[Novalug] [OT] Google takes heat for using pre-Katrina imagery

[Brian Steisslinger]

Wow this thread reads like slashdot...



On 4/2/07, Alan McConnell <alan at patriot.net> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 03:39:42PM -0400, Rich Goodwin wrote:
> >
> > >     <LOL>  Because it takes a certain amount of political programming
> > >     for such an obvious question not to spring to mind.
> >
> > With all due respect, if one wants to find something ... one will find
> > it and call it obvious.
>         Hi, Rich!  May I point out that I am not "finding" anything;
>         I am seeking an explanation.  I'm afraid that I often do this,
>         in all areas of life.
>
> > >     where things are?  and AFAIK the government has not set
> > >     up an online agency with capabilities similar to those
> > >     of Mapquest and Googlemap.
> >
> >  NGA and USGS are the closest that I can come up with that would if they
> > were so chartered.  As a taxpayer, I am not willing to pay for such a
> > service when there are plenty out there already and provide much better
> > than what the Gov't could provide.
>         I can pretty much agree with this.  But the government(a surrogate
>         for us, says this liberal) had better make sure that we are
>         getting valid information about important matters.  (And I also
>         believe that "knowing where you are" is an important matter; I
>         expect that you'll agree)
>
> > >     than the government.    But if we are
> > >     going to let the Private Sector do things essential to
> > >     government activity, the government, especially the Congress,
> > >     had better exercise due oversight over said private sector.
> >
> > You assume here that the Gov't is or should be doing this.
>         Rich, I'm confused about what "this", just above, refers to.
>
> > word for a reason.  I PREsume that Gov't is not (and should not) ne
> > involved in such activities.  It is not cost effective for anyone.
>         Again, what are "such activities"?  I think that googlemaps
>         is as important for citizens of New Orleans as is such a
>         facility for a Murrlander who occasionally wishes to find
>         his way over to a Dulles flight path for one of Greg's
>         delightful seminars<g>.  Indeed, much more so.
>
> > >     recall this display to show how New Orleans used to be.  Is
> > >     your theory that someone at Google did this on their own
> > >     recognizance(like e.g.  Douglas Feith doctored up the intelligence
> > >     on Iraqi WMD on his own)?
> >
> > Huh???? What does WMD have to do with New Orleans?  Oh ... I guess you
> > had lunch with Mr. Farakahn't.
>         Rich, unworthy of you; you remind me of Mike Stone.  I was simply
>         pointing out that stuff happens for a reason.  Google revises
>         its revision, just as Mr Feith doctors intelligence, for a reason.
>         (But I shouldn't have dragged the name of the former Asst Sec'ty
>         of Defense in, should I?  This is supposed to be a non-political
>         discusssion, right?<G>)
>
> > >     I don't know what this is all about.  If you don't think New
> > >     Orleans is a "special case", that's your right.  Most people
> > >     view New Orleans as the preeminent natural disaster -- in terms
> > >     of property damage, lives shattered, etc -- that the U.S. has
> > >     been hit with in at least the last several decades.
> >
> > Hmmm ... a tad presumptious to say "Most."  Where is the data asupport
> > this?  Alot I'd buy any more than that .... I want to see the data.  You
>         I should certainly have said "All".  Do you, Rich, have a
>         candidate for a natural disaster in the U.S. that has destroyed
>         a great American city?  or one which has cost more, in lives
>         and $$$$$??  Does anyone?  Speak up!  (Galveston, in 1906?)
>
> > see I'm suspicious by nature and really don't buy talking points.
>         Yeah, me too!
>
> > >     "He lies.  He spies.  He wants us to ignore
> > >     His war . . ."   Impeach him!
> >
> > I saw "Enemy of the State" last nite and swear I saw them zooming in on
> > you with some funny camera ....
>         Was I wearing my great "I M P E A C H   H I M" button?  if you
>         didn't see that, it wasn't me<g>>   And check out my .sig for
>         today; it's much more informative.
>
> > Happy April 1st!  ;-}
>         <LOL>  I had to check, yesterday, if maybe Pete N., who started
>         all this, wasn't doing a Max Spangler on us.  But no, Pete's
> message
>         was written on Mar 31.
>
> I think we're finished with this thread, no?  I think we can
> ignore Mike Stone's ill-tempered and ad hominem post.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Alan
>
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