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Barbra Streisand, Miss Vermont, And Your Website
An anonymous reader writes "A Silicon Valley millionaire, Ken Adelman, is being sued by Barbra Streisand for $50 million. Adelman photographed Streisand's sea-side Malibu mansion using a 6 megapixel Nikon digital camera from a helicopter flying over the Pacific Ocean. The photograph, along with over 12,000 other photographs, is part of an aerial photographic survey of the California coastline. This photographic database is intended for use by environmental and scientific research projects interested in the health of the coastline and coastal erosion. Streisand's suit complains that the photograph is of extraordinary clarity and violates her right to privacy, as it shows details of the property that one would not ordinarily be able to see from the road or the beach. California has an 'anti-paparazzi' statute on the books."
its... Mecha Streisand!!
"Besides," Adelman added, "Didn't she say she'd leave the country if Bush got elected? Well, we're waiting."
There are five things we will be good at. He forgot about suing each other...
Trouble making decisions? Just flip for it.
Don't post that link here! The next thing we know, Miss Vermont will be suing Google and Slashdot!
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...information, notwithstanding its truth, about any intimate or sexual acts engaged in by" Ms. Johnson
Oohh __mizzz_ Johnson!
Scanned too quickly and read 'my johnson'. 8)
In a couple of years, that cliff will erode to the point where her house will be in the ocean. Then she can build something else totally different, maybe a bit more inshore.
That of course begs the question, how badly do insurance companies bilk you for building a house on top of a cliff on the ocean? Since I'm landlocked in the middle of Alberta, Canada, I can't say that I know too much about that.
I will print this picture out and add it to my "places to avoid if you don't want to run into Barbra Streisand" file.
To Barbara Streisand: Blow me. The guy really doesn't give a rat's ass about "just your house", it's a photographic survey. If you don't like it might I suggest you get your sorry butt down to Home Depot and buying a few acres worth of tarps and covering up that mansion (or collection of McMansions as the case may be). This is America. If it's in plain view from a public place then you are SOL.
To Miss Vermont: Blow me. Seriously, you sound like a party animal. Maybe next time you'll think twice about getting nasty with just any guy. I think you need your dates to sign NDAs or you need to stop being such a _________ (fill in the blank). This lawsuit will most likely sink any goodwill you expected to get from your "title". I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors (and don't put the eggs on the bottom of the bag).
Again, this is the US. The first amendment bigger than you low life, money grubbing trolls. Remember, it gives you the right to act like such jerks.
"And a voice was screaming: 'Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?'" - HST
And folks wonder where the stereotype of celebrities as self-absorbed narcissists comes from. Well, no, perhaps they don't, but regardless--the photograph, taken from a big frickin' distance at that, was part of
environmental and scientific research projects interested in the health of the coastline and coastal erosion.
It isn't about you, dear heart, it's about science. You were old news years ago, though you enjoyed a brief revival with South Park. Get over yourself.
The coolest voice ever.
As a public figure, she might have a tough time winning a libel suit.
and this, my firends, is why you must always secretly videotape sexual encounters with hot chicks.
If you mod me down the terrorists will have won
Prior to today, I didn't know her name, never mind her reputation, as I had never even heard of her, and had never run across Max's site. Now everyone who reads Slashdot knows that she's a drunken slut! Way to protect that reputation! Perhaps "vapid" doesn't even begin to describe it...
You're using her as bait, Master!
Our backyard was bigger than her land. She paid millions for a couple hundred feet. And now everyone knows. No wonder she's pissed. Besides, the beach looks crummy, full of rocks and such. Not the picturesque smooth sand I would expect from a person of her supposed caliber.
Hmm, his reply to her question "How did you learn to f*** like that?" is "Home Schooling". Anyone else find that a little disturbing? (In a duelling banjos kind of way...)
The best part of this whole deal is on Miss Vermont's web page. Once you get past the idiotic animated intro, there's a cartoon US flag with "Free Speech" flashing on and off. Either somebody with a wicked sense of humor hacked the site or Miss Vermont is rather selective in her application of rights.
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She totally reminds me of the "Luanne" character.... if you know what I mean.
I suggest you read Slashdot
Is it me or does this look like a standard Slashdot troll, except involving adults of the opposite genders?
Not unusual in West Virginia where the family tree is a telephone pole!
Her web site is just a broken image.
How apropos.
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Thank you J. Jonah Jameson.
I went to high school with Amy and lived one street over.
Hello? Have you learned nothing? That kind of information is illegal to give out!
Mod down posts with a "Free Mac Mini/iPod" sig, they're spam!
the videotape i understand. how do you arange for the sexual encounters with hot chicks?
Yeah, that's just what you want. A class action launched against you by a whole gaggle of drunken sluts.
Never fight naked, unless you're in prison...
Why, oh tell me, WHY, did I have to follow that Katy link? I have never seen such vapid, insipid claptrap so well chrystalized into evidenciary form.
I mean, the 'Miss Vermont' story, as entertaining as it is, is certainly self-involved, but that Katy link just made me embarrassed to have ever had ANYTHING to do with information technology, period. What a waste of pixels... What a waste of B A N D W I D T H...
Mmmmmm... Bold, yet refreshing!
That's probably a good thing, considering it keeps weirdos like me from peeking in her bathroom window.
When the datamining gets good enough, the postal address of the person registered as Cypherpunks will start receiving junk mail for Alzheimer's medication.
http://pcblues.com - Digits and Wood
Funnily from her resume she is a lawyer to be .com CEO to boot.
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Have you read the rest of the story? I'm sure the reason she didn't respond was because she wouldn't be able to put together a cohesive story that's longer than about 10 sentences. God, it have worse grammar and spelling than Slashdot...
I eventually resigned myself to vacant sex with the vapid idiots that infest South Florida.
Yeah, I'm sure it took him a long time to make that decision.
You can see her naked in her swimming pool! No wonder she is so upset. Now if they'd used a crumby 5MP camera instead of a 6MP, then she might make a deal.
Why slashdot? Why not?
Hey Babs.. if I were you I'd be more concerened with the toxic green gook flowing out of the tube and down the cliff on the north side of your property. Or that semi-clothed homeless guy on the beach looking for a place to climb up and 'soil' your pool. Then again, maybe he can save your marriage [man that movie sucked].
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I'm a peripheral visionary.
Tucker Max is not an overly self-impressed jerkoff! Just because Tucker Max speaks in third person and Tucker Max pretends he's James Bond, doesn't mean you should look down on Tucker Max.
Tucker Max is not happy with you.
"I can see my house from here! .... call my lawyer!"
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Mod Karma -1: I sed bad wurds. If I cep my mouf shut, I wud be at riyses.
Perhaps it was just me, but every time I read the name 'Tucker Max', I somehow found myself substituting the name 'Disco Stu'.
Who said you need tact to be a lawyer? ;P
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Yes, but the average intelligence of the MENSA meeting is MUCH closer to functionally retarded than is the population of South Florida.
Kintanon
Yes, I do think MENSA members are useless wankers.
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