize that this is just the beginning of this kind of information. We're going to be seeing a LOT more of this stuff. Stopping Google is just a finger in the dyke.
i cant believe i'm almost 30 and still laughing at things like this
I'm over 30 and still giggle when I hear stuff like that. Yesterday in my ceramics class the instructor was showing us how to "wedge" clay and he went over to this little table and said "this is where you beat it." I loled.
I still giggle at the idea of a 30-year old man in a ceramics class.
Maine has a good swing for a pitcher but on anything that moves, he has no chance. And if it's a fastball, it has to be up in the zone. Basically, the pitcher has to hit his bat. - Mike Pelfrey
Maine has a good swing for a pitcher but on anything that moves, he has no chance. And if it's a fastball, it has to be up in the zone. Basically, the pitcher has to hit his bat. - Mike Pelfrey
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