Xavi6 wrote: » Best one yet!!!
Des Hynes wrote: » Why is the Courtie closed? A gold mine. The one on Australia Street I presume
dr.bollocko wrote: » @Xavi: ****ing brilliant photo! How did you find that? Its not like Australia is a small place...
hussey wrote: » Nope no shed, the corner pub was called teh Sydney Park Hotel, it is dodgy as only ever has 4 customers ever .. but yet it is still open!
hussey wrote: » Courtie is closed down now, Coopers was redone and no longer spit and saw dust. Townie and sando same as ever
Des Hynes wrote: » Definitely a house very close by then. There used to be a mad bunch of Maoris nearby always fixing cars on the street. Used to drink in the Sando / Coopers / Town Hall / Courtie. Happy days
Des Hynes wrote: » Jaysus Hussey, I think I know someone who lived in that house on Lord St, Newtown about 8 years ago! Is there a convetred shed out the back? What's the name of the pub on the corner of King st/ Lord St? A right ****hole
hussey wrote: » Google Street Maps
Myth wrote: » That pic kinda reminds me of GTA San Andreas for some reason.
Xavi6 wrote: » http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=609843 He said his wife felt "violated" because she had appeared on the map in her pyjamas.
Google exposes Australia's private parts 11:00 AEST Wed Aug 6 2008 A trip to a sex shop, sleeping on the job in a ute and being fined by the police: these are just some of the sticky situations Google's Street View has captured in Australia. The launch of the service yesterday — which gives a driver's-eye view of homes and businesses across the nation — has been criticised by those who believe Google is breaching their privacy. Among the flurry of complaints is one Queensland man whose wife was photographed in nothing but her nightie while standing in the street. The man has demanded action from Queensland Premier Anna Bligh. "If you look at my street you will see my wife, children and grandchild, plus a friend of my daughter's," he told ninemsn. "Two of my children are under the age of 18 … I want Premier Bligh to do something about this." He said his wife felt "violated" because she had appeared on the map in her pyjamas. Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) chair Roger Clarke told ninemsn Google was under no obligation to remove any pictures earmarked as "offensive". "Google lets people report an image but they're under no obligation to take it down … they've never promised to take down images that offend people," Mr Clarke said. "The law is pretty bloody weak on this … Google is playing the game." Mr Clarke said "problematic" images brought to the attention of the APF were swiftly taken care of by Google and no longer available online. "You need think about what your reaction is when someone stands in front of your house and takes photographs of your place — people are protective of their home, their home is their castle," he said. "When things become systematic and recorded, and those recorded things become available, that's when the whole game changes." But the service does have its fans. A member from online broadband forum Whirlpool wrote: "Do you force everyone who drives down your or your relatives street to not look at the house?" "Seriously, the weirdos come out of the closet when Google is involved!"
pickarooney wrote: » Those Google bastards were around here with their roof-mounted cameras last week. Won't be too long before I can watch my hot neighbour on her balcony without walking round the building.
Google gets down on the street 06:00 AEST Tue Aug 5 2008 Close-up images of Australian homes, businesses and famous landmarks in cities, towns and remote areas are now available on Google Maps Australia, absolutely free. Street View, the newest addition to the popular website, contains more than 10 million images that users can search and view. Australia is only the third country to benefit from the technology, which was a useful tool during last month's Tour de France and is also available in 50 US cities. From 3am (AEST) on Tuesday, anyone can access the tool by simply clicking on a button to find the 360-degree, street-level images.The hard yards of getting Street View off the ground involved a group of "Google" cars mounted with rooftop digital cameras. The vehicles criss-crossed Australia, snapping endless photographs for about six months. Street View integrates with other Google Maps services - driving directions, searching and mapping specific businesses in a neighbourhood and the highly popular satellite views on Google Earth. It can give drivers images of intersections to go with their driving directions and enable prospective homebuyers to view the streets surrounding a property for sale. Cafe and restaurant goers can determine if a venue they have in mind has al fresco dining. Business owners can take things further and download free images of their properties and other information, for use on their own websites. Google Maps creator Lars Rasmussen says Street View has many applications for business, government and for rescue services when natural disasters strike. "Our ambition is, of course, to be a world map - we're almost halfway there," Mr Rasmussen told reporters at Google's offices in Sydney. "With Street View, it adds a whole new dimension." Tourism Australia, the Real Estate Institute of Australia and the Australian Geography Teachers Association have all praised the new technology. Google has also built in a feedback mechanism for property owners to request the removal of photographs that identify people or sensitive information. Street View already blurs people's faces and vehicle registration numbers. One couple in the US filed a lawsuit earlier this year after realising a photograph of their Pennsylvania home had been taken from a private road. The image was later removed and Google says not many complaints have been received since Street View went live in the US. The company says additional images of Australia will continue to be added, but it cannot say how often existing images will be updated. Street View can be accessed from 3am (AEST) on Tuesday by visiting maps.google.com.au/streetview.
hussey wrote: » /resist urge for 'yore ma' joke
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