This makes me sad because I care about apple, and wish android cared about apple too.
Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps
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#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fired? Really? Wow, I guess the Apple fantards have no sense of humour. Must come from having the 'genius' at the Apple store out-smug them!
Do you have to make it personal and insult your opponents? EDIT: I cannot conceive a possible reason why this comment is down-voted. Penalizing well meaning and polite discourse is counter intuitive... in the universe I live.
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Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps
#73media: 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…
And in the same area... https://goo.gl/maps/5t9br
wow, well i guess no one is actually reviewing at that zoom level?
Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps
#74media: 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.
Why would you expect every random employee to have the necessary access to expedite such a change?
It's 5 AM in Mountain View, they probably have to get someone out of bed. Also, I imagine they would like to figure out where it came from, which may or may not complicate the removal, who knows.
Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps
#75Can't help but feel that if it were a similar prank pulled by Apple on Android, the comments wouldn't be half as forgiving.
So true
Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps
#76Can't help but feel that if it were a similar prank pulled by Apple on Android, the comments wouldn't be half as forgiving.
Because, a peeing apple? It's not anthropomorphic enough, it's just silly.
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#77Don't use OpenStreetMap they said, anyone can edit that and vandalised it they said, it will be full of errors and inaccuracies they said.
Something similar happened when a Google Street View image of a chap being 'seen to' by a prostitute soared in popularity a few years ago in my home town. The name of the street was, for a few hours, known as 'handjob ally'.
Handjob Ally has nothing on some of the mediaeval English streets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane
Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps
#78That cannot possibly be meant to be the Apple logo. It's just an Android peeing on a real apple that someone took a bite out of.
Next time you bite an apple, think you could be sued.
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#79Just 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.
But if that were the case, wouldn't they be pissing on Google's logo instead?
Maybe he thought apple was scrapping his data not google.
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#80Earlier 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.
Rebellious or a reference to Belgian culture? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manneken_Pis )
I never took them as such, but could be!