The technological aspect of google maps being able to so quickly update it is in fact, new for HN.
Another thing that I agree would be interesting is a detailed technical explanation of why the bridge collapse, that I'd assume would be HN material as well.
[0] http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Interstate-5-bridge-c...
Here's the Reddit thread a FB friend linked: http://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1ey32g/i5_bridge_in...
Edit: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Interstate-5-bridge-c...
But at the default zoom level, I do see it: http://puu.sh/30828.png
The vector generated tile at the higher zoom has been redrawn while the tile below has not been redrawn yet, I would assume the redraw rate would be less frequent the more you zoom in do to decreased demand for the tiles.
The second interesting thing is that even though the raster tiles have had the bridge removed from the draw instruction the vector data for the click map on the map is still intact. That is interesting because that means that the vector data used to render tiles is operating at a different version than the vector data that is draw on the map. Which could lead to all kinds of weird scenarios.
Guessing, that gmaps switches to drawing vector data at a certain zoom instead of rendering the road line vector data to the TMS tile.
This simply means that the version of the vector data used to draw at the increased zoom is the older version but is actually being used to draw the roads on the browser instead of rendered into the tile before transfer.
So why didn't it remove calibration scores, and convert the Perf Room to something fun like an arcade (well, it already is a casino, so maybe something else) many years ago?
If what you say is true, I would think HN would vote it to the top of the front page, and that could lead to reporters calling you and giving you the opportunity to make your case in front of a much wider audience.
(For the record, I feel bad saying this... but I'm also just returning snark with snark, so... oh well.)
However, I've articulated deep managerial problems with Google that the company refuses to solve, and many of those can be fixed easily and for free.
So there's no comparison between what I say and what you said.
I tried to mark it as closed, but did not find any option for that in potlatch. Can someone else with more experience with OSM help out?
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changesets?bbox=-122.345...
I actually had a similar thought yesterday when thinking about how the cars would handle object-avoidance. Say a deer hops out in front of the car. The car is constantly aware of its environment for 100+ feet in all directions, so it could tell if there are no cars in a neighboring lane and swerve to miss the deer. But what if there _are_ cars in neighboring lanes and the only available direction is to go onto the shoulder or into the ditch? If the ditch is fairly level with the road, then this could be the safest option. But if the ditch is steep, then it would be more dangerous than simply hitting the brakes and hoping you don't hit the deer too hard.
Btw, there are plenty of nerdy ppl to correct the web. Ref: http://xkcd.com/386/
