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Some girl found a dead body too.
Kbrown
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That sounded cynical of me. Our office assistant showed me the game on her phone the other day, and it looked like it would be fun for kids. I just mean that there is bad stuff bound to happen until the novelty wears off.
Jiggyfly
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Pokémon Go memes sum up how your life has changed since the game was released
http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Pokemon-Go-memes-sum-up-how-your-life-has-8350823.php
http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Pokemon-Go-memes-sum-up-how-your-life-has-8350823.php
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It is pretty cool. We have nasty thunderstorms right now, but my little girl wants to get out so bad. She's pissed she is only a level six and wants to walk around the neighborhood.
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Pokémon Go Linked to CIA
Augmented reality software could turn smartphones into Imperial probe droids
Kit Daniels - July 11, 2016 277 Comments
Pokémon Go Linked to CIA
The ‘augmented reality’ mobile game Pokémon Go, which uses the player’s smartphone camera to ‘add’ Pokémon to real-world locations, has ties to the CIA.
The developer of Pokémon Go, Niantic, Inc., was founded by John Hanke, who previously received funding from the CIA’s venture capital firm In-Q-Tel to develop what eventually became Google Earth.
In-Q-Tel was once described as an “independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community.”
It’s easy to see why the CIA would have an interest in the software behind Pokémon Go; the game utilizes the player’s camera and gyroscope to display an image of a Pokémon as though it were in the real world, such as the player’s apartment complex or workplace bathroom.
Software like that could theoretically turn millions of smartphone users into ‘Imperial probe droids’ who take real-time, ground-level footage of their cities and homes, reaching into dark alleyways and basements which spy satellites and Google cars can’t reach.
For example, in the 2008 film The Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne intentionally places a back door into cell phones sold by his company to implement a city-wide sonar grid.
Did that scene from the film reveal the intent behind ‘augmented reality’ software?
In the early 2000s, In-Q-Tel invested in Keyhole Inc., the company founded by Hanke which developed 3D “flyby” images of buildings and terrain from geospatial data collected by satellites.
The name “Keyhole” was a homage to the KH spy satellites first launched by the American National Reconnaissance Office.
Google later purchased Keyhole in 2004 and rolled its technology into Google Earth.
The CIA established In-Q-Tel in 1999 as its venture capital arm to “identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge information technologies that serve United States national security interests,” according to the firm itself.
“If you want to keep up with Silicon Valley, you need to become part of Silicon Valley,” says Jim Rickards, an adviser to the U.S. intelligence community familiar with In-Q-Tel’s activities. “The best way to do that is have a budget because when you have a checkbook, everyone comes to you.”
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Augmented reality software could turn smartphones into Imperial probe droids
Kit Daniels - July 11, 2016 277 Comments
Pokémon Go Linked to CIA
The ‘augmented reality’ mobile game Pokémon Go, which uses the player’s smartphone camera to ‘add’ Pokémon to real-world locations, has ties to the CIA.
The developer of Pokémon Go, Niantic, Inc., was founded by John Hanke, who previously received funding from the CIA’s venture capital firm In-Q-Tel to develop what eventually became Google Earth.
In-Q-Tel was once described as an “independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community.”
It’s easy to see why the CIA would have an interest in the software behind Pokémon Go; the game utilizes the player’s camera and gyroscope to display an image of a Pokémon as though it were in the real world, such as the player’s apartment complex or workplace bathroom.
Software like that could theoretically turn millions of smartphone users into ‘Imperial probe droids’ who take real-time, ground-level footage of their cities and homes, reaching into dark alleyways and basements which spy satellites and Google cars can’t reach.
For example, in the 2008 film The Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne intentionally places a back door into cell phones sold by his company to implement a city-wide sonar grid.
Did that scene from the film reveal the intent behind ‘augmented reality’ software?
In the early 2000s, In-Q-Tel invested in Keyhole Inc., the company founded by Hanke which developed 3D “flyby” images of buildings and terrain from geospatial data collected by satellites.
The name “Keyhole” was a homage to the KH spy satellites first launched by the American National Reconnaissance Office.
Google later purchased Keyhole in 2004 and rolled its technology into Google Earth.
