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Satellite Imagery

The NYT has a piece on the history and future of satellite imagery. Short but interesting.

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  1. Military Might by ringbarer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Billions of dollars of military spending, all to be able to look down a large breasted woman's cleavage.

    Our tax dollars at work!

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    "Why did they cancel my favorite Sci-Fi show? I downloaded ALL the episodes!"
    1. Re:Military Might by CausticWindow · · Score: 5, Funny

      This reminds me of a story from Sweden.

      They had installed very expensive surveillance equipment along the whole Swedish coast, to monitor the baltic sea. The system was operated by drafted personell which were supposed to be looking for signs of Soviet submarine activity.

      When it was uncovered that most of the time spent monitoring with the very expensive surveillance system was used to monitor hot chicks on the Swedish beaches, there were heads rolling.

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      How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life
  2. Damn it that green patch is not my dope! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ignore any vegetation at:

    Latitude: 45 53S. Longitude: 170 30E

    Thank you.

  3. Privacy Violation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, keeps one on him at all times in case he is kidnapped or is the target of an assassination attempt.

    The growth of the technology-enabled police state is shocking. You can't even kidnap a guy anymore without worrying the victim might violate your privacy by hiding some beeper up his butt. We better think long and hard before letting this genie out of it's bottle.