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Big Brother
03.09.05 (7:58 am)   [edit]

The other day I found a site which shows satellite images of this area. It’s a fascinating site, by clicking onto a map the image zooms in, and in, until it shows frighteningly detailed photographs. I zoomed in on my house, and saw that the photograph was taken before the renovation because it had no roof. I then looked up the area where we lived before coming here. We had a top floor apartment, so half of the roof was our terrace. I really was shocked to see a photograph of our block, complete with our day beds set out on the terrace! How scary is that! Thankfully we weren’t on the beds at the time the photograph was taken. I say “thankfully” because we thought our terrace was private and spent most of the time out there naked. Am I being naïve, or is this too “Big Brother” for comfort?

 


posted by: badaunt (reply)
post date: 03.09.05 (12:14 am)

I notice you didn't give the link. Big Sister wants to check it out, for, um, research purposes. Yeah, that's it. Research purposes.



posted by: slash (reply)
post date: 03.09.05 (1:06 am)

yeah, i want the link too.



posted by: Andaloo (reply)
post date: 03.09.05 (1:31 am)

Reply to: badaunt & Slash


http://desdeelcielo.andaluciajunta.es/

The site is hosted by the Junta de Andalucia, so it only shows Andalucia. If I get time later I'll see if I can find a "global" site.




posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 03.09.05 (5:46 am)

haha. I too noticed you didn't give the link. hee hee, cheers to badaunt!

Definitely too 'big brother' for my taste. Then again, google is enough to scare the crap out of me. There is no such thing as privacy!



posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 03.09.05 (8:41 am)

oh poop. I don't think the link works. :(



posted by: Andaloo (reply)
post date: 03.09.05 (9:57 am)

Reply to: lindy
Its an Andaluz site, of course it doesn't work. Actually, it'll probably work mañana...possibly...or not...possibly...but not during the siesta...probably.
(Seriously, I found sometimes it does work and sometimes it doesn't. ¡Viva Andalucia!)



posted by: jennirae269 (reply)
post date: 03.09.05 (1:05 pm)

That's rather scary.....wonder what I've been doing that big brother shouldn't know about? Yikes!



posted by: Verlaine (reply)
post date: 03.09.05 (9:07 pm)

I once saw my car in the parking lot behind my apartment on one of global photography sites. That freaked me out because I could tell for certain that the picture was recently taken. Big Brother is all over us.
Being naive can be good, sometimes. What else can you do but go crazy?





posted by: SusanofPudlin (reply)
post date: 03.10.05 (5:30 am)

Dang! ANd I could have been in on it what with having your snail mail addy. Shoot! Why oh why didn't they get the timing right!!! Shoot!!!



posted by: Andaloo (reply)
post date: 03.10.05 (10:43 pm)

Reply to: Verlaine
Well at least it was parked behind *your* building!



posted by: Andaloo (reply)
post date: 03.10.05 (10:44 pm)

Reply to: SusanofPudlin
Believe me, it'd put you off your breakfast.



posted by: SusanofPudlin (reply)
post date: 03.11.05 (8:26 am)

Reply to: Andaloo
What, tall dark Italian naked me??? I don't quite think so!

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