Comments on: Google Street View – Greenock http://www.grahameanderson.com/2009/09/03/google-street-view-greenock/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:01:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Teddy Studdiford http://www.grahameanderson.com/2009/09/03/google-street-view-greenock/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Teddy Studdiford Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:01:25 +0000 http://www.grahameanderson.com/?p=29#comment-19 Great way to explain it. Can't say more than to appreciate what you are penned down. can you show how to grab your rss feed? I couldn't find how. Great way to explain it. Can’t say more than to appreciate what you are penned down. can you show how to grab your rss feed? I couldn’t find how.

]]> By: Harry http://www.grahameanderson.com/2009/09/03/google-street-view-greenock/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Harry Sun, 03 May 2009 13:03:20 +0000 http://www.grahameanderson.com/?p=29#comment-4 The Google car passed me as I was waiting to pick up my son from school the other day. I too am undecided about how I feel about it. I hate the idea of our lives being recorded, and masses of data being accrued by web companies about our browsing habits and personal lives. It smacks of 1984, and I think that Orwell was way ahead of his time and a visionary. He knew what was coming and he was worried about it. It's here now. However, like you, I'm excited by internet developments. You're right, we DO expect to have all the information we want when we search for something on the internet. But unless the data is uploaded we will never have access to it. To me, the internet is amazing, but do we have to accept compromises if we want this level of information at the expense of losing some of our personal freedoms? The internet is now fully integrated into our lives, and our children don't know what life was like without it. It's still in its infancy, but I agree with you Grahame, that it can't, and shouldn't, be stopped or even curbed access wise (I'm referring to AT&T's attempt to make providers charge for accessing their phonelines and pass the cost onto customers.) Harry The Google car passed me as I was waiting to pick up my son from school the other day.

I too am undecided about how I feel about it. I hate the idea of our lives being recorded, and masses of data being accrued by web companies about our browsing habits and personal lives. It smacks of 1984, and I think that Orwell was way ahead of his time and a visionary. He knew what was coming and he was worried about it. It’s here now.

However, like you, I’m excited by internet developments. You’re right, we DO expect to have all the information we want when we search for something on the internet. But unless the data is uploaded we will never have access to it. To me, the internet is amazing, but do we have to accept compromises if we want this level of information at the expense of losing some of our personal freedoms?

The internet is now fully integrated into our lives, and our children don’t know what life was like without it. It’s still in its infancy, but I agree with you Grahame, that it can’t, and shouldn’t, be stopped or even curbed access wise (I’m referring to AT&T’s attempt to make providers charge for accessing their phonelines and pass the cost onto customers.)

Harry

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