Mad Mike Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Sassy Google Employee To Arrington: You Shall Not Pass Whilst Talking and Driving! http://gizmodo.com/5465755/sassy-google-employee-to-arrington-you-shall-not-pass-whilst-talking-and-driving Yesterday, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington was driving around Google's campus, talking on his phone trying to figure out where exactly his meeting was. One righteous Googler didn't approve of Arrington's potentially unsafe talking-while-driving, so he took a stand. Literally."...this guy, who's wearing a Google employee badge, decides it's time to take a stand against cell phone use in cars. So he stands in front of my car and won't move...Cars behind me start swerving. I back up to go around him. He steps forward, vigilant in his defense of the law. I'm off the phone now, and snapping this picture didn't help getting him to move on. The light changes. The light changes again. Cars are now backed up behind me...I'm not sure what comes next in a situation like this. I can either drive over him or park my car. So I put the car in park, open the door to get out and discuss the situation with him. That's when he ran away. His mission, apparently, accomplished." The geek in question... It's notable to me that the guy on the cell phone was stopped at a light when this started, not driving through dangerous traffic. And by blocking traffic, the geek himself was breaking the law and creating a dangerous traffic situation. And on a personal note, just looking at the little dweeb makes me want to kick his ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Perhaps Dweebo was feeling empowered in the cozy confines of the Google campus, like a reckless pedestrian crossing the street in a college town. Making this kind of situation worse won't make it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sassy Molassy Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 There we go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sassy Molassy Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Ovi killed the Goal Cam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I'm against talking and driving, too. And think it should be allowed in each state. However, this kid would have definitely taken a beating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sassy Molassy Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 hahaha, I just realized I was in the wrong thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Soooo.....He played Billy Bad Ass until the driver got out. Then he ran away. I couldn't come up with a better definition of "*****" if I tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec138 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Soooo.....He played Billy Bad Ass until the driver got out. Then he ran away. I couldn't come up with a better definition of "*****" if I tried. Ran away from this dude: He looks vicious doesn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselPwr44 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Should've went looking for him when he ran.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Ran away from this dude:He looks vicious doesn't he? Yeah, I'm scurred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoyler23 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 The other day, I was next to a lady in traffic that was reading a BOOK. A BOOK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnyderShrugged Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 what does the kid have his right hand on in that pic? It almost resembles a gunfighter posture. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Did anyone notice the title of that book on the self: "Firefox Hacks":ols: That guy is definitely to be feared! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Look at the stoplight. It's been photoshopped. Whoever published this must have an interest in being able to say the light was red when the little ***** was standing in front of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysknz1 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 My wife tells me she used to do her homework for college in the car between Laramie and Rock River while driving..... 40 miles of nothing but antelope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 And on a personal note, just looking at the little dweeb makes me want to kick his ass. or run over him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Yeah, I saw that too. I chalked it up to the guy wanting to emphasize that the light was red. But once it becomes clear that the photo was altered, anything could be possible. Maybe it was green in the original shot. Of course, it would be more impressive if this guy was a Microsoft employee who had to stop for a deer in the middle of nowhere, and then altered the shot to look like some Google kid blocking his car in Mountain View. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Ovi killed the Goal Cam! :threadjacked: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNC-Skins Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Perhaps Dweebo was feeling empowered in the cozy confines of the Google campus, like a reckless pedestrian crossing the street in a college town.Making this kind of situation worse won't make it better. Pedestrians have the right of way in the crosswalk! I assume you're talking about j-walking, but cars SPEED through college towns and don't stop for peds at crosswalks :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Yeah, I saw that too. I chalked it up to the guy wanting to emphasize that the light was red.But once it becomes clear that the photo was altered, anything could be possible. Maybe it was green in the original shot. That's what I'm saying. If said person, with said vested interest, shows the light red, and the kid is in the crosswalk, no foul. If it's green, then he's obstructing traffic and disobeying a traffic control device. (At a minimum/) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 meh, it's been done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec138 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Pedestrians have the right of way in the crosswalk! I assume you're talking about j-walking, but cars SPEED through college towns and don't stop for peds at crosswalks :mad: When crossing the street around campus here, regardless of right of way, I generally think back to that Conservation of Momentum formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 When I first saw that photo I thought it looked 'shopped too, but I don't think it was. I've seen strange effects like that before on cell phone cameras. The CCDs aren't very good and can be overwhelmed by a light, so you don't see any detail and it just looks like a blob of color. Hard to recreate but it can happen. But the kicker is that if he really wanted to make the dweeb look bad, he would have 'shopped the light to green to show how he was blocking traffic. After all, we already know the light was red when the incident started for the dweeb to have been able to stand in front of the car or he would have been run over. [/mentalist] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I love how they said the dweeb ran off once the guy got out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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