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(Some Guy)		It might be time to call in some landscapers if the tree in your yard can be seen from space (couriermail.com.au)		89
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The_Pole_Of_Justice

2010-09-09 04:49:43 AM

Why, so they can plant a bunch of bushes into the shape of a big fark off arrow that points to it, so people in space don't miss it?

"Dude, I can see your tree from here!"

batou

2010-09-09 04:51:11 AM

if i get on the google i can see my trees too. neat!

Knucklepopper

2010-09-09 04:52:57 AM

Why is this an issue?

jaspyrnyte

2010-09-09 04:58:01 AM

would like a word with the neighbors.

/Baroomahoom like a rumblahoomaroom

crumblecat

2010-09-09 05:07:05 AM

On Google Earth you can see individual bushes from space.

/And I mean nude sunbathers

RageVI

2010-09-09 05:11:30 AM

Can we stop this "big enough to be seen from space" bullshiat already? It doesn't mean anything anymore. I can see my mailbox on Google Earth. I am yet to receive any blowback from having a mailbox big enough to be seen from space.

Begoggle

2010-09-09 05:12:07 AM

Subtard probably thinks the Great Wall is the only man-made object you can see from space.

crumblecat

2010-09-09 05:12:36 AM

Bush seen from space

Big_Doofus

2010-09-09 05:13:51 AM

This could be perhaps the most retarded article I've ever read. I have a tree that is no more than five feet tall in my yard that is easily visable on google earth.

Oznog

2010-09-09 05:17:55 AM

RageVI: Can we stop this "big enough to be seen from space" bullshiat already? It doesn't mean anything anymore. I can see my mailbox on Google Earth. I am yet to receive any blowback from having a mailbox big enough to be seen from space.

Most all of Google Earth does NOT use a "view from space", despite the "satellite" view button.

They're aerial surveys. From a plane. NOT a satellite!

Now you go to say North Korea on GE, that actually IS satellite views. You'll note the resolution is far, far less.

Phaid

2010-09-09 05:21:42 AM

I can see all the trees in my yard on Google Earth. Hell I can see my deck and my car. Even the lines the mower makes in my back yard are "visible from space".

But, from another article on the same story:

static.guim.co.uk

Yeah, those are some damn hideous trees.

beoswulf

2010-09-09 05:23:06 AM

RageVI: Can we stop this "big enough to be seen from space" bullshiat already? It doesn't mean anything anymore. I can see my mailbox on Google Earth. I am yet to receive any blowback from having a mailbox big enough to be seen from space.

Actually:

It might be time to call in some landscapers if the ~~tree~~ pot plant in your yard can be seen from space

That's still true.

ShakaZuluStyle

2010-09-09 05:35:46 AM

So the guys on the space station are complaining ? If they aren't then shut up about what you can see from space.

dittybopper

2010-09-09 07:30:53 AM

crumblecat: Bush seen from space

I don't think so. That looks more like an aerial photo, not a satellite photo. That image would be absolutely straining, and perhaps exceeding, the limits of resolution possible from orbit.

Tillmaster

2010-09-09 07:32:28 AM

The Beeb article had more details. Apparently he grew the trees because the council made him take down a nine-foot wall. In other words, he's a schmuck.

On the other hand, there's a remarkable lack of trees in the rest of the street. It looks quite bleak. Maybe the neighbours could plant a few trees themselves.

minuslars

2010-09-09 07:33:26 AM

just carve it into the shape of a penis

revrendjim

2010-09-09 07:38:50 AM

dittybopper: crumblecat: Bush seen from space

I don't think so. That looks more like an aerial photo, not a satellite photo. That image would be absolutely straining, and perhaps exceeding, the limits of resolution possible from orbit.

Not the secret intelligence satellites. They could check for shaving stubble.

Steakzilla

2010-09-09 07:40:21 AM

So its blocking someone elses house? If not then who cares? I don't get why people care so much about what the guy next to them is doing. Live your farking life and keep your house the way you want it.

And apparently they should have let him keep the walls. What assholes.

lotonah

2010-09-09 07:42:57 AM

minuslars: just carve it into the shape of a penis

Haha, I'd shiat myself laughing if he did that

Steakzilla

2010-09-09 07:43:52 AM

Yea I read the article linked above... Looks like the guy is being a bit of a dick. My point still stands about some other cases though.

mason4300

2010-09-09 07:44:38 AM

Uh, that is retarded and irrelevant. I can see the tiny little foot-tall shrubs I planted in my planters on Google Earth...

