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This Google Map driver must have breaking for lunch (link) - musubi Dec 10, 13:40
The Treasure Hunt below was in actuality, a test. Many of you failed. - JaxSean Dec 10, 13:38 2
- ooh, I love getting tricked into tests! -- nm - TFox Dec 10, 13:42
- *house* ? -- nm - zork Dec 10, 13:41
Sections of Google Maps that are censored. -- (link) - lileve Dec 10, 13:36
Google maps hates Canada - where i currently live, the arrow pointing to my address is a block off. Where i grew up - El Fandie Dec 10, 13:32 16
- ta da! where i currently live! -- (link) - El Fandie Dec 10, 13:39 3
  - No stalking opportunities there, no sir. (nm) - musubi Dec 10, 13:41 2
    - oh please - it's old brownstone central. try to find me. -- nm - El Fandie Dec 10, 13:42 1
      - *bribes raccoons* -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 14:12
- You can correct them -- nm - oblique Dec 10, 13:37 3
  - Info -- (link) - oblique Dec 10, 13:39 2
    - ooh, done! -- nm - El Fandie Dec 10, 13:41
    - I just fixed my house -- nm - oblique Dec 10, 13:40
- Not just canada, there are apparently no Street Views anywhere on the island I grew up on. (nm) - musubi Dec 10, 13:35 2
  - They need to create vroombas to do automatic street view mapping -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:36 1
    - And we come ever closer to Skynet. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:42
- at least it doesn't throw you into the middle of the road. -- nm - Callisto Dec 10, 13:35
- Try the Microsoft Live Search Maps. They might even have an aerial view for extra detail. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:33 2
  - well, the map placement is right, but no satellite images -- nm - El Fandie Dec 10, 13:37 1
    - what abotu Bird's Eye? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:42
- They show my house in Queens NYC a few houses away from the arrow and streetview spot. -- nm - lileve Dec 10, 13:33
the house jax lived in during high school was actually a few miles from the high school i went to -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 13:30 5
- Cherry Creek? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 10, 13:35 4
  - yup. just on the other side of the reservoir -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 13:36 3
    - Small world. - JaxSean Dec 10, 13:39 2
      - 88 -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 13:39 1
        
        89! weird. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 10, 13:41
World's largest telescope to be built underneath the South Pole. -- (link) - Mop Dec 10, 13:26 7
- wouldn't that limit the number of places it could be aimed at? -- nm - zork Dec 10, 13:28 6
  - What if the Milky Way galaxy is spinning?! -- nm - Loyola Dec 10, 13:30 3
    - how fast? -- nm - zork Dec 10, 13:32 2
      - One rotation every trillion years. -- nm - Loyola Dec 10, 13:32 1
        
        Hmm. The Universe Song says we go 'round every 200 million years. -- nm - mara Dec 10, 13:36
  - "A globe is the earth!?!" -- nm - oblique Dec 10, 13:29 1
    - /moves the earth 2 degrees to the left to get a better shot. -- nm - Clueless Scientist Dec 10, 13:30
My (Texas) birth certificate has a box for "color or race" for both parents and one for "kind of business or industry" only for the father. Also, ... - zork Dec 10, 13:25
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- Yes. -- nm - evil crash davis Dec 10, 13:35 1
  - ...Up there on Brokeback -- nm - very evil crash davis Dec 10, 13:37
- I have never been in JaxSean's kitchen. -- nm - Dano Dec 10, 13:34
- Not that he knows of. (nm) - musubi Dec 10, 13:30
- I've *been* in the same house as JaxSean - oblique Dec 10, 13:24
- I have never been in his kitchen. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:24
- no. but he laid on my back for 30 seconds once.... -- nm - Remlik Dec 10, 13:24 2
  - Was it good for you? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 10, 13:36
  - That was as long as he lasted? -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 10, 13:34
Mop ... I've lived on Vancouver Island and Quadra Island. - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:22 5
- (and no, there's no ferry to quadra, and the reason I lived in those places is because I was growing up at the time and that's where my mom was) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:23 4
  - frick. BRIDGE. No bridge to Quadra. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:24 3
    - There's good tech work to be had in such an isolated community? -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:26 2
      - I. Was. Growing. Up. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:26 1
        
