" From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> " " -- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: " " > i haven't used google much, because of their habit of sucking up every " > keystroke you enter and building a profile of you they keep forever[*], " > but i used mapquest extensively in planning my last two long trips. " " Googleearth, not google maps. It's a gigantic application you download and " install. Runs OK with dual-core CPU and 2GB of RAM and a good display i can't run it then. no peecee here, just a couple of old workstations and a creaky imac. the fastest is 300MHz with 1G ram. the little ones have only 256M. " If you've not seen it, it will shock you. A full navigable map " of the entire earth, from space down to 200 feet. Some of the satellite " photos are 4 years old, but some a new; reconnaisance satellites constantly " re-photo continuously. " " If you think keystroke capturing bad, wait til you see your own backyard " from space. I can count the square footage of your illegal bedroom addition " from here :-) that's my neighbor's 'illegal bedroom' - this is a duplex condo... this creeping loss of privacy is depressing. " (Seriously, cities will do that soon enough... tax collected retroactively.) " " This sword has two razor sharp edges. yeah - let's check up on the city admin too! ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list