Yes...another Kant thread, but different. Although the actual formula for classic Kant is long gone, I have discovered the origin of the label image. Why is this important? Well....it isn't, but that's beside the point. The trail to image was kinda fun though.
Up in the lounge forum is a thread about Kuwait banning DSLR cameras. Not all cameras....just those ones....and without giving a good reason why. Well, that gets me to thinking and since I have no real life, I decided to find out why. Started the usual Google News search and everyone is just as perplexed. There is no good reason to ban a single class of cameras, other than they are larger than point and shoot styles...and of course cell-phone cameras. Now since the journalists out there had no reason, I decided to come up with my own. Perhaps it has something to do with the incident a few years back whereby people found out that with a particular SONY camera, a special filter, and running in infrared mode....one could see through some fabrics (like a TSA scanner). Now the muslim world would have a problem with this (who wouldn't), particularly if Kuwait leaned to a more conservative form of Islam like covering their women head to toe in fabric. But is Kuwait progressive Islam or not...and what do they wear over there?
Back to Google...but this time Google images for Kuwaiti people. I had to see how they were dressed. Was it fundamental Islamic dress...or Western? Well...I never really found out, because amongst the images, my eye caught a picture of a castle and it looked familiar. It was the same castle that appears on the Kant label at V4L. Now what is my Kant castle doing in Kuwait!
So I follow the image to a travel site and there it tells me about a hotel in Kuwait City and the address. Cool....I can now fire up Google Earth and check it out with Streetview. Except one problem....Kuwait apparently doesn;t allow Google Streetview and there are no little camera icons. Bummer....but probably has something to do with the original problem of why did Kuwait ban DSLR cameras. Anyway...I figure I can still get a look at my castle from above, because it has a moat and cosway type of thing. Should look cool in all that brown dirt and sand. But guess what....there is no castle at that address, but a tall modern building. Apparently the travel site snagged the image from the same stock photo place that V4L did (I have no idea why they would pick a castle for Kuwait, but they did). Now the trail has gone cold....or has it?
Back to Google Images for a search on keywords "Castle wooden bridge water"....BINGO, I see my castle again and the image says is Bodiam castle. Over to Wikipedia and I have found all I need to know about my Kant castle....and the coordinates for Google Earth. The castle itself has streetview inside of it and you can go in and do some 360 viewing. The mystery of Kant Castle....SOLVED!
Some links I came across in my travels on this:
List of Hotels in Kuwait | Trails.com
Bodiam Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So....I never found out why Kuwait banned DSLR cameras, but managed to occupy myself for 30 minutes or so. And I have also managed to waste yout time reading this....
Up in the lounge forum is a thread about Kuwait banning DSLR cameras. Not all cameras....just those ones....and without giving a good reason why. Well, that gets me to thinking and since I have no real life, I decided to find out why. Started the usual Google News search and everyone is just as perplexed. There is no good reason to ban a single class of cameras, other than they are larger than point and shoot styles...and of course cell-phone cameras. Now since the journalists out there had no reason, I decided to come up with my own. Perhaps it has something to do with the incident a few years back whereby people found out that with a particular SONY camera, a special filter, and running in infrared mode....one could see through some fabrics (like a TSA scanner). Now the muslim world would have a problem with this (who wouldn't), particularly if Kuwait leaned to a more conservative form of Islam like covering their women head to toe in fabric. But is Kuwait progressive Islam or not...and what do they wear over there?
Back to Google...but this time Google images for Kuwaiti people. I had to see how they were dressed. Was it fundamental Islamic dress...or Western? Well...I never really found out, because amongst the images, my eye caught a picture of a castle and it looked familiar. It was the same castle that appears on the Kant label at V4L. Now what is my Kant castle doing in Kuwait!
So I follow the image to a travel site and there it tells me about a hotel in Kuwait City and the address. Cool....I can now fire up Google Earth and check it out with Streetview. Except one problem....Kuwait apparently doesn;t allow Google Streetview and there are no little camera icons. Bummer....but probably has something to do with the original problem of why did Kuwait ban DSLR cameras. Anyway...I figure I can still get a look at my castle from above, because it has a moat and cosway type of thing. Should look cool in all that brown dirt and sand. But guess what....there is no castle at that address, but a tall modern building. Apparently the travel site snagged the image from the same stock photo place that V4L did (I have no idea why they would pick a castle for Kuwait, but they did). Now the trail has gone cold....or has it?
Back to Google Images for a search on keywords "Castle wooden bridge water"....BINGO, I see my castle again and the image says is Bodiam castle. Over to Wikipedia and I have found all I need to know about my Kant castle....and the coordinates for Google Earth. The castle itself has streetview inside of it and you can go in and do some 360 viewing. The mystery of Kant Castle....SOLVED!
Some links I came across in my travels on this:
List of Hotels in Kuwait | Trails.com
Bodiam Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So....I never found out why Kuwait banned DSLR cameras, but managed to occupy myself for 30 minutes or so. And I have also managed to waste yout time reading this....