        Oh. Right. The poll was about where you used to live, not where you live now. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:29
elf andie has gmail. -- nm - Remlik Dec 10, 13:21 2
- elf andie is tempting me to go red, too. i am so poor right now that it pains me to go to the salon and spend $200 on foil and cut. - kare Dec 10, 13:24 1
  - I coloured mrs. zork's hair this morning! - zork Dec 10, 13:27
Florida offensive coordinator Dan Mullen will be the new football coach at Mississippi State. -- nm - David, grim-eyed dude Dec 10, 13:20
color me disappointed that no one on ST was able to answer my Angel question on B2. nm - Jovian Dec 10, 13:20 3
- Cause...(spoilers) - lileve Dec 10, 13:31
- I wasn't certain of it, but IIRC it was actually not for any specfic story reason, it was a shot at the network by Joss - The Calico Cat Coalition Dec 10, 13:27
- ask Nubby when you see him - he is the resident Angel person -- nm - Epiphany Dec 10, 13:21
OK friends, the strip club story (subtitle: Why It's Not Always Good To Tell People It's Your Birthday or You're Getting Married To Get Free Stuff) - TFox Dec 10, 13:18 8
- That. Is. Hilarious. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:38
- I've never heard of a stripper who works at the Burger King too. They make way too much money here to work some menial crap like that as well. -- nm - Subversive Dec 10, 13:30 1
  - Indeed, girls strip so they don't have to work at Burger King. (nm) - musubi Dec 10, 13:33
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  - playoffs in 3/4 leagues, boitch. (plus, peep the trade I got done on the BF boards.) - TFox Dec 10, 13:27 1
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- great, scar the boy for life! but L3 -- nm - Epiphany Dec 10, 13:21
- Heh. That's a classic. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 10, 13:20
from the backboards... 100 pacrat points to oblique for the use of the phrase... - i'm not dead yet ! Dec 10, 13:15 2
- *puts them in my pants* -- nm - oblique Dec 10, 13:21 1
  - watch out for that jizz_inmypants guy!!! -- nm - zork Dec 10, 13:30
Playstation Home Beta launches tomorrow. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:09 2
- I care! -- nm - Ken Katuragi Dec 10, 13:31 1
  - We don't care. -- nm - 8,000 Laid Off Sony Employees Dec 10, 13:32
ST Treasure Hunt. Link a Google Maps Street view of an old house you lived at. -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 10, 13:07 81
- My high school apartment is on the left side of the road. -- (link) - emoticripple Dec 10, 13:30 2
  - you lived with me too? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 10, 13:38 1
    - Superfail. -- nm - emoticripple Dec 10, 13:40
- nice. thank you for making kill 20 minutes of the end of the day look at overviews of the town I grewup in. nm - Jovian Dec 10, 13:29 1
  - you're welcome! -- nm - JaxSean Dec 10, 13:36
- I can't remember the address where I lived in the US, but here's where I worked -- (link) - Reagen Dec 10, 13:28
- This was the last place I lived in RI: -- (link) - kelly Dec 10, 13:28
- stupid google maps. best i can do is a satellite shot of my roofs. -- nm - El Fandie Dec 10, 13:26 1
  - Do you sunbathe? - oblique Dec 10, 13:28
- House in Bloomington, IN when I was in 4th Grade -- (link) - budice Dec 10, 13:25 3
  - I had a house not too far from there. Off of Country Club. -- nm - Amy Dec 10, 13:30 1
    - Really cool thing is we owned 3 acres which included the grassy plain in front and forest area in back -- nm - budice Dec 10, 13:34
  - Center of pic. zoom in -- nm - budice Dec 10, 13:26
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- where we lived when I was born (Irving, Texas) -- nm - zork Dec 10, 13:20 1
  - errr, linky -- (link) - zork Dec 10, 13:21
- I've never really played with this before, but how the hell do they do this? It looks like there's a camera right outside my house. -- nm - pmb Dec 10, 13:20 2
  - Take a look at the cars they use -- (link) - oblique Dec 10, 13:24
  - There was when the Google camera car drove by. Apparently, they've gotten into trouble for going down private roads. -- nm - VMan Dec 10, 13:24
- It's annoying that you can't drag the view to a position and then copy the browser address. -- nm - Max Dec 10, 13:19 3
  - Click "link" and it does that I think. -- nm - Amy Dec 10, 13:20 2
    - ah, I'm dumb. This is where I was for the 2000 census. -- (link) - Max Dec 10, 13:23
    - Yup yup -- nm - budice Dec 10, 13:20
- This is not what you asked, but here's my freshman dorm (link) - musubi Dec 10, 13:18 3
  - Ah crap, that's my junior yr apartment, here's the freshman dorm (link) - musubi Dec 10, 13:21 2
    - Ah crap, I give up. (nm) - musubi Dec 10, 13:27 1
      - Last try (link) - musubi Dec 10, 13:29
- The house I lived in in college. -- (link) - pmb Dec 10, 13:18 2
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    - Let's try again. -- (link) - pmb Dec 10, 13:29
