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If they were neutral, how come the British blockaded them so they couldn't sell the Germans goods (esp food)? 
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Didn't Britain sign a treaty saying they'd intervene on the side of the Low Countries if any of them were invaded or on the other side if they entered the war of their own accord?
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Carbon dioxide posted:That map is clearly a fake. The Netherlands were neutral for the entire duration of that war.  neutral
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Jan 1, 2014 15:07
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made of bees posted:Didn't Britain sign a treaty saying they'd intervene on the side of the Low Countries if any of them were invaded or on the other side if they entered the war of their own accord? All the great European powers had agreed with the treaty that gave Belgium her independence, to A. never invade Belgium and B. declare war on whoever did invade Belgium. As far as I know no such treaty existed with the Netherlands.
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Jan 1, 2014 18:11
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Carbon dioxide posted:That map is clearly a fake. The Netherlands were neutral for the entire duration of that war.
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Jan 1, 2014 18:27
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The treaty was as much to stop Dutch aggression as it was French or German.
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Jan 1, 2014 18:45
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It doesn't really matter if a government calls itself neutral or not if it doesn't control an inch of ground.
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Jan 1, 2014 18:58
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Carbon dioxide posted:That map is clearly a fake. The Netherlands were neutral for the entire duration of that war.
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That Onion Map reminds me of this map from America: The Book. Can you see what's wrong with it that has nothing to do with the joke? Albania was never part of Yugoslavia
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The Monkey Man posted:That Onion Map reminds me of this map from America: The Book. Can you see what's wrong with it that has nothing to do with the joke? But there were several plans for it to join. 
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The Monkey Man posted:That Onion Map reminds me of this map from America: The Book. Can you see what's wrong with it that has nothing to do with the joke? It surprises you that "America: The Book" gets geography wrong?
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Jan 2, 2014 02:57
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The Monkey Man posted:That Onion Map reminds me of this map from America: The Book. Can you see what's wrong with it that has nothing to do with the joke? It also has Istria as Slovenian.
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Jan 2, 2014 03:21
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pik_d posted:South Carolina is, but North Carolina has a small area in Virginia added to it it looks like. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunenburg_County,_Virginia Wikipedia posted:It is nicknamed "The Old Free State" as during the build up of the Civil War, it let Virginia know it would break off and join North Carolina if they did not join The Confederacy. This is intriguing given that North Carolina joined the Confederacy after Virginia.
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Jan 2, 2014 07:39
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The Monkey Man posted:That Onion Map reminds me of this map from America: The Book. Can you see what's wrong with it that has nothing to do with the joke? Kosovo is pretty clearly missing as well, or at least it's drawn hella wrong.
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Jan 2, 2014 10:23
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Gen. Ripper posted:Kosovo is pretty clearly missing as well, or at least it's drawn hella wrong. Nah, it's clearly there it's just drawn completely wrong like everything else on the map. Almost as if it were supposed to be a joke. . .
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Jan 2, 2014 10:41
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SaltyJesus posted:Nah, it's clearly there it's just drawn completely wrong like everything else on the map. Almost as if it were supposed to be a joke. . . Yeah, but now you are laughing at the joke, not with the joke.
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Jan 2, 2014 13:10
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Hey guys are we tired of Mercator projection mocking yet? (Credit)
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Darth Various posted:Hey guys are we tired of Mercator projection mocking yet? Where's the control head?
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Are those projections of a 2D image? How does that work? E: I mean, I get it - they just used the latitude/longitude lines to mark the "veridical" shape of the head. In that case there is a possible "projection" that would be 100% correct (equirectangular) - but that doesn't say anything as to its cartographic utility, since obviously it would still have errors if applied to a globe. In other words, this just shows the projection errors relative to the equirectangular projection. Way more interesting would be to do an actual projection of a 3D head. Edit2: Actually, maybe that's not what they did- or Mercator wouldn't look so bad, I think.... I'm confused. Also, I found the original source: http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/624-this-is-your-brain-on-maps SurgicalOntologist fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Jan 7, 2014 |
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Darth Various posted:Hey guys are we tired of Mercator projection mocking yet? Mercator looks like Stephen Fry.
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Mercator works great for navigation, that is why it was developed. Nobody complains that the NYC subway map isn't perfectly to scale. It gets you from point a to point b.
