Posts by Sam F
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a heartbeat away from X
Random topic mashup...
Google Street View: a heartbeat away from residency?
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But what about the christian zombies?? No-one ever considers them...
Precisely. After everyone else knocks each other off Zombie Jesus and his meek flock shall inherit the earth.
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The only way they can defend their true christian lifestyle is to barricade themselves inside a huge concrete fortress and keep the outside world on the outside by use of superior firepower.
And from where, in time, the American civilisation will regrow from its (supposed) true source just as it did in the first place, reinforcing the idea that history shouldn't, maybe even couldn't, run any other way.
Or maybe it's just that the dynamic of modern zombie films pushes characters into isolation, rather than population-rich cities, for survival reasons? Hell, I can't choose between them, so maybe both are true - I do have a liberal arts degree after all.
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It is one thing have the information (what your house looks like) available if someone goes and looks and another to have it all in a database.
Of course, it's only a matter of time before one becomes the other. Someone is working out a way to mine saleable data from this system right now - I'd put money on it.
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Well, I'd be a lot more nervous with real-time updating - that would present more obvious issues of privacy and security, since people can see what's happening at your place now rather than what happened at a particular random point in the past.
I really can't see myself giving much more thought to what I wear when going to get the mail than I did before Street View. After all your neighbours will probably see more and remember longer than transient internet users, on the spot chance you do get snapped.
That said, if you're somewhat famous or notorious, having anyone with a crush on or a vendetta against you being able to scope out your road might be a real pain. I foresee Whaleoil, at least, having some fun with EFA authorisers' home addresses come the next election. It saves the trouble of a camera driveby, right?
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One could always go the 'starkish' route and offer prizes to journalists for using the term...
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Or a good compact trimmer for guerrilla topiary?
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Of course they're not sold as big names, they're sold as Great Thespians who can Really Act. Meaning, you take a perfectly good script, insert an overrated A-lister to ham it up and chew the scenery, and 99 percent of the target market never knows the difference.
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Heh. My parents' house made it, as did their car parked kerbside. Unfortunately we're right up a ROW, so will definitely miss out...
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It's lovely to encounter a state of the union address that's actually completely sincere.