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Ollie Saunders
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Why haven't I seen this yet?

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The new street view features of google maps are OMG OMG OMG!

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because you're way behind the times. where have you been man?? :lol:
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Post by superdezign »

It's been on the news for the past like, two weeks. Apparently, the shots are semi-live and the people in the shots aren't aware of it. They had a shot of some guy using the bathroom on the side of the road that they've been showing on every news station.
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

They are not semi-live. They are as of the last time someone drove that street and snapped a picture. As was evidenced by the picture of the homeless man near Google headquarters that died last November and still shows up in Street View.

It is cool though, isn't it?
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Post by Ollie Saunders »

awww no fair. you all know already. I have this annoying friend who keeps forcing me to have a social life so I don't get to read as many of the blogs as I would like.
And, yes it is amazingly cool
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Post by superdezign »

Colbert Report... Daily Show... Local News... It was everywhere. It's a pretty big deal. Apparently, some cat-lady Googled up her house on it, saw her cat in the window, and became furious.

Unfortunately for creepy cat-lady, Google is above the law. The only big corporation that we don't really "treat like a big corporation."


'Cause it's free. ^_^
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