On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:26:23 -0000, "Tim Downie"
wrote:

Dave wrote:
I used Google earth to look at the shed in my backyard.



Pity it Google Earth couldn't be in 'real-time', it would make a
cheap cctv camera !! Mind you, that could open a big can of worms !!!

Reminds me of a book by Bob Shaw "Other days, other eyes" in which a spin
off from the development of a type of glass that can slow light down leads
to complete loss of privacy.

Well worth a read.

http://www.amazon.com/Other-Days-Eye.../dp/0575014857

and Asimov's short story "The Dead Past"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Past


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Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
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