On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:47:10 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote:

> Ken,

> Interesting. With Arachne 1.7r3 on my 386 with a 56k US Robotics
> Sportster I get complete images. Of course with a twenty second
> cycle time I only get a moment to view the image before it is
> replaced with a new download. Arachne shows just a blank screen
> during the downloads.

> But what's the utility of this site? I don't get it especially.
> Why show live images of a street corner in Portland, Oregon to
> the world?

> I wonder if the people crossing the street there have any idea
> they are being observed and recorded?

> Of course there are cameras everywhere now. So much for the right
> to privacy. We are being watched.

> On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 08:27:57 -0700 (PDT), Ken Martwick wrote:

>> I did a browser comparison yesterday using a camera image
>> of a street scene which is updated every twenty seconds.
>> The URL is http://www.oregonlive.com/officecam/.
>> My computer is a 100 Mhz Pentium, but the modem is only
>> 14,400 bps.  With Arachne v.1.66, I could see every one
>> of the images, though for only a brief period.
>> Using Netscape v.3.04 in BasicLinux, many of the images
>> only loaded partially, though occasionally there would
>> be a complete image.  Finally, using Netscape v.4.51 with
>> Slackware Linux v.7.1, at no time was an image visible.
>> I expected v.4.51 to be slow, I thought v.3.04 would be
>> faster than Arachne.
>> Ken Martwick

> Sam Ewalt
> Croswell, Michigan, USA
> - -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/

Sam,

Didn't you realize that we have been being watched for many years.
"Big brother" has been around since long before 1984. :(

Have a look at http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/my-house.jpg
(a screen-cap of Arachne with the mouse cursor pointed at my house)

Grab http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/my-house.htm
and take the link you'll find inside to have a look for yourself.

These are the kinds of images available to anyone... free of charge.

Just try to imagine what or government has. :(

BTW
Terraserver is operated by MSN. :(
However,
As you can see from the screen-cap.... it is "Arachne friendly". ;-)


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