No one is perfect. Did smoking contribute to his cancer and kill Swayze? Maybe - but that still doesn't make it any less sad. Name calling (of the dead, no less) only points out how rude you can be on the InterWeb while hiding behind anonymity.
@iondot - the artist got permission from Google. I don't know if you need permission from the building owner to paint a vista that is clearly accessible from a public space.
@felixthecat - votings weigh very heavily in the UQ algo, but because of the size of the voting population compared to other websites like digg or reddit, the UQ is prone to user manipulation (sock puppetry, vindictive downvotes, etc).
That's why admins can and do interject themselves into the mix by manually promoting posts that should've made it but didn't.
Equal Chance to Get Promoted to Front Page On Neatorama, all submitted posts are created equal. Don't have a lot of buddies that will vote for your submissions? No problem. There are two ways to be promoted to front page: votes and editor's pick.
The first one is easy: good posts with a lot of votes will be promoted to Neatorama's front page (though we do reserve the rights to override these in cases of duplicate posts, inappropriate content and spam).
The second method, editor's pick, is a way to even up the playing field a bit for submitters who don't have a lot of friends voting for their submissions. Basically, Neatorama editors will look for good posts - regardless of the number of votes garnered - to promote to the front page.
That's why admins can and do interject themselves into the mix by manually promoting posts that should've made it but didn't.
From the Upcoming Queue FAQ:
Equal Chance to Get Promoted to Front Page
On Neatorama, all submitted posts are created equal. Don't have a lot of buddies that will vote for your submissions? No problem. There are two ways to be promoted to front page: votes and editor's pick.
The first one is easy: good posts with a lot of votes will be promoted to Neatorama's front page (though we do reserve the rights to override these in cases of duplicate posts, inappropriate content and spam).
The second method, editor's pick, is a way to even up the playing field a bit for submitters who don't have a lot of friends voting for their submissions. Basically, Neatorama editors will look for good posts - regardless of the number of votes garnered - to promote to the front page.
Thank you!