MDGeist

2010-09-09 07:54:35 AM

People need to learn to mind their own business. It's his house, his property, get over it already. Nosy, whiny neighbors are the worst people on the planet.

Galwran

2010-09-09 08:00:43 AM

CasperImproved

2010-09-09 08:02:51 AM

Better article with pic: Link (new window)

probesport

2010-09-09 08:05:11 AM

Yeah...

My house is in here somewhere.

probesport.com

0Icky0

2010-09-09 08:05:27 AM

revrendjim: Not the secret intelligence satellites. They could check for shaving stubble.

Some secret.

And no, whoever said it, individual trees and bushes are easily visible from satellites, and not only aerial surveys. Check out the copyright notices on Google Earth and see how the images were acquired.

Who Is John Galt

2010-09-09 08:10:40 AM

You can see just about ANY tree from google earth

dittybopper

2010-09-09 08:11:08 AM

revrendjim: dittybopper: crumblecat: Bush seen from space

I don't think so. That looks more like an aerial photo, not a satellite photo. That image would be absolutely straining, and perhaps exceeding, the limits of resolution possible from orbit.

Not the secret intelligence satellites. They could check for shaving stubble.

I've had access to that kind of imagery in the past. It's not as good as a lot of people seem to think it is for reasons of simple physics. Best resolution for a practical Hubble-sized satellite in a *LOW* orbit is around 2 inches, dictated by the physics of the situation, and that is under perfect viewing conditions (which are rare enough).

You could get better resolution by building a bigger satellite, but what is the point? A resolution of 2 to 5 inches is more than adequate from a military perspective. You can count planes and missiles and measure them with good enough accuracy to guess at their capabilities, and at low sun angles you can count the number of people outside based on their shadows. Going bigger would mean you'd need bigger launch capability, which is expensive, or a complicated folding primary mirror, which is also expensive.

FarkinNortherner

2010-09-09 08:12:04 AM

MDGeist: People need to learn to mind their own business. It's his house, his property, get over it already. Nosy, whiny neighbors are the worst people on the planet.

You do realise that it's a semi-detached house, right?

xanadian

2010-09-09 08:14:08 AM

Phaid: static.guim.co.uk

Yeah, those are some damn hideous trees.

Well, those trees are out of contro;, but the bigger problem that I see is that there is next to NO GREENERY on that street, other than, what, some guy's f*cking lawn!? And maybe a hedge. Plant some maples, dammit! :P

Vorpal

2010-09-09 08:18:32 AM

Those leyland cypress trees really do grow fast. This guy probably didn't realize how big they would get. I have a few in my backyard (well, fewer than before) and can say from experience that they have a pretty shallow root system. Saturated ground plus a decent wind can topple them. So the problem may take care of itself soon.

Xcott

2010-09-09 08:19:50 AM

This is especially silly because in neighborly disputes over massive trees, what really matters is whether you can see the tree from very low altitude, i.e. underground, splitting your foundation.

But given the apparent nastiness of the tree from the photographs, I wouldn't be surprised if it also contained a wasp nest the size of a Cooper Mini, a family of dingoes that drop gallons of excrement on passers-by, and an accursed portal to the underworld frequented by nightgaunts, bholes and vampire clowns.

crumblecat

2010-09-09 08:20:47 AM

dittybopper: crumblecat: Bush seen from space

I don't think so. That looks more like an aerial photo, not a satellite photo. That image would be absolutely straining, and perhaps exceeding, the limits of resolution possible from orbit.

Duh! That was a joke.

I'm well-aware Google Earth uses both types of imagery.

Voiceofreason01

2010-09-09 08:22:16 AM

Xcott: This is especially silly because in neighborly disputes over massive trees, what really matters is whether you can see the tree from very low altitude, i.e. underground, splitting your foundation.

But given the apparent nastiness of the tree from the photographs, I wouldn't be surprised if it also contained a wasp nest the size of a Cooper Mini, a family of dingoes that drop gallons of excrement on passers-by, and an accursed portal to the underworld frequented by nightgaunts, bholes and vampire clowns.

The tree is also breeding it's own colony of Gru's to hunt down the neighbors children in the deep of night

FarkinNortherner

2010-09-09 08:30:56 AM

dittybopper: I've had access to that kind of imagery in the past. It's not as good as a lot of people seem to think it is for reasons of simple physics. Best resolution for a practical Hubble-sized satellite in a *LOW* orbit is around 2 inches, dictated by the physics of the situation, and that is under perfect viewing conditions (which are rare enough).

