12 responses for this post

1. chuckb123 on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 9:43 am

   Awesome. I love being part of a 9% minority in my zip code!

2. Lauren on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 9:59 am

   I like to play with Zillow. It’s not accurate at all house for house, in my area at least… All the houses are off by one. It also shows a house across from mine which would be in a pond… But it’s fun to play with.

   http://www.zillow.com/search/S.....ode=browse

3. Michael on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 10:00 am

   My zip code is 99.3% white. Le sigh.

4. freakgirl on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 10:00 am

   Ours is about 50%.

5. genevieve on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 10:05 am

   Is this based on the last census from 2000? Wondering because it seems a little off for my zip code. I live in a rapidly gentrifying area of Brooklyn, so 7 years could mean a world of difference.

6. chuckb123 on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 10:08 am

   For those of you who don’t know - the latest version of Google Earth has a flight simulator.

   So yes GB, you can buzz your own house with an F-16 and it is AWESOME.

7. GeekBoy on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 10:55 am

   Wow. I have to say, even as a sci-fi geek, the future scares me a bit sometimes. We’re at a point in history when data space and bandwidth are so cheap that we’ve begun the process of digitally capturing the world around us and feeding it back to ourselves in virtual formats.

   I’ve always known technology would get to a point where it would be possible to play around in fantasy settings, but it never occurred to me that people might want to capture the “real world” in a bottle, down to the last detail, and play around in that. It makes sense, though. Imagine planning the remodel of your house in a virtual environment.

   The part that scares me is the inevitable “feedback” effect of doing this. At what point do people have access to too much detailed information about the world around them, and it begins to affect their decisions?

   Sorry. Too deep for a Tuesday?

8. freakgirl on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 11:14 am

   :: hiding under bed ::

9. chuckb123 on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 11:39 am

   Google Earth for my last Los Angeles address had my car in front of my house.

   CREEPY.

10. Lauren on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 11:57 am

    At least you are home Chuck. Google has my car stuck at work permanently. It’s my own Google Earth nightmare.

11. Michael on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 1:14 pm

    Maybe I’m doing it wrong, but when I zoom in on my house, it’s just a blurry green and brown blob. Too rural?

12. chuckb123 on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 1:43 pm

    Yeah, some images are better than others.

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