Google Earth Street View
 

Since Google enhanced Street View (and by 'enhanced', I mean butt-fucked in the mouth) to the point of being barely usable, I switched back to GE 5.2. I just like the way Street View works in 5.2 compared the piece of shit it became in 6.0.

I was almost happy. I was happy enough.

Shoulda just killed myself then.

About an hour and a half ago, I wanted to see the view from the street of a place I know. To the Google! Find my place, click to open the side panel. Click Street View......WTF?

Where is my Street View layer? Don't give me that 'Pegman will appear on the right side of the screen when you're zoomed in close enough' crap. I got rid of the then current version to get rid of that shit altogether. I'm talking previous, stable, version 5.2 here.

The option to choose the Street View layer is gone. Simply disappeared. Been there almost two years. Gone, like it was never there to begin with. And Pegman ain't coming.

Ok, fukkit. Re-install. I even have a stand alone install file, none of that 'download a downloader to download the file that never gets stored on my computer'.

I'm patting myself on the back for thinking to keep that file, while its installing.

Re-install finishes. Start my brand spanking, splinter-fired new, still shiny GE version 5.2.

No Street View. Pegman don't show up, (why would he? He don't exist yet.) I even expanded every single little '+' sign on my side panel to see if it decided to become sentient and it was walking around GE 5.2, and maybe it just wasn't home when I came calling.

It ain't there. And it don't look like it's coming back.

Oh, I tried to search around, see if someone else was having the same problem. Talk about going around in circles, next time you have a day or two to kill give that a shot. All the posts in the forums and bb's concerning StreetView are either talking about GE 6, or they're dated two or three years ago, and are irrelevant (shut up spellcheck, i know how to spell irrelevant, I thought) anyway.

And, yes. I checked in places I knew for a fact had Street View imagery.

Anybody know wtf is up with this? Maybe GE is not letting older versions access the database on which the Street View images are stored? Maybe they arbitrarily decided to adopt the opinion of 'Use this version.' 'But this version smells like Afghan goat ass.' 'Fuck you, use it.'

I'm starting to get the impression that Google just might suck donkey balls.

It's kinda like the internet version of "Goddamn the Pusher". They give us all this wonderful shit, for free, cause, you know, who's your buddy? Then they do the equivalent of taking it away, they fuck it up. And we're supposed to come runnning to Google for our fix, willing to do anything, arm out, tied-up, vein ready for that Googledermic needle that we all love.

It's ok, though, man. I don't have a problem. I can quit anytime I want to.

If I could just get these godDAMNED BUGS OUTTA MY SKIN!!!!!

I don't know, but I was noticing recently that GE street view was worse than it used to be. Hard to navigate and look around. But then I later went into Google Maps in my browser, and there it had the old, good street view. So I don't know.

[tangent] This thread inspired me to wander back into Google Maps to see if they'd updated the street view for our house since the original (no,) and then I went to check my dad's neighborhood, because he's super paranoid about privacy and it's always funny to point and laugh and say, "Uh oh, now the bad guys know you bought a new car sometime in the last three years!" And a little farther down, there is a big blurry block over one of his neighbor's houses, from every angle. I had never actually seen what Google does when you request to be removed from street view, but I guess that's what it looks like.

I should also note that I ran GE in DirectX mode, OpenGL mode, and Safe mode.

No joy.

Also, does anyone else using Firefox get the blinking black screen when using Google Maps Street View?

I've been getting this for over a year.

i just google earth'ed my town home. my truck is in the driveway and i'm on the patio smoking a cigarette! last march. kinda fuzzy but damn that's some cool, or not so cool depending on your view, shit!

How long til this merges with the Cellar Squad thread and you fellas are having shoot-em-ups in each other's houses?

cause, that wouldn't be creepy at all.

plt, go check out my profile picture. I'm not smoking a cigarette, but if I had been, you could have easily seen it...

eta: so, interior courtyards are super popular in your neighborhood, eh?

The link is here, dunno if it will work ...

Age, IQ, or hat size.

Today, I was on Google Map and found myself on Chapel House Rd in Nelson, England
I noticed the "time" in street view feature.

Things haven't changed a lot between 2009 and 2014.
The same 2 cars are parked in their same places.

Although the neighbor on the side-street has a different car
and is now parking on the "wrong" side of the street.
... maybe it's a family relative visiting from the U.S.

You mean they drive on the left but cross traffic to park on the right side? :eek:

How else to explain the English parking rules

...left = right = wrong = left...

Yes, it is permissible to do that but it tends to happen on quieter roads.
The deterrent to doing it on busier roads is that it is a pain in the arse trying to pull out across one lane of traffic coming towards you before joining your 'own' lane.

There's a convenience store a few minutes walk from here that attracts a lot of early morning trade. You can see a couple of cars which are parked 'against the traffic'. On dark winter mornings, drivers who are in a hurry leave their headlights on while they dash in to buy a newspaper or sandwich. Unfortunately, the beam from the headlights is then directed towards oncoming vehicles which is hazardous.
It's a question of the lights being bright but the drivers being dim.

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Street View

Google Street View car photographs Google Street View car.

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I wonder what the odds were of that happening?


Street View

So what do the double red lines along the curb mean - no parking ?

From the Highway Code.

I had to go to the Highway Code for a precise answer as I have never seen double red lines anywhere other than in London and, as I've never driven there, I've never been aware of their precise meaning.

Just a couple of notes:

Yellow lines denote 'waiting' restrictions.

The Blue Badge is a permit issued to disabled persons allowing dispensation from certain parking/stopping regulations.

The pavement (UK) = sidewalk (US).

Carriageway (UK) = pavement (US).

Sooooo, what do the double red lines mean? No parking?

Yes, and a little bit more:

So many customs !

