vision2020
Re: Completely unrelated to anything important.
Apparently Greg hasn't been to Spokane lately and seen the video cameras
placed at various intersections. Placed there to catch red light runners.
How about a bank, department store, mini-mart? The list goes on, a quick
search on the net revels thousands of cams.
http://www.seattleinsider.com/news/cameras.html
http://www.sanfranciscobay.com/live/baycams.htm
http://www.villageroad.com/web-cams/webcams.htm
http://www.bayinsider.com/autos/livecams/caltrans1.html
http://www.floridalink.com/webcam/beach.htm
http://www.leonardsworlds.com/states/arizona.htm
So Greg, smile, you've probably been on a cam somewhere and didn't know it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Burton <gburton@sltrib.com>
To: Ry Jones <rjones@airgap.net>
Cc: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 4:16 AM
Subject: Re: Completely unrelated to anything important.
> Is this Big Brother or Little Brother? Do the people coming and going to
> Mingles ( a place I frequented in my youth) know that they are being
> caught on some sort of recording device. Do the people who park their
> cars out front know they are subject to scrutiny. I'm sorry, this is
> facinating technology, but I am offended at the intrusion. Maybe I'm
> reading this web cam wrong, but the next time I come to Moscow should I
> really have to worry about who's looking in on my innocent (or God
> forbid) guilty or sinful activities. Sans an appropriate tissue, should
> I run home to pick my nose.
>
> Has Moscow become a haven for vicarious peeping-Toms and Terris or is it
> still the hangloose melting pot I remember. I hope the latter, but
> thanks anyway to Ry for opening a curious can of worms that neighbors in
> this digitized world may have to increasingly address.
>
> cheers, greg burton
>
> Ry Jones wrote:
>
> > I set up a webcam at http://moscam.airgap.net/ , it updates every ten
> > minutes, take a look. Or don't.
> > --
> > Ry Jones
> > Airgap Networks / Moscow, ID
> > 208 882 2367 (office) 419 730 2199 (fax)
>
>
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