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[B4TT]

How do you know that waltz?? unless you were trying to facestalk his sister again!?

[skillionaire]

SubyBook. Everytime I have this screen up at work they call me out for being on Facespace. Wankers.

How long till new TGUK is on?



This happened.

Webber got third yesterday, should've been another victory if Seb the PUNK could hold his line and not play chicken over the crest. Wanker.

Then this was seen in London;



Then some dude with too much coin converted his 997 to a GT3 body and gave is some stupid 600PS!!!!!!!

[Morgan]

Saw the Webber incident on the news. He was pretty happy about it LOL jk he was devestated

[skillionaire]

This is not the first time.

[skillionaire]

Then, because I like you guys, I found a video from the owner of the P-car.

[skillionaire]

And then, just when you thought I was out of boredom thread bombshells;

BAM

If Google told you to jump off a cliff, would you?
Posted by Seth Weintraub
May 29, 2010 5:29 PM

A Utah woman used Google Maps' walking directions on her Blackberry and was given directions to walk onto a highway. She got hit and is now suing Google for damages.

You know those warning labels on those chemical packets that come in new shoes that say 'do not eat'? Have you ever wondered why they have to print something so stupidly obvious?

Enter Lauren Rosenberg of Park City, Utah. She used Google Maps on her Blackberry to get walking directions from one part of town to another. Part of those direction included walking on a road without sidewalks called Deer Valley Drive, aka Utah State Route 224.

According to court documents, instead of finding a different route or walking safely away from traffic, she walked into the street and was (surprise!) struck by a car. Now she's suing Google for in excess of $100,000.

Defendant Google, through its "Google Maps" service provided Plaintiff Lauren Rosenberg with walking directions that led her out onto Deer valley Drive, a.k.a. State Route 224, a rural highway with no sidewalks, and a roadway that exhibits motor vehicles traveling at high speeds, that is not reasonably safe for pedestrians.

The Defendant Google expects uses of the walking map site to rely on the accuracy of the walking directions given….

As a direct and proximate cause of Defendant Google's careless, reckless, and negligent providing of unsafe directions, Plaintiff Laren Rosenberg was led onto a dangerous highway, and was thereby stricken by a motor vehicle…


This reminds me of something my parents used to tell me when I was younger and blamed someone else for my mistakes. They'd say "If Google told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?"

Except I was a kid. And if I was told to walk onto a highway, I would have passed.

As Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land points out, if you do a walking directions search from a desktop or laptop, you get one of those "Don't eat this packet of chemical stones" warnings:

Walking directions are in beta. Use caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths.

Microsoft's Bing has a similar warning when mapping the same path:

Caution, this route may be missing sidewalks or other pedestrian paths.

The problem is that you only get 320x480 pixels on a Blackberry screen (if you are lucky) and if Google needed to put warnings on its Maps pages, there'd hardly be any room for a map.

Instead, Google has to rely on people using common sense and lessons they learned in kindergarten – at least until their maps become 'fool proof'.

[Morgan]

LOL at supid people.

[B4TT]

wow...... there should be a law that not only throws cases out of court that are deemed ridiculous (as in the above case) but also charges the offending moron with stupidity.... I like it.. You are hereby charged with sheer stupidity

[Richo]

They need to wear a sign around their neck or an "I'm with stupid" tshirt point up

[Morgan]

Ill second that movement. Also applies to cases where a burglar sues a family when he gets his leg crunched by a window after breaking, entering and theft.

[Morgan]

Do you think they even realise its a B4? I cant see any mention of it anywhere! Low kms too http://cgi.ebay.com....=item3a5911317b

[Shiv]

They have to know what they're selling, its the law! Problem with that place is you can't try before you buy. If I were buying a B4, I'd definately wanna drive it before hand...who knows what condition it could be in!

[Morgan]

Exactly! Seems cheap for those kms though.
Nearly ready to sell your car Shiv?
June is tomorrow

CAR NOT FOR SALE UNTIL JUNE/JULY

[Shiv]

Yeh man, its all happening! Plan is to only sell my car once I have confirmed the purchase of another. The thought behind this is I don't want to lose a perfectly good car only to buy something I don't like just because I'm car-less. I'm zero'ing in on exactly what I want and will probably make an offer in coming weeks. I get a holiday at the end of June so if all goes to plan, thats when I'm looking to buy/sell.

[Morgan]

Have you got your eye on something at the moment?

[Shiv]

Have you got your eye on something at the moment?

Yup I've inspected one, in deep discussions with two other sellers. Just weighing up specs/price before making them a final offer in coming weeks. Most definately staying in the Suby family! But still having seconds thoughts about selling my Lib...

[Shiv]

Or should I buy one of these bad boys:


Very sexy cars they are...

[Delete This Account]

This is not the first time.

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Hahah, That's classic Nikko!

"That's kids isn't it, kids with not enough experience doing a good job and then they fuck it all up!"

[robt]

Hey gals do mobile speed cameras in Vic take front and rear photos from the van/car?

[robt]

Double post but hey, its been a couple of hours. Rob says no to this NO! and even more no to this OMG NO!