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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: How well do you know the world?
Date: 15 Jun 2008 06:25:31
Message: <2gr9541d05sjne1dp5srgq4prpdmtkcphj@4ax.com>
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:27:48 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull>
wrote:

>>> Austalian civilisation
>> 
>> Is that not antipodal or a contradiction in terms :-)
>
>http://www.bash.org/?262417
>
>Sorry... ;-)

LOL

I hope Chris isn't watching :-)
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     Stephen


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From: B  Gimeno
Subject: Re: How well do you know the world?
Date: 15 Jun 2008 12:05:02
Message: <web.48553d3da6bd95358f807e00@news.povray.org>
"Gail Shaw" <initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote:
> "Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> news:4853a613$1@news.povray.org...
>
> > If it asks, say, "where is the capital of Spain?", all you really gotta
> > do is click on Spain and you can't possibly be too far wrong.
>
> Of course, that assumes you know where Spain is....

It is the piece of land that surrounds Gibraltar.

B. Gimeno


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: How well do you know the world?
Date: 15 Jun 2008 12:09:48
Message: <48553ecc$1@news.povray.org>
>> If it asks, say, "where is the capital of Spain?", all you really gotta
>> do is click on Spain and you can't possibly be too far wrong.
> 
> Of course, that assumes you know where Spain is....

...which is a much simpler task than knowing where the capital of Spain 
is. ;-)

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: How well do you know the world?
Date: 15 Jun 2008 13:34:07
Message: <4855528f$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> http://www.bash.org/?262417

Reminds me of a Brit filling out the passport paperwork to visit Sydney, 
and he gets to the line asking if you've ever been convicted of a 
felony, and he asks "Hey, is that still required?"

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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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From: Warp
Subject: Re: How well do you know the world?
Date: 15 Jun 2008 13:36:42
Message: <48555329@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> This appears to be some kind of cylindrical projection

  More precisely, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection

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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: How well do you know the world?
Date: 15 Jun 2008 13:45:29
Message: <b9la54phqrlqop7kupfoq4i9fvcpjps74d@4ax.com>
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:34:08 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
wrote:

>Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> http://www.bash.org/?262417
>
>Reminds me of a Brit filling out the passport paperwork to visit Sydney, 
>and he gets to the line asking if you've ever been convicted of a 
>felony, and he asks "Hey, is that still required?"

LOL
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     Stephen


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: How well do you know the world?
Date: 15 Jun 2008 13:51:27
Message: <4855569f$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> This appears to be some kind of cylindrical projection
> 
>   More precisely, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection

Ah. I thought it was Miller...

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From: Bill Pragnell
Subject: Re: How well do you know the world?
Date: 16 Jun 2008 08:20:18
Message: <48565a82$1@news.povray.org>
Gail Shaw wrote:
> A quiz game that tests your knowledge of cities and places across the world.
> 
> http://minijuegos.com/juegos/html/index.php?id=5974
> 
> I got to level 8 out of 10, but only got 26000 points in that level. You
> need 30000 to go to the next level.

Very good fun! 1st attempt, level 10, 355,000 points etc etc. I'm going 
to play some more!


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: How well do you know the world?
Date: 16 Jun 2008 15:14:25
Message: <4856bb91$1@news.povray.org>
Bill Pragnell wrote:

> Very good fun! 1st attempt, level 10, 355,000 points etc etc. I'm going 
> to play some more!

Yeah, yeah, alright. So what if I gave up after finally reaching level 
2? Maybe I got bored. :-P

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From: Bill Pragnell
Subject: Re: How well do you know the world?
Date: 17 Jun 2008 07:24:39
Message: <48579ef7@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
> 
>> Very good fun! 1st attempt, level 10, 355,000 points etc etc. I'm 
>> going to play some more!
> 
> Yeah, yeah, alright. So what if I gave up after finally reaching level 
> 2? Maybe I got bored. :-P

Embarrassingly, I did progressively worse on my two subsequent attempts. 
And some of the same answers came up, too :-(


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