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Re: [LUG] OT: To feed your paranoia

 

On Thursday 05 March 2009, jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Tom Potts writes:
> > On Thursday 05 March 2009 07:52, george wrote:
> >> This is a  photo from the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. In this photo
> >> you will be able to see IN FOCUS the face of each individual in  the
> >> crowd. You can scan, double click and zoom to any section of the
> >> crowd... wait a few  seconds... and the focus adjusts.  The picture was
> >> taken with a robotic camera at 1,474 megapixel. (295 times  the standard
> >> 5 megapixel camera)
> >> http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c
> >>2b4 b06233c
> >
> > I dont need to see these fawning idiots in detail to feel paranoid!
> > Tom te tom te tom
>
> ...excuse me for being stupid, who is there that I should be worried about?
> Why would the people there cause me to be paranoid?
> Jon

It isn't the people in the crowd Jon.  The question is "Why would you want to 
be able to identify everyone in a crowd of thousands?"  To see if your Mother 
was there? Or is your big brother looking for you?
George

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