Boston has some too, and if your family hasn't lived there for at least 3 generations, you're still a newcomer.

Here's another one from Sundae's West Yorkshire post... what do the zagged white lines mean ?

There are additional rules at pedestrian crossings (crosswalks), popularly known as Zebra Crossings because of the black and white striped surface.

It is forbidden to stop, other than to give way to pedestrians, or pass another vehicle, in between the zig-zag lines.

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Welwyn Hatfield Times

:D Priorities are priorities - pelicans are Number One !

Thx for the interpretations

Wow, that's insane.
Thanks.

£635 + £60 = £695 X 1.49 = 1,0280.10($US) + pay to go to court + etc.

That's a major deterrent
... or a significant barrier to keep the riff-raff out of the court system.

Not to mention "3 penalty points" (whatever they are)

But maybe they are like our "3-strikes-and-you're-out" laws here in the US.
Of course, those with 2 strikes sometimes go to extremes trying to avoid that 3rd strike. :jail:

Penalty points are imposed on an individual's driving licence and are an additional deterrent to re-offending.
I don't have any personal experience (pauses to polish halo) but broadly speaking offences atract points on a sliding scale of seriousness.
I think that should you be in receipt of six or more points in a space of three years, it results in the suspension of your driving licence.
Of course, to some, these things are but a trivial consideration and can be avoided by the simple expedient of not bothering to qualify for a licence in the first place.

You are also required to mention any penalty points in job applications.
Most jobs these days require driving, even if it's only to and from work (says the woman who hasn't owned a car for ten years).
It's partly practical - will this person be able to get to and from work?
But also a character judgement - can this person abide by the law of the land?

Admitting to a single 3 point speeding offence wouldn't make any difference of course. Everyone has broken the speed limit at some point. But if you're close to the ban limit it really could affect your prospects.

Most states here have some sort of points system tied to convictions. Oregon has a Driver Improvement Program.

My town has one too... 4 points gets you a ticket and your vehicle towed away.

1 point if you're driving a pick up
2 points if you're driving a white pick up
3 points if you're Hispanic driving a white pick up
4 points if you're Hispanic driving a white pick up with a passenger

and then...
-3 points if you're Hispanic driving a white pick up carrying
a lawnmower and leaf blower and orange ear plugs

( I'm almost serious about this :eyebrow: )

I just stumbled upon my own car on street view. I was looking at directions up to State College because I have a seminar there in a couple weeks, and there was a star along my route on google maps. When I hovered over it, it popped up a little window with my mom's address and a picture of her house with my Jeep out in front.

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I think that's kind of cool.

Nice house.

Shows how much Google knows about you.

That is cool. Did you grow up there?

yeah. I must have put her address in as home when i was living there.

yup. My dad built it in 1977. It has a great big deck on the back. All the football games were played in that front yard. That was before that driveway cut in where the LHS is parked was there, and the two trees. The shrub that's behind the magnolia was one end zone, the driveway was the other. We all hung out on the deck at night in the summer or in the driveway, looking up at the stars. There are no street lights, and it's on top of a hill, so you got a great view of the milkyway. With the day's heat radiating off of the blacktop.... good times.

I do NOT want Google, or anyone else for that matter, knowing the places I go. Or for what.

No.

That was just a little bit cool, though. And a little bit scary.

Perfect yard for football.

It's both cool and spooky when I happen to glance at my phone in the morning before heading off to work, and Google tells me the fastest way without me even asking. It really wants me to take the bus to the metro, and I'm sure it's faster, but then I wouldn't be walkin' man.

Yeah, Mr. Clod's phone sometimes alerts him ahead of time when there's traffic, even if he didn't ask. As in, at 6:10 a notification will pop up saying something to the effect of, "we know you normally head home at 6:30, but you will want to leave at 6:15 today if you don't want to be late."

That's useful science right there

I was trying to decide, this morning, whether or not life is actually better for everyone since the advent of computers and their resultant technologies.

Actually better, not "I like it more" better. What have we lost and what have we gained? Are the gains substantive or are they decorative?

Computers are part of a remarkable set of steps forward that, after a century, have led to the end of hunger, the doubling of our life spans, and the end of a back-breaking lifestyle in which 50% of the people were needed to be farmers and labor 14 hours a day. Some say the advances have now led to a general pause in the amount of global warfare going on, a trend which, if it continues, ends centuries upon centuries of savagery, death, and man's inhumanity to man.

If you are not happy now, that is your choice.

See, that should be on a poster.

MISERABLE IS A CHOICE

Wrong again.

Wrong is a Choice!

Choice is a choice.
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I'm pro-choice.


But as to foot's question, yes, I think we are objectively better off. Not problem-free, by any means, but our problems now are, on the whole, preferable to the problems of yesteryear, if for no other reason than we currently have the choice as to whether to live with modern technology or go Amish. And choice is always better than no choice.

Choose choice.

If we were problem-free, someone would invent video games.

When I see how many people are glued to their iphones and unable to attend to their children, or end up handing down their old ipads, phones or what ever to four and five year olds, I have to disagree that it is a net gain. I suspect it has pros and cons and probably it's a wash. Consider the environmental damage it has caused, it has certainly heled Monsanto along in their work as well as all the other major bad guy players.

I don't think there is an answer, I just wanted to put that question out there as food for thought, maybe start a dialogue to examine the consequneces without trying to make a point one side or the other.

I read that as "plaster" [bandaid].
It worked for me.

the end of hunger? that hasn't happened, with or without computers.

I'm just talking about the first world here.

No, but we're heading in the right direction, and quickly.

Gonna hafta remove people from that equation, first.

That's it, brilliant, kill all the poor. :litebulb:

POOR IS A CHOICE

Alas, stupid is not a choice. But I'd still like someone to blame...