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Judge Dismisses Google Street View Case
angry tapir writes "A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania family against Google after the company took and posted images of the outside of their house in its Maps service. The lawsuit, filed in April 2008, drew attention because it sought to challenge Google's right to take street-level photos for its Maps' Street View feature. Judge Amy Reynolds Hay from the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granted Google's request for dismissing the lawsuit because 'the plaintiffs have failed to state a claim under any count.'"
Was that because they were too Boring?
Anonymous Coward
IF car EQUALS allowed to be there THEN open ELSE fire missiles
I like to place meaningful quotes in my sig, so people will know that I know what meaningful quotes are.
If you stood out on the street and took pictures of my house, I'd fear for my family's safety.
Anonymous Coward
I'll see your deer photo and raise you Pittsburgh Samurai Battle
Most of the time when you see someone standing in the street taking pictures of your house, they are real estate appraisers shooting photos of the comparables for their report. They're usually harmless. Either that or your wife is up on the roof naked again.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
Street View blurs faces and license plates.
Google maps is also good at respecting the privacy of retired military officers!
this checks for it once. I believe the proper stub code is as follows:
5 REM based on code by Wandering Wombat
10 IF car$ = "allowed to be there" THEN GOSUB 30 ELSE GOSUB 40
20 GOTO 10
30 REM open gate code goes here
35 REM RETURN would be nice but why, when you can see how fast that guy can floor it 'cause...
40 REM fire missiles code goes here
45 RETURN
If you leave the door to your home open and come home to find that someone is photographing your things
The next product from Google Labs! It's like Google search for your PC, it's Google House View (beta). Can't remember what your bathroom floor looks like, can't see it from the sofa, and you're too lazy to stand up? Google can help!
You appear to be testing whether the car is equal to the constant expression 'allowed to be here' rather than testing whether the 'allowed to be here' property for the car is true. Since you are comparing things of two different types for equality, it seems that the most likely result of this will be to fire missiles at everything that approaches.
Remind me not to visit your house...
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