On 2008-03-03 12:33:53 -0500, Rich said:
> On Mar 3, 10:46 am, Charles Packer wrote:
>> Vice President Cheney has "had his house removed from
>> Google Earth." Thus said Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show,"
>> according to my wife. So I invoked Google Earth and
>> lo, all of the grounds of the Naval Observatory -- where
>> his house is -- is displayed at a much lower resolution
>> by means of much larger pixels; at least 10X larger,
>> my eyeballs tell me.
>>
>> But that's not all. In another surprise, the White House
>> and Capitol are now rendered at full resolution, unlike
>> in 2004, the last time I checked (and posted here about
>> it). At that time, they were either pixelated or had
>> strange blank colored rectangles overlying parts of
>> their roofs.
>>
>> But if you want to see Cheney's lawn at full resolution,
>> just use MapQuest in aerial image mode. All three of the
>> DC locations are at full resolution. However -- this is
>> really odd -- the Treasury building (next door to the White
>> House) has been obliterated by a seemingly misplaced image
>> which is a copy of one immediately to the southwest.
>>
>> --
>> Charles Packerhttp://cpacker.org/whatnews
>> mailboxATcpacker.org
>
> Where you this agitated when Google worked with the CHINKS to put
> dissidents in JAIL who used their site?
Which has just what to do with what?
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