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Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by jblz »

ncocacola wrote: post #31
jblz wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One can only hope that if this was intentionally done by an employee, they would be punished and possibly let go. This sort of thing is childish, unnecessary, and has no place in a professional organization. Quasi-related: http://jenmylo.com/2015/03/23/defending-drupal/

What's wrong with a little bit of fun? Who's getting harmed here? How could this possibly have offended you enough that you'd hope someone would get fired over it?

It's not a matter of me being offended (I'm not), I would just hope the company I worked for wouldn't stand for something as vulgar, primitive, and blatantly aggressive toward a competitor as this in a public, flagship product.

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by vvpan »

stinos wrote: post #42
sspiff wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're very common in Belgium (Western Europe) as well, though most people who use them have no idea of the origin. They just thinks it looks rebellious. I find those stickers extremely annoying, since they conflict with how I know and love the Calvin character.

Some of them are sort of funny, but others don't come even close (imo): peeing on speed limit signs (amount of deaths due to speeding is not laughable), peeing on the police (sure some minority migh be assholes but the majority I have met really do want to help people - and yeah they also enforce speed limits which, even though I completely understand how nice it feels to go insanely fast, are there for a reason) etc…

And my favorite from a few years back - peeing on bin Laden.

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by Rafert »

drewhk wrote: post #30

Just for fun speculation. What if someone realized that Google is scraping/using his data. Then he decided to put in a "honeytoken" to check this assumption and at the same time pull a prank on Google. Once he realized that his assumption was correct, he published the coordinates -- as a mini revenge. Of course this is just some idle speculation, but I have seen honeytoken entries in printed dictionaries for example.

These are known as trap streets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by 13 »

lotsofcows wrote: post #50
st3fan wrote: post #22

Immature. Unprofessional.

Unprofessional? It's really well drawn?

You can spent hours making a very large effigy of your rival depicted as a phallus with gold trim and rubies: being a work of art doesn't make it any less unprofessional.

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by DaFranker »

jblz wrote: post #15
westoque wrote: post #4

Someone's about to get fired.

One can only hope that if this was intentionally done by an employee, they would be punished and possibly let go. This sort of thing is childish, unnecessary, and has no place in a professional organization. Quasi-related: http://jenmylo.com/2015/03/23/defending-drupal/

The White House responded to comments and inquiries with funny gifs. Now some random google employee can't put one measly harmless little easter egg somewhere in their product that says "Hah, take that, Competitor!"? We need to fire _all_ the videogame designers then. All of them. Across the entire industry.

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by BenDaglish »

drewhk wrote: post #30

Just for fun speculation. What if someone realized that Google is scraping/using his data. Then he decided to put in a "honeytoken" to check this assumption and at the same time pull a prank on Google. Once he realized that his assumption was correct, he published the coordinates -- as a mini revenge. Of course this is just some idle speculation, but I have seen honeytoken entries in printed dictionaries for example.

Known as Trap Streets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street) in the map-making trade.

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by BenDaglish »

Rafert wrote: post #53
drewhk wrote: post #30

Just for fun speculation. What if someone realized that Google is scraping/using his data. Then he decided to put in a "honeytoken" to check this assumption and at the same time pull a prank on Google. Once he realized that his assumption was correct, he published the coordinates -- as a mini revenge. Of course this is just some idle speculation, but I have seen honeytoken entries in printed dictionaries for example.

These are known as trap streets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street

Haha - beat me to it!

Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps

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Post by nyrina »

pella wrote: post #49

media: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/24/google-map... http://thenextweb.com/google/2015/04/24/theres-an-android-pe... http://mashable.com/2015/04/24/android-bot-peeing-on-apple-l... "Update: A Google spokesperson got back to us, explaining that the image is likely a result of a user abusing Map Maker, the tool that allows everyone to contribute to Google Maps. "Even though edits are moderated, occasi…

I simply can't believe that they are "working on getting it removed".

If it was a problem they didn't want the whole world to know about, it would've been removed the second they were made aware of the issue.

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