The CIA established In-Q-Tel in 1999 as its venture capital arm to “identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge information technologies that serve United States national security interests,” according to the firm itself.
“If you want to keep up with Silicon Valley, you need to become part of Silicon Valley,” says Jim Rickards, an adviser to the U.S. intelligence community familiar with In-Q-Tel’s activities. “The best way to do that is have a budget because when you have a checkbook, everyone comes to you.”
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Texas Ace
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Still?
Two close friends live in Charlotte and they told me y'all had some really violent storms pass through there Saturday night. One of those guys had a tree fall and almost hit his house. Luckily it didn't hit the house, but it did knock his power out until tomorrow.
We had those kinds of storms here in the spring and they aren't fun.
Stay safe.
Jiggyfly
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Pokémon Go Linked to CIA
Augmented reality software could turn smartphones into Imperial probe droids
Kit Daniels - July 11, 2016 277 Comments
Pokémon Go Linked to CIA
The ‘augmented reality’ mobile game Pokémon Go, which uses the player’s smartphone camera to ‘add’ Pokémon to real-world locations, has ties to the CIA.
The developer of Pokémon Go, Niantic, Inc., was founded by John Hanke, who previously received funding from the CIA’s venture capital firm In-Q-Tel to develop what eventually became Google Earth.
In-Q-Tel was once described as an “independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community.”
It’s easy to see why the CIA would have an interest in the software behind Pokémon Go; the game utilizes the player’s camera and gyroscope to display an image of a Pokémon as though it were in the real world, such as the player’s apartment complex or workplace bathroom.
Software like that could theoretically turn millions of smartphone users into ‘Imperial probe droids’ who take real-time, ground-level footage of their cities and homes, reaching into dark alleyways and basements which spy satellites and Google cars can’t reach.
For example, in the 2008 film The Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne intentionally places a back door into cell phones sold by his company to implement a city-wide sonar grid.
Did that scene from the film reveal the intent behind ‘augmented reality’ software?
In the early 2000s, In-Q-Tel invested in Keyhole Inc., the company founded by Hanke which developed 3D “flyby” images of buildings and terrain from geospatial data collected by satellites.
The name “Keyhole” was a homage to the KH spy satellites first launched by the American National Reconnaissance Office.
Google later purchased Keyhole in 2004 and rolled its technology into Google Earth.
The CIA established In-Q-Tel in 1999 as its venture capital arm to “identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge information technologies that serve United States national security interests,” according to the firm itself.
“If you want to keep up with Silicon Valley, you need to become part of Silicon Valley,” says Jim Rickards, an adviser to the U.S. intelligence community familiar with In-Q-Tel’s activities. “The best way to do that is have a budget because when you have a checkbook, everyone comes to you.”
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If they have figured out how to send live video feeds from every single phone in America over the cellular network then they are geniuses.
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Just waiting for someone to sue Nintendo for placing a Pokemon Go thing around an environmentally-sensitive area. "The last Mohican-Corrugated Butterfly died and is now extinct cuz 1000s kids trampled all the flowers searching for a Pokemon."
What is interesting is if a McDonald's can buy placements of Pokemon to send scores of kids right to their cash registers.
What is interesting is if a McDonald's can buy placements of Pokemon to send scores of kids right to their cash registers.
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The MIL just told us that last night. Jokes on her because her special needs daughter that we are watching is infatuated with it.
#badinfluences
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TXDOT posted this on their Facebook page.
Texas Department of Transportation
20 hrs ·
Y’all. Please don’t make us have to create a campaign called “Don’t Pokemon-Go and Drive.” We know you have to catch them all, but only look for Pokemon when you are not behind the wheel. Also, don't stop traffic just for PokeStops, and don't cross the street without paying attention. #WeShouldntHaveToTellYouThis #TalkTextCrash #PokemonGo
Texas Department of Transportation
20 hrs ·
Y’all. Please don’t make us have to create a campaign called “Don’t Pokemon-Go and Drive.” We know you have to catch them all, but only look for Pokemon when you are not behind the wheel. Also, don't stop traffic just for PokeStops, and don't cross the street without paying attention. #WeShouldntHaveToTellYouThis #TalkTextCrash #PokemonGo
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