Comments on: Angry Norwegians in scuba gear chase after Google Street View car http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 20:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709634 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709634 Well, It took them 2 months to complete driving around Bergen, so its not THAT small ;) Well, It took them 2 months to complete driving around Bergen, so its not THAT small ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-710659 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710659 Arrgh! I was home the day the Google truck went past - my vehicles were in the driveway! Missed my chance for costumed immortality... Arrgh! I was home the day the Google truck went past – my vehicles were in the driveway! Missed my chance for costumed immortality…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-710671 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710671 if you pan up to the building to the right of the attacking scuba men there is a blond woman watching from a second floor window. Clearly staged, they aren't on a dock or near the shore, why would they be in scuba gear other than to prank the Google vehicle. I love it though. if you pan up to the building to the right of the attacking scuba men there is a blond woman watching from a second floor window.

Clearly staged, they aren’t on a dock or near the shore, why would they be in scuba gear other than to prank the Google vehicle. I love it though.

]]> By: jwerner http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-710423 jwerner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710423 Them waiting on their lawn chairs http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=rugdeveien+39+bergen&sll=59.913801,10.73882&sspn=0.000449,0.001635&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rugdeveien+39,+5097+Bergen,+Hordaland,+Norway&t=h&layer=c&ll=60.360883,5.369267&spn=0.00108,0.003806&z=19&cbll=60.360882,5.369247&panoid=0JCPeE6vZt195sDiXZaCsw&cbp=12,54.08,,0,11.52 Them waiting on their lawn chairs
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=rugdeveien+39+bergen&sll=59.913801,10.73882&sspn=0.000449,0.001635&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rugdeveien+39,+5097+Bergen,+Hordaland,+Norway&t=h&layer=c&ll=60.360883,5.369267&spn=0.00108,0.003806&z=19&cbll=60.360882,5.369247&panoid=0JCPeE6vZt195sDiXZaCsw&cbp=12,54.08,,0,11.52

]]> By: jwerner http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-710426 jwerner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710426 And still chasing: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=rugdeveien+39+bergen&sll=59.913801,10.73882&sspn=0.000449,0.001635&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rugdeveien+39,+5097+Bergen,+Hordaland,+Norway&t=h&layer=c&ll=60.360893,5.370303&spn=0.00108,0.003806&z=19&cbll=60.360889,5.370091&panoid=tGDTBKk_tP3a2wU5_wHCOg&cbp=12,254.15,,0,16.66 And still chasing:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=rugdeveien+39+bergen&sll=59.913801,10.73882&sspn=0.000449,0.001635&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rugdeveien+39,+5097+Bergen,+Hordaland,+Norway&t=h&layer=c&ll=60.360893,5.370303&spn=0.00108,0.003806&z=19&cbll=60.360889,5.370091&panoid=tGDTBKk_tP3a2wU5_wHCOg&cbp=12,254.15,,0,16.66

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709409 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709409 After failing to stifle my laughter from watching the recursive podcast and now checking out these Norwegians, my co-workers must think I'm going a little insane. It's too bad they stopped at the intersection. Although I imagine running in scuba gear is no small feat. After failing to stifle my laughter from watching the recursive podcast and now checking out these Norwegians, my co-workers must think I’m going a little insane.

It’s too bad they stopped at the intersection. Although I imagine running in scuba gear is no small feat.

]]> By: jackie31337 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709921 jackie31337 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709921 Likewise! Also, I wouldn't necessarily say they're angry, just spirited. Likewise! Also, I wouldn’t necessarily say they’re angry, just spirited.

]]> By: KongK http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709410 KongK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709410 A newspaper got an interview! Boringly enough, they knew the driver... Here's the (poorly)translated story: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dagbladet.no%2F2010%2F02%2F09%2Fnyheter%2Finnenriks%2Fgoogle%2F10321908%2F&sl=auto&tl=en A newspaper got an interview! Boringly enough, they knew the driver…

Here’s the (poorly)translated story:

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dagbladet.no%2F2010%2F02%2F09%2Fnyheter%2Finnenriks%2Fgoogle%2F10321908%2F&sl=auto&tl=en

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709929 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709929 Maybe so, but <a href="http://futurama.wikia.com/wiki/File:AngryNorwegian.jpg">"Angry Norwegians"</a> is funnier. Maybe so, but “Angry Norwegians” is funnier.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709930 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709930 We didn't even know Google Street View had been in our area until a friend across the country told us to check out our house... If we wander a bit east of our mailbox, suddenly there's our son, riding his bike with a friend (who is on our daughter's bike, to his everlasting chagrin). A little bit cool, a little bit creepy... We didn’t even know Google Street View had been in our area until a friend across the country told us to check out our house… If we wander a bit east of our mailbox, suddenly there’s our son, riding his bike with a friend (who is on our daughter’s bike, to his everlasting chagrin). A little bit cool, a little bit creepy…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709936 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709936 Snorkeling gear, not SCUBA gear. Snorkeling gear, not SCUBA gear.