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Dusseldorf posted:That wasn't much of a battle but more of the Germans got spotted by a vastly superior force then hunted down and killed. That was seriously the most anti-climactic thing that could have happened to von Spee. I was practically rooting for him after following his journey across the Pacific. 
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SurgicalOntologist posted:Are those projections of a 2D image? How does that work? Sort of, they drew a head onto a globular projection and then transferred the latitude/longitude points to the other ones. http://books.google.com/books?id=rY...epage&q&f=false
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Xandu posted:Sort of, they drew a head onto a globular projection and then transferred the latitude/longitude points to the other ones. Ah. So it shows projection errors relative to the globular projection. Though they do point out the arbitrariness of this. I'm curious what Picasso-esque faces would result from actual 3D --> 2D projections of a head.
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SurgicalOntologist posted:Ah. So it shows projection errors relative to the globular projection. Though they do point out the arbitrariness of this. The best example of those would be skins from 3d models in games. They're not that exciting, really.  edit: that's Breen from Half-Life 2, if you're wondering.
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Grand Prize Winner posted:The best example of those would be skins from 3d models in games. They're not that exciting, really. That really looks like a picture of George Lucas, with his eyes a little closer.
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Jan 8, 2014 14:09
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More horrifically, a picture of a naked George Lucas.
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It was just pointed out to me that he kinda looks like Gabe Newell.
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Grand Prize Winner posted:The best example of those would be skins from 3d models in games. They're not that exciting, really. Textures from 3d models aren't applied with any kind of projection, though. The coordinates on the mesh are usually also paired with a texture coordinate, which usually means that the projection is non-uniform.
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That's actually the name of the Belgian movie. An address. I'd never even heard of it before, certainly sounds like the artsy type of movie that would get a high score.
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Darth Various posted:abunchofmoviesyou'veneverheardof.jpg You've never heard of The Sound of Music, Pan's Labyrinth, The Pianist, Trainspotting, A Clockwork Orange, Life is Beautiful, etc.? Edit: Yeah, and Amelie LimburgLimbo fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Jan 8, 2014 |
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LimburgLimbo posted:You've never heard of The Sound of Music, Pan's Labyrinth, The Pianist, Trainspotting, A Clockwork Orange, Life is Beautiful, etc.? You listed about 6 of 43.
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LimburgLimbo posted:You've never heard of The Sound of Music, Pan's Labyrinth, The Pianist, Trainspotting, A Clockwork Orange, Life is Beautiful, etc.? I think Amelie is not too obscure abroad as well?
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LimburgLimbo posted:You've never heard of The Sound of Music, Pan's Labyrinth, The Pianist, Trainspotting, A Clockwork Orange, Life is Beautiful, etc.? computer parts posted:You listed about 6 of 43. And I know about Amelie too! Sure never heard of the Norwegian, Finnish or Danish ones before, though. The Seventh Seal is well-known here in Sweden, dunno about abroad.
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^^^ Seventh Seal is pretty well known in the states I think, probably the only Bergman anyone would know. Phlegmish posted:That's actually the name of the Belgian movie. An address. I'd never even heard of it before, certainly sounds like the artsy type of movie that would get a high score. Yeah it's just some lady doing boring stuff.
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I looked it up, it's about a middle-aged prostitute living in decaying 1970's Brussels. Sounds very existentialist, bet it's in black and white too. e: Okay I was wrong. Looks riveting, though: 
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Darth Various posted:And I know about Amelie too! Sure never heard of the Norwegian, Finnish or Danish ones before, though. The Seventh Seal is definitely a big deal Once was made fairly recently (but I forgot about it until I saw the map) and How Green Was My Valley (How Beige Was My Jacket) was kind of a big deal when it came out
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Also the map is bullshit, because Stargate SG-1: Unleashed should be over Andorra Edit: Wait I guess its a video game haha LimburgLimbo fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Jan 8, 2014 |
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Phlegmish posted:I looked it up, it's about a middle-aged prostitute living in decaying 1970's Brussels. Sounds very existentialist, bet it's in black and white too. It's in glorious color! Edit: A map of the hollywood/silverlake area with movie names shoved randomly all over. I like the random placement of sunset blvd, and AIRPORT just hanging out past the 2. 
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