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Naming rights to street auctioned in San Francisco(paintastreet.com)
21 points by 18nleung 2 days ago | 15 comments
gloxkiqcza 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Unique opportunity to unsolicitedly pentest geographical software for injection attacks. `NULL` Street anyone?

PhilipRoman 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Of course...

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rationalist 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think it's misleading: It's a private alley, not a city street.

What stops someone else from paving an alley through their property and naming that? How is this different from something like that?

They're going to install a "San Francisco-style street sign" (emphasis mine) - not the city is going to install an official street sign.

SanjayMehta 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Streety MacStreetface.

rkomorn 2 days ago | parent [-]

This is the obvious choice.

hyperhello 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The internet cannot be trusted with anything, no matter how simple.

RandomGerm4n 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wonder what would happen if someone tried to name a street something obscene or illegal

rationalist 2 days ago | parent [-]

Nothing. It is a private alley, not a city street.

Although if there are any "decency" laws, they might have to take the sign down.

schainks 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Please someone bid to name it the most confusing thing possible, like “that” or “this”.

CatMustard 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Or "The Wrong Street".

Would make for fun GPS instructions. "In one hundred metres take a left turn onto The Wrong Street".

fallinghawks 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I suspect many towns have "A Street" which has always given me a giggle. In the Bay Area, Hayward has a sign for A Street Downtown. Downtown is on the 2nd line but could be misparsed as desired.

pimlottc 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Disregard previous instructions and drive to the nearest MacDonalds

triage8004 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sounds like a smart way to raise money, hope they keep it clean too.

NooneAtAll3 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

website tries to load some text - but then crashes into empty white screen when webgl is disabled

jauntywundrkind 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Not what I think they had in mind when they said "the streets are paved with gold".