]]> By: smitty1276 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-710455 smitty1276 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710455 Sadly, this is clearly staged. If you back the van up a few steps, the lawn chairs aren't there, despite the van's obvious speed (determined by watching pedestrians motion per step) indicating that the van continued through that intersection. They almost certainly stopped and backed up to the intersection after Triton set up his chair to get the funny scene. Sadly, this is clearly staged. If you back the van up a few steps, the lawn chairs aren’t there, despite the van’s obvious speed (determined by watching pedestrians motion per step) indicating that the van continued through that intersection. They almost certainly stopped and backed up to the intersection after Triton set up his chair to get the funny scene.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-740669 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-740669 too funny, i was laughing all day and night, and shaking with laughter too funny, i was laughing all day and night, and shaking with laughter

]]> By: jackie31337 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709952 jackie31337 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709952 The Streetview car drove past my office in Helsinki, Finland last summer (I think it was July), but the pictures just went live yesterday. I suspect the Norwegian pictures were taken around the same time. The Streetview car drove past my office in Helsinki, Finland last summer (I think it was July), but the pictures just went live yesterday. I suspect the Norwegian pictures were taken around the same time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709186 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709186 Ha they had their lawn chairs out waiting. Those are two very satisfied Norwegians. How many times would the cops have stopped by to check out to guys in full scuba gear camping out in their own driveway. "Just waiting on the street car officer." Ha they had their lawn chairs out waiting. Those are two very satisfied Norwegians. How many times would the cops have stopped by to check out to guys in full scuba gear camping out in their own driveway.
“Just waiting on the street car officer.”

]]> By: thequickbrownfox http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709448 thequickbrownfox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709448 Needs to be made into video, with Yackety Sax of course. Needs to be made into video, with Yackety Sax of course.

]]> By: arikol http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709194 arikol Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709194 Best streetview prank yet? Hilarious, anyway :D Best streetview prank yet?
Hilarious, anyway :D

]]> By: Scuba SM http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709456 Scuba SM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709456 What I find interesting is the apparent script-based blurring evident in the Google Maps images. In the image shown above, there's a small circle next to the lawn chairs that's blurred. In the picture of the guy with the (awesome) hoodie in Toronto, the front of his scooter is blurred. I figure the blurring is intended to block out plates, but what about the lawn chairs triggered it? What I find interesting is the apparent script-based blurring evident in the Google Maps images. In the image shown above, there’s a small circle next to the lawn chairs that’s blurred. In the picture of the guy with the (awesome) hoodie in Toronto, the front of his scooter is blurred. I figure the blurring is intended to block out plates, but what about the lawn chairs triggered it?

]]> By: Nores http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709201 Nores Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709201 Ah, are we not all ultimately caught on desires fork? Ah, are we not all ultimately caught on desires fork?

]]> By: KongK http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-710483 KongK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-710483 I doubt that it's staged. Here's a video I made (in Norwegian), with their own private pictures: http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/distrikt/hordaland/verdi/123210/ And you don't know the cars route through the intersection. They may have gone past without making the turn, then came back minutes, hours or even days later, to get that specific road. BTW, pictures were taken 10. July 2009, and back in those days, trees were green and temperature livable. I doubt that it’s staged. Here’s a video I made (in Norwegian), with their own private pictures: http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/distrikt/hordaland/verdi/123210/ And you don’t know the cars route through the intersection. They may have gone past without making the turn, then came back minutes, hours or even days later, to get that specific road.

BTW, pictures were taken 10. July 2009, and back in those days, trees were green and temperature livable.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-712532 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-712532 Great fun reading your comments! Glad you liked the stunt By the way: Lyster = Fish spear Lyst(e) = To lust, desire Explains the "Desires fork" Until nex time Frogman #1 Great fun reading your comments! Glad you liked the stunt

By the way:
Lyster = Fish spear
Lyst(e) = To lust, desire
Explains the “Desires fork”

Until nex time
Frogman #1

]]> By: Taskbot http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709207 Taskbot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709207 This made my day, I just can't stop laughing. How absurd! This made my day, I just can’t stop laughing. How absurd!

]]> By: Trent Hawkins http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709217 Trent Hawkins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709217 Found this strange character in my area: http://maps.google.ca/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.637473,-79.404995&spn=0,359.980581&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=43.637477,-79.404836&panoid=f2HVEMXlcKfH4UUaP26D1A&cbp=12,282.54,,2,8.03 Found this strange character in my area: http://maps.google.ca/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.637473,-79.404995&spn=0,359.980581&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=43.637477,-79.404836&panoid=f2HVEMXlcKfH4UUaP26D1A&cbp=12,282.54,,2,8.03

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709221 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709221 This is just so full of win I don't know where to start. I certainly hope that street view map-jacking becomes more common. It's fantastic. This is just so full of win I don’t know where to start.

I certainly hope that street view map-jacking becomes more common. It’s fantastic.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709480 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709480 @Scuba SM It looks like the gap in the shadows between the chairs is somewhat rectangular, and lighter than the surrounding area, so the algorithm detects a white rectangle and assumes a plate. @Scuba SM
It looks like the gap in the shadows between the chairs is somewhat rectangular, and lighter than the surrounding area, so the algorithm detects a white rectangle and assumes a plate.

]]> By: acb http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709226 acb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709226 I wonder how they knew where the car was going to be. Perhaps they were in league with the pranksters in Berlin who put GPS tracking devices onto Google camera cars? I wonder how they knew where the car was going to be. Perhaps they were in league with the pranksters in Berlin who put GPS tracking devices onto Google camera cars?

]]> By: brooklynp50 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709740 brooklynp50 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709740 Check this out: http://www.streetwithaview.com/ Check this out: http://www.streetwithaview.com/

]]> By: misanthrophic_principle http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709487 misanthrophic_principle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709487 Has anyone considered staging short plays in front of the Street View car? I could imagine getting a 60 Second Shakespeare in before the car sped off down the road... Has anyone considered staging short plays in front of the Street View car? I could imagine getting a 60 Second Shakespeare in before the car sped off down the road…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709235 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709235 Spawning season. Google should have known better (or at least googled it) Spawning season. Google should have known better (or at least googled it)

]]> By: limepies http://boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html#comment-709492 limepies Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-709492 i'm sure you could get in more than that. i’m sure you could get in more than that.

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