- This is where I am now. -- (link) - Inigo Dec 10, 13:18 1
  - Hmm, I appear to live at Jax's place too. -- nm - Inigo Dec 10, 13:21
- Same as Jax.... -- (link) - budice Dec 10, 13:17
- This is where I lived while at primary school -- nm - Roger More Dec 10, 13:16 1
  - ooops - here -- (link) - Roger More Dec 10, 13:18
- My first apartment -- (link) - Dano Dec 10, 13:15 1
  - mine -- (link) - znufrii Dec 10, 13:19
- Mine's not working right. -- nm - lileve Dec 10, 13:15
- None are on street view -- nm - oblique Dec 10, 13:14 1
  - Ha. Found one. Apartment complex I lived at in college -- (link) - oblique Dec 10, 13:18
- My childhood home -- (link) - Amy Dec 10, 13:14 1
  - My house in college (one of them) -- (link) - Amy Dec 10, 13:19
- am I doing this wrong? how do get street view? all I can get is satellite. -- nm - the last day of marketing loves mandy lane Dec 10, 13:14 1
  - there will be a button beside the map, terrain, satellite buttons. Or a little person icon in the map itself. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:16
- Honestly, your old neighborhood looks like the coolest Pac-Man game ever. -- nm - Jelly Dec 10, 13:13
- Mine is hilarious. -- (link) - Callisto Dec 10, 13:10 5
  - oops. I also did not live with JaxSean. -- (link) - Callisto Dec 10, 13:12 4
    - Thanks again, Callisto. You're a great stalker. :) -- nm - Inigo Dec 10, 13:14 1
      - you are welcome. It was a fun one. -- nm - Callisto Dec 10, 13:14
    - *laughing* -- nm - JaxSean Dec 10, 13:14
    - i love how that one loads up -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 13:13
- I hate what they did to our front yard -- (link) - znufrii Dec 10, 13:10
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  - you lived in my house?? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 10, 13:13 3
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      - *bookmarks this post for when jackdawson ever asks for sex again* - JaxSean Dec 10, 13:18
    - Yeah I was starting to wonder if this was a joke! :) -- nm - Guigue Dec 10, 13:13
- This freaked me out. The name of our dept.'s accountant is "Treasure Hunt". I thought you were addressing her. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:09 3
  - This is not a real name. You are making a joke. (nm) - musubi Dec 10, 13:10 2
    - Apparently, no. This is true. She must have had interesting parents. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:11 1
      - She picked the right career path, though. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:14
- Late to the game, but how does google get this info? -- nm - Inigo Dec 10, 13:08 6
  - They have people who drive around in vans with cameras on the roof. No joke. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:10
  - they've got a fleet of cars with cameras attached. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 13:10 4
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    - Crazy. That must be painful to organize. -- nm - Inigo Dec 10, 13:12 2
      - I think they have a lot of autostitching going on -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:12 1
        
        Yeah I'm sure it's autostitching and GPS, and someone just verify everything is allright -- nm - Guigue Dec 10, 13:15
- Odds are *very* low that Street View covers *anywhere* I've ever lived -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:08 12
  - No Cameras Beyond This Point -- nm - prison view Dec 10, 13:20
  - I don't know why they cover places like Australia and New Zealand but not Canada. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:13
  - well, I can get a satellite view, sort of -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:12 8
    - and another place, the thick L-shaped one on the end of the row closest to the road and the tree -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:14 2
      - Here's an odd question: How'd you end up there? Work? Family? -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:21 1
        
        One of several places I grew up in. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:22
    - What. That's like an hour out of Victoria. I thought you were closer to the city. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:14 4
      - and it's more like six hours, including the ferry ride -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:15 2
        
        I don't understand. I thought you lived on Vancounver Island. -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:19 1
        
        Crap! There's no bridge between Quadra Island and Vancouver Island?! -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 13:20
      - this is where I *used* to live. I thought that's what the question was? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 13:14
  - They don't cover Canada yet. You can see up to the custom offices, and that's it -- nm - Guigue Dec 10, 13:11

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