on August 9, 2014, 10:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Peace Cam not working today?"172.218.227.229
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Once, and sadly only once, since Daniel originally (Aug 2) posted about the activation of his webcam, has it been active when I clicked on the link. It was a picture lacking in resolution from (what appeared to be) the beach side door of his office. I "found" La Manz 5 years ago as a result of the confluence of seredipity augmented by technology. The technology, in part, being this web site, the coastal aerial photos taken and published on tomzap, the ability to book my own airline tickets and car rentals online, google maps & satelite / streetview of Hwy 200, and the various Youtube videos and images available on the web (remember when it used to be called the "Information Super Hiway"). One must assume that webcams are almost ominpresent now. Several of my co-workers have them installed in their personal vehicles. The company I work for is considering installing them in all their large trucks, railroads, for the most part, have them in every locomotive. The elevator company I work for now has two crews dedicated to interfacing cameras in building elevators. Several times I have seen one of the Google cars driving down roads "scanning" and recording for streetview. Several times in the last few months have I passed someone on a sidewalk who was equipped with something akin to "Google glasses" or a personal webcam. Public spaces are just that -- public spaces. The evolution of the availability of information is disconcerting but, I doubt that the well named "Peace cam" will ever "go viral". Thanks Daniel Jim |
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