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They should just declare the graffiti as an act of terrorism and rent few of Mr. Obama's drones for a few days. They are battle tested with good track record an

They should just declare the graffiti as an act of terrorism and rent few of Mr. Obama's drones for a few days. They are battle tested with good track record and nice infrastructure. My opinion - the only proper way to deal with this is to commission some street art on the walls and cars themselves. In a few places where the artists have been officially sanctioned it worked acceptably.

Create 13y ago
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chimeracoder 13y ago
> In a few places where the artists have been officially sanctioned it worked acceptably. One of my favorite examples: http://5ptz.com/ http://5ptz.com/ If you're able to see it in NYC this summer, I highly recommend it - there are rumors that the owner is tearing it down to build residential high-rises.
quantumpotato_ 13y ago
In Buenos Aires, it's legal and sometimes results in beauty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4
- probably_wrong 13y ago
  It's not legal - it may not be typically enforced, but it is definitely illegal, and it carries a fine between 4 and 60 Big Macs (to put it into scale).
coldtea 13y ago
>They are battle tested with good track record If by "battle" you mean one-sided murder attack, and "good track record" you mean "including killing tens of kids in weddings and such".
- venomsnake 13y ago
  That is exactly what I meant... the HTML spec really needs sarcasm tag by default. But from purely engineering viewpoint they have performed marvelously. As a rule I hate purely technical/financial solution that helps someone to isolate himself from a social problem and not solving it.
  - coldtea 13y ago
    >As a rule I hate purely technical/financial solution that helps someone to isolate himself from a social problem and not solving it. I'm totally there with you on this. We cannot solve social problems by just piling technology on them. Just an an example (OT), it's like the thing with the right to privacy: no, cryptography ain't gonna solve the issue. For one, they could outlaw the use of cryptography and force you to provide a passkey or be jailed. Second, that might work for a tech savvy person communicating with another tech savvy person -- if he's paranoid all the time. What about when his non tech-savvy friend mentions his secret on a plain text email to another friend? And what about the culture of hiding, instead of a proud culture of "this is not the fucking government's business" that this creates?

Create 13y ago

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chimeracoder 13y ago

> In a few places where the artists have been officially sanctioned it worked acceptably. One of my favorite examples: http://5ptz.com/ http://5ptz.com/ If you're able to see it in NYC this summer, I highly recommend it - there are rumors that the owner is tearing it down to build residential high-rises.

quantumpotato_ 13y ago

In Buenos Aires, it's legal and sometimes results in beauty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4

probably_wrong 13y ago
It's not legal - it may not be typically enforced, but it is definitely illegal, and it carries a fine between 4 and 60 Big Macs (to put it into scale).

coldtea 13y ago

>They are battle tested with good track record If by "battle" you mean one-sided murder attack, and "good track record" you mean "including killing tens of kids in weddings and such".

venomsnake 13y ago
That is exactly what I meant... the HTML spec really needs sarcasm tag by default. But from purely engineering viewpoint they have performed marvelously. As a rule I hate purely technical/financial solution that helps someone to isolate himself from a social problem and not solving it.
- coldtea 13y ago
  >As a rule I hate purely technical/financial solution that helps someone to isolate himself from a social problem and not solving it. I'm totally there with you on this. We cannot solve social problems by just piling technology on them. Just an an example (OT), it's like the thing with the right to privacy: no, cryptography ain't gonna solve the issue. For one, they could outlaw the use of cryptography and force you to provide a passkey or be jailed. Second, that might work for a tech savvy person communicating with another tech savvy person -- if he's paranoid all the time. What about when his non tech-savvy friend mentions his secret on a plain text email to another friend? And what about the culture of hiding, instead of a proud culture of "this is not the fucking government's business" that this creates?