Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/10/street_view_frogmen/
Viking frogmen chase Street View spymobile
Google enjoys a traditional Norwegian welcome
Posted in Bootnotes, 10th February 2010 13:19 GMT
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Last weekend saw the launch of Google's privacy-busting Street View in Norway, and it didn't take long for locals to spot a traditional Viking welcome [1] for the Great Satan of Mountain View's spymobile on the streets of Bergen:
Luckily for the Google operative, he was able to outrun the belligerent, rubber-clad locals and make good his escape:
Good stuff. This entertaining spectacle has prompted Norwegian paper Aftenposten to not unreasonably ask [2] "Who's chasing Google with fish spears?" ®
Links
- http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Rugdeveien+39+Bergen&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.320439,60.205078&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rugdeveien+39,+5097+Bergen,+Hordaland,+Norway&ll=60.360883,5.369267&spn=0.001502,0.003675&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=60.360882,5.369247&panoid=0JCPeE6vZt195sDiXZaCsw&cbp=12,30.05,,1,13.87
- http://www.aftenposten.no/forbruker/digital/article3509350.ece