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Old 17-01-2006   #1
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Google Earth menaced by WW2 bomber

Well, nothing to do with sat really, but just stumbled across this. It's fantastic...

_http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/09/google_lancaster/
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Originally Posted by BGonaSTICK
Well, nothing to do with sat really,/
I dont know, it does show the sort of resolutions our friendly government ministers could use without hiring any satellite, just to check up on your back garden / garage / conservatory etc.
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I dont know, it does show the sort of resolutions our friendly government ministers could use without hiring any satellite, just to check up on your back garden / garage / conservatory etc.
Oh no, not the arse-topiary again!!!!

Why not go the whole hog and get a wikipedia-shaped olympic-sized swimming pool built?
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Even more cool than that, is this!!!

_http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/14/google_earth_competition_results/

Although, I'm sure the second picture on the first page is a socket 'A' motherboard...
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Thanks, the links led me to ponder on this for quite a few minutes

_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Buttkissing.JPG
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I dont know, it does show the sort of resolutions our friendly government ministers could use without hiring any satellite, just to check up on your back garden / garage / conservatory etc.
Can't get anywhere like that resolution here in Worcestershire.
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