[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Interesting Maps (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 8/17/2015 8:48:45 PM EDT
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This is a fascinating set of maps showing a variety of similarities – and differences -- in the world as we think we know it. It may change your perspective on both.
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Quoted: This is a fascinating set of maps showing a variety of similarities – and differences -- in the world as we think we know it. It may change your perspective on both.
That map alone makes me question the validity of the rest. In one state in particular listed as football coach he's not. The majority of his salary comes from a privately funded organization that has no ties to the state. The head football coach in the state at the state's highest university makes the same as any other well paid professor from the state. |
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Are you sure? look the same to me. Which countries do you see that are different Quoted:
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13 and 14 should be the same, and they are not Are you sure? look the same to me. Which countries do you see that are different Ethiopia is on one in green (it is landlocked since the creation of Eritrea ) but not the other. |
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Quoted: Ethiopia is on one in green (it is landlocked since the creation of Eritrea ) but not the other. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: 13 and 14 should be the same, and they are not Are you sure? look the same to me. Which countries do you see that are different Ethiopia is on one in green (it is landlocked since the creation of Eritrea ) but not the other.  |
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11. This map shows (in red) the countries that don't use the metric system. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CgRGzxad_E0/UqecK0Ohh3I/AAAAAAABceY/Y-4t1sbiO3c/s1600/maps_change_world_photos11.jpg Stupid rest of the world. When did Hawaii adopt the metric system? |
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North Korea with a grid to illustrate its size: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=49702 The same grid laid over Missouri: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=50141 Fuck it. Let's invade missouri. |
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That map alone makes me question the validity of the rest. In one state in particular listed as football coach he's not. The majority of his salary comes from a privately funded organization that has no ties to the state. The head football coach in the state at the state's highest university makes the same as any other well paid professor from the state. Quoted:
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This is a fascinating set of maps showing a variety of similarities – and differences -- in the world as we think we know it. It may change your perspective on both.
That map alone makes me question the validity of the rest. In one state in particular listed as football coach he's not. The majority of his salary comes from a privately funded organization that has no ties to the state. The head football coach in the state at the state's highest university makes the same as any other well paid professor from the state. I say we throw all those maps out, and for good measure, all maps in general. |
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Fuck it. Let's invade missouri. Quoted:
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North Korea with a grid to illustrate its size: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=49702 The same grid laid over Missouri: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=50141 Fuck it. Let's invade missouri. Too many ticks and spider webs in the woods this time of year. Maps of Missouri I collected a few years back - 1820 
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The evolution of the counties and many local place names between 1830 and 1865, and the degree of similarity to modern names is interesting. |
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Here's a map from around 1650 when early explorers thought California was an island. http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1640h6.jpg Would that it were, sigh. |
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11. This map shows (in red) the countries that don't use the metric system. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CgRGzxad_E0/UqecK0Ohh3I/AAAAAAABceY/Y-4t1sbiO3c/s1600/maps_change_world_photos11.jpg Stupid rest of the world. I know. We should deliver some MM on them... |
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Here's a map from around 1650 when early explorers thought California was an island. http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1640h6.jpg California was an island. Do you even plate tectonics bro? |
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California was an island. Do you even plate tectonics bro? Quoted:
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Here's a map from around 1650 when early explorers thought California was an island. http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1640h6.jpg California was an island. Do you even plate tectonics bro? Not in 1650. |
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7. This map shows countries (in white) that England has never invaded. There are only 22. (In the WORLD!)  
Even more than the Germans, apparently. ..and even worse at it I think I get what he was getting at. #TopGear #BigOaf
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Here's a map from around 1650 when early explorers thought California was an island. http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1640h6.jpg All things considered that's a very, very good map. |
Same goes for New Mexico.
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Quoted: Here's a map from around 1650 when early explorers thought California was an island.
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1640h6.jpg Cursed be the man that fixed that. 
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Too many ticks and spider webs in the woods this time of year. Maps of Missouri I collected a few years back - 1820 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40681 1822 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40682 1824 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40683 1831 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40684 1835 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40680 1855 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40685 1865 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40686 The evolution of the counties and many local place names between 1830 and 1865, and the degree of similarity to modern names is interesting. Quoted:
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North Korea with a grid to illustrate its size: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=49702 The same grid laid over Missouri: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=50141 Fuck it. Let's invade missouri. Too many ticks and spider webs in the woods this time of year. Maps of Missouri I collected a few years back - 1820 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40681 1822 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40682 1824 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40683 1831 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40684 1835 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40680 1855 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40685 1865 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40686 The evolution of the counties and many local place names between 1830 and 1865, and the degree of similarity to modern names is interesting. I have seen some of these maps before. They are really interesting. I would like to have copies of these if they are available. |
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11. This map shows (in red) the countries that don't use the metric system. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CgRGzxad_E0/UqecK0Ohh3I/AAAAAAABceY/Y-4t1sbiO3c/s1600/maps_change_world_photos11.jpg Stupid rest of the world. There are 2 types of countries in this world, ones who use the metric system and ones who have walked on the moon. |
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I have seen some of these maps before. They are really interesting. I would like to have copies of these if they are available. Quoted:
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North Korea with a grid to illustrate its size: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=49702 The same grid laid over Missouri: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=50141 Fuck it. Let's invade missouri. Too many ticks and spider webs in the woods this time of year. Maps of Missouri I collected a few years back - 1820 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40681 1822 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40682 1824 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40683 1831 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40684 1835 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40680 1855 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40685 1865 http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=40686 The evolution of the counties and many local place names between 1830 and 1865, and the degree of similarity to modern names is interesting. I have seen some of these maps before. They are really interesting. I would like to have copies of these if they are available. Check with the Missouri state archive, I think they are all available. |
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How is that I made a career as an "automobile mechanic", or "automotive technician", with out knowing how to convert INCHES to METRICS?
I drove a Volks Wagon hippie shit beetle from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and drove a hippie shit VW mini bus back. We adopted BOTH systems; at least all my friends and I did! |