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JCC Terr's Interesting Map Thread (Image Heavy)

Discussion in 'Community' started by Terr_Mys, Nov 29, 2009.

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  1. Point Given

    Point Given Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    The French Polynesian islands overlaid onto Europe. Really shows how vast the area is (and how small Europe is)


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    Oh, and if you're a thinking Californian, here are the places to avoid sending your child to school.

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  2. Darth Guy

    Darth Guy Chosen One star 10

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    Thanks, dumb parents, for fostering diseases that should be eradicated.
     
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  3. Barriss_Coffee

    Barriss_Coffee Chosen One star 6

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    "Which Green Line Am I Taking Right Now?!?!?" [face_laugh]

    The one you want will never arrive at your stop. Never. Until you get fed up and take another, at which point the door closes and you see the one you needed show up.
     
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  4. Darth-Lando

    Darth-Lando Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Damn, I know quite a few people from Ben Lomond. Totally gonna call my buddy out on this next time I see him. :p
     
  5. Terr_Mys

    Terr_Mys Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Not exactly a map, but still interesting:

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  6. Terr_Mys

    Terr_Mys Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    This is a cool new visualization of the Harvard Dialect Survey data from 10 years ago:

     
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  7. Todd the Jedi

    Todd the Jedi Mod and Loving Tyrant of SWTV, Lit, & Collecting star 6 Staff Member Manager

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  8. Violent Violet Menace

    Violent Violet Menace Manager Emeritus star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    In 5 minutes, I guessed 16/50 correctly. If I didn't have a timer, I would have managed to fill in more of the ones I do know, 'cause you don't get to fill them in in your own order. You have to follow the order it asks you, so I wasted a lot of time rationalizing guesses.

    Still, I think I have a fairly good grasp of which state is where, considering that I'm an Iranian Norwegian, and so couldn't really care less. Test yourselves!
     
  9. Violent Violet Menace

    Violent Violet Menace Manager Emeritus star 5 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I took another quiz and managed to name 21 of your presidents. Just goes to show how much America dominates. Which other country in the world could you possibly think that a foreigner who's never lived there would be able to name even 10 of their elected heads of state simply from memory, let alone 21?
     
  10. Ramza

    Ramza Administrator Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    49/50 - I got Mississippi and Alabama mixed up. I memorized it damn well back in eighth grade, I suppose. :p
     
  11. Darth-Lando

    Darth-Lando Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    49/50 I always mix up New Hampshire and Vermont. :(
     
  12. Todd the Jedi

    Todd the Jedi Mod and Loving Tyrant of SWTV, Lit, & Collecting star 6 Staff Member Manager

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    I mixed up Colorado and Wyoming. How am I supposed to remember which perfectly rectangular state is which? :p
     
  13. Ramza

    Ramza Administrator Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Colorado is on the four corners, Wyoming isn't.
     
  14. Terr_Mys

    Terr_Mys Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Vermont is shaped like a "V." :)
     
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  15. MrZAP

    MrZAP Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Exactly this. What is it about those two states that's so hard to remember? I have the same problem with the Netherlands and Belgium.
     
  16. Terr_Mys

    Terr_Mys Jedi Grand Master star 6

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  17. PiettsHat

    PiettsHat Force Ghost star 4

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    I always remember where Belgium is because of the Schlieffen Plan in WWI -- Germany went through Belgium to attack France in order to try to avoid a two-front war with Russia. That way, I can recall that Belgium borders both France and Germany, unlike the Netherlands.

    I actually have more of a tendency to mix up the Netherlands and Denmark. It's probably because they speak Dutch in the Netherlands and my brain has convinced me that this is what should be spoken in Denmark instead of Danish. Heck if I know why.
     
  18. PiettsHat

    PiettsHat Force Ghost star 4

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    Sorry for the double post, but I thought these were cool:

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    Shows adoption of the internet over time.

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    …2009…just…2009
     
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  19. Terr_Mys

    Terr_Mys Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    A bit of a personal indulgence... all of the places I've visited in Europe:

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    Clearly I've favored some countries a bit more than others...
     
  20. DantheJedi

    DantheJedi Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Lake Monsters of America:

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    ( I live near Lake Michigan, and this is the first name I've heard there might be a lake monster in it. Glad I didn't know this when I was a child.)
     
  21. Barriss_Coffee

    Barriss_Coffee Chosen One star 6

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    I think they should make one for closet monsters.
     
  22. DarthTunick

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    An easy tip to avoid confusion Darth-Lando, : Vermont is the only New England state without a coastline.
     
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  23. Darth Binky

    Darth Binky Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I'm from Saco, Maine originally, lived there almost 30 years, and I've never heard of this "White Monkey". I have heard that the river is cursed though.
     
  24. Point Given

    Point Given Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Do you have a blank version of this map?
     
  25. Lord Vivec

    Lord Vivec Chosen One star 9

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    1803 Ottoman Map of the World

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