Yes, it’s in Texas. The Lone Star State, often called (behind its back) the Lone Brain Cell State, has a new, cybersavvy, distributed, astroturfy initiative designed to protect ‘Merkins from the dreaded Brown Plague.
As part of the Virtual Neighborhood Border Watch Program, the State of Texas has been testing video surveillance cameras in different environments along the 1240 miles of Texas/Mexico border using the internet to transmit the images. The last stage of the test is to stress the system by providing public access to numerous surveillance cameras.
Thank you for helping test this important capability.
To be part of the program you will need to have a user account. To get a user account click in the blue box on the right side of the screen.
NOTICE: You must turn off any pop-up blockers for this site. You may be asked to update your computer with software that allows you to view the video.
Microsoft Internet Explorer is required to utilize this web site. Firefox is not supported.
You could sorta see that last bit coming, couldn’t you?
They certainly try to give the site a down-home feel with the lingo: “Frequenty-asked questions” just for one example. Is this the proper place to mention that I’ve been trying for two days to view a video off Webcameron, and that none of my free players (or, for that matter, the Windows Media Player) will play the damn thing? The only options are all commercial ones: iTunes, Quicktime, and Realplayer (no, I’m not joking, godforsaken Realplayer!). No, I don’t know why my computer won’t play Quicktime, but I’ve re-installed it seven times and it simply will not work on this box. None of my four working video players will touch this file with a ten foot pole. So it looks like I was right: while Cameron may wish to hug hoodies, he has no wish to empower them. Unless, that is, he’s working on a Right to iPod platform: that would definitely get him elected!
raincoaster 
Wow…I was still working on participatory democracy but apparently I am behind the times. It appears we’ve moved on to the participatory police-state!
Yee-haw!
P.S. There is some sort of little adware thingy that mysteriously prevents QT and Itunes from working properly. That’s not likely to be your box’s issue, but you could check it out with a google search or something just to make sure. You have to go in and edit your registry (which always makes me feel smart) and so on and so forth but there are step-by-step’s for it out there.
Great post.
Thanks, I’ll check it out. I’m running Spybot and a pretty awesome virus scanner, so it could be those that won’t let it work. Still, somewhere there has got to be an MP4 player for free.
Anything but RealPlayer.
I’ve tried downloading this new thing from DivX, but it won’t seem to run. My virus scanner hates it.
So let me get this straight: to safeguard security they want you to help by disabling anti-popup-ware (and for many thumb-fingered types their virus protection as well) and install “special” software.
Like I’d do that in order to acess a site dedicated to spying on people!
This must be what Republicans do instead of watching porn.
Let me qualify: instead of watching straight porn with actors who are of age in.
I thought Republicans just did Oxycontin.
Well they must need the Viagra for something. (Imagine the depth of self-loathing you’d have to feel to need viagra in order to get it up for a one-man-show!)
Yes, for masturbating with their mothers’ panties, and for molesting sheep. And pages.
Don’t forget that Rush Limbaugh apparently got caught bringing his big V back into the US after holidaying in that paradise of Republican values, the Dominican Republic.
I’m sure there’s no truth to the rumour that Limbaugh likes a slice off the rye loaf once in a while–nor do I believe that he likes being in places where a twelve-year-old prostitute could be had for the price of a six-pack.
I mean, it’s clear he’s against such doings. He denounces them, often loudly, on his show. Just like Foley was against exploiting youth, and Haggard hates homos, so Rush Limbaugh is, I’m certain, against the idea that it should cost as much as a six-pack to have illicit sex with an underage black hooker.
But I’m sure that the rumour, that is, the rumour that Rush Limbaugh likes to have sex with underage black prostitutes (and the associated belief that he isn’t picky about gender), is totally untrue.
Like Limbaugh, I don’t have to check my facts. I just tell the story.
But can you do it while impersonating a washed-up, obese blowhard? Oh. Right.
That sounded dangerously personal, sweetie.
And you’re sooo grateful I just deleted the rest of this comment. After all, it’s not like you were a charter member of the Irish Send the Aboriginals Back Where They Came From movement. But an honourary lifetime membership speaks volumes too.
There was more, but in the interests of civil discourse I’ve put it aside. ‘Cause I’m a sweet and forgiving soul, yo.
Oh, by all means post it!!!
I need a flamewar, hits are down.
Bring
It
On
Well I had intended to comment on your obsessiveness, but you’re leaving me with nothing to say.
GODAMMIT!!! POST! INSULT ME, YOU FUCKER!!!
No! I REFUSE to INSULT you because I have too much £µ©λing RESPECT for you as a PERSON!
You’re a WARM, WONDERFUL, GENEROUS human being, with reasonably SOUND JUDGEMENT and COMPASSION beneath a crusty exterior.
Hope that ointment’s helping.