Bah, says you. Everybody knows the Russians are reading your newspaper over your shoulder.

dittybopper

2010-09-09 08:37:29 AM

crumblecat: dittybopper: crumblecat: Bush seen from space

I don't think so. That looks more like an aerial photo, not a satellite photo. That image would be absolutely straining, and perhaps exceeding, the limits of resolution possible from orbit.

Duh! That was a joke.

I'm well-aware Google Earth uses both types of imagery.

Some people would take that seriously.

Oh, and that's a bikini bottom, not bush, unless it's some Greek woman or something.

dittybopper

2010-09-09 08:38:28 AM

FarkinNortherner: dittybopper: I've had access to that kind of imagery in the past. It's not as good as a lot of people seem to think it is for reasons of simple physics. Best resolution for a practical Hubble-sized satellite in a *LOW* orbit is around 2 inches, dictated by the physics of the situation, and that is under perfect viewing conditions (which are rare enough).

Bah, says you. Everybody knows the Russians are reading your newspaper over your shoulder.

No they aren't. I don't read the newspaper. Except maybe the Sunday comics, and mostly not even then.

zez

2010-09-09 08:41:13 AM

Aren't most trees bigger than a house? At least they are where I'm from.

probesport

2010-09-09 08:47:40 AM

dittybopper: Oh, and that's a bikini bottom, not bush, unless it's some Greek woman or something.

spongebob-game.webs.com

notmtwain

2010-09-09 08:48:01 AM

Someone should protect that tree and plant another hundred on the block.

Cutting everything down and making everything look the same makes the rest of the block appear to be as attractive as a prison.

bump

2010-09-09 08:51:56 AM

Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.

crumblecat

2010-09-09 09:00:54 AM

dittybopper: crumblecat: dittybopper: crumblecat: Bush seen from space

I don't think so. That looks more like an aerial photo, not a satellite photo. That image would be absolutely straining, and perhaps exceeding, the limits of resolution possible from orbit.

Duh! That was a joke.

I'm well-aware Google Earth uses both types of imagery.

Some people would take that seriously.

Oh, and that's a bikini bottom, not bush, unless it's some Greek woman or something.

Now you got my attention.

/looking at Greek dating sites

Sork

2010-09-09 09:12:45 AM

What the Google Earth plane might look like
img130.imageshack.us

notmtwain

2010-09-09 09:14:23 AM

Satellite view of the dreaded trees visible from space (Google maps)

They really don't look like much of a threat to civilization.

Sork

2010-09-09 09:21:52 AM

notmtwain: Satellite view of the dreaded trees visible from space (Google maps)

They really don't look like much of a threat to civilization.

I bet he is the only one finding his own house after a few pints. That street, area and town [zoom out, zoom out..] is in desperate need of something to break the pattern.

hogans

2010-09-09 09:32:15 AM

Needs more sinners in it.

Helen_Arigby

2010-09-09 09:35:55 AM

As long as the trees are on his property and don't have any public hazards like wasp nests in them, I don't see the problem. Okay, they're trees. They're not exactly like everything else in a five-klick radius. Whoop dee farking doo. Where I grew up, those would be considered bushes.

Oznog: Most all of Google Earth does NOT use a "view from space", despite the "satellite" view button.

They're aerial surveys. From a plane. NOT a satellite!

Now you go to say North Korea on GE, that actually IS satellite views. You'll note the resolution is far, far less.

To be fair, TFA does mention "visible from space" and "Google Earth" in the headline: it's ultimately CourierMail's fail.

sxacho

2010-09-09 09:39:36 AM

... believed to have been growing since 1991 ...

But no one knows for sure. It's a shame that all the old timers who were around back in the last century then have passed on.

canyoneer

2010-09-09 09:46:47 AM

"Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask. The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive."

This story is one of the reasons I would rather die than live in an anthill like that. This guy is obviously just trying to get some privacy. He builds a wall, the neighbors attack him. He plants some trees, the neighbors attack him. Obviously the neighbors are a lot of dreadful, conformist sh*theads who want all the houses to look exactly alike, and who can't stand the idea of this old guy having any privacy.

Britain = Dystopia.

Nightsweat

2010-09-09 09:48:48 AM

FarkinNortherner: dittybopper: I've had access to that kind of imagery in the past. It's not as good as a lot of people seem to think it is for reasons of simple physics. Best resolution for a practical Hubble-sized satellite in a *LOW* orbit is around 2 inches, dictated by the physics of the situation, and that is under perfect viewing conditions (which are rare enough).

Bah, says you. Everybody knows the Russians are reading your newspaper over your shoulder.

That's a ridiculous assertion.

Nobody reads newspapers anymore.

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