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I'm by no means an expert on fire safety code... but I'm pretty sure this doesn't quite qualify as a fire exit.

(from Matt Courtney)

"As you may be aware," Antony B," "Google Streetview in Australia blurrs the faces of people in the street who are photographed, for privacy reasons, etc. The software also does the same thing for the face of Colonel Sanders on the KFC signs. "

Jon writes, "I couldn't help but laugh when I saw this juxtaposition. The really sad part is that, the night I first saw it, there were people standing outside. I felt bad for laughing, but that didn't stop me from stopping for a quick photo!"

Virgil wondered how often these issues presented themselves...

"My company recently purchased a Cisco router," Jeff Mitchell wrote, "and a few days later, I received the two-page End User License Agreement for some of the software. Inside a cardboard envelope. Inside a FedEx bubble mailer. Inside a large UPS 2nd Day Air box. I suppose they really wanted to make sure all that fine print was legible."