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These winner patterns are interesting. Even in Football, all World Cup holders come from South America or Europe.
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Hogge Wild posted:Was it really? Wikipedia disagrees, and the name could mean "iron", and mean that he was a blacksmith or that he was named after a famous warrior who had "Iron" as a nickname. You're confusing Temujin and Genghis Khan. Wikipedia states that Temujin means iron something-or-other, Genghis Khan means Universal (Or if based on the word zheng, as the alternate theory there states, True/Just) King.
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Mar 25, 2014 15:07
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duodenum posted:Rugby Union I think the question was more like "what explains which countries play rugby?". I reckon it's something like rugby getting some kinda hold in places like Italy or Argentina before football.
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Mar 25, 2014 15:07
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Medieval Medic posted:We should probably just append "the Butcher" to every military ruler, and most non military rulers so that their virtues always come second to their crimes. If one must be a butcher to lead, then butchery will just be seen as the cost of doing business.
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Mar 25, 2014 15:07
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Medieval Medic posted:We should probably just append "the Butcher" to every military ruler, and most non military rulers so that their virtues always come second to their crimes. Fun historical note: Pompey's father was called Pompey Carnifex (Pompey the Butcher) for massacring a town of civilians during the Social War. Supposedly it was considered an improvement, because his last name was Pompey Strabo (Pompey the Crosseyed).
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Mar 25, 2014 15:20
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Hogge Wild posted:Was it really? Wikipedia disagrees, and the name could mean "iron", and mean that he was a blacksmith or that he was named after a famous warrior who had "Iron" as a nickname. I've heard Genghis Khan meant several things, including: Ruler of the Universe and Ruler of All People who Live in Felt Tents. For the Mongols these might have been virtually synonymous, which is cute.
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Mar 25, 2014 15:23
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Mar 25, 2014 15:35
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Darth Various posted:Map of Russia only has four wins. The Czech Republic six. Canada has the most at 24, followed by the Soviet Union at 22, and Sweden at nine. Map is wrong.  Bandy World Championship best finish  Blue: Gold Red: Silver Green: Bronze Truly a world championship. Cake Smashing Boob fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Mar 25, 2014 |
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Mar 25, 2014 15:52
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Does a positive trade balance mean that country exports more than it receives, or the other way around?
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Mar 25, 2014 16:38
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Try and find a pattern from this sporting event map: Countries that hosted the event become champion, or vice versa? Anyway, Americans think they are so cool with their "American Football". As this map shows, have them take their thick fluffy armour off and those wussies suddenly can't get past the pool stage.
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Mar 25, 2014 16:54
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Count Roland posted:Does a positive trade balance mean that country exports more than it receives, or the other way around? It means you sell more than buy so yes.
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Mar 25, 2014 17:00
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Carbon dioxide posted:Countries that hosted the event become champion, or vice versa? Much like boxing gloves actually make boxers take more physical punishment because they protect the implements that do all the punishing, pads and helmets in football lead to a more physically punishing game. If America's rugby team had 1.95m 110kg players that could cover 40 meters in under 5 seconds like they do in gridiron football the results would probably be a bit different.
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Mar 25, 2014 17:03
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Count Roland posted:Does a positive trade balance mean that country exports more than it receives, or the other way around? Negative values mean they have a trade deficit with Russia, they import more than export. Almost all of it is gas/oil
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Mar 25, 2014 17:04
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We're #1!  Just look at that, 5 times better than the runner-up.
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Mar 25, 2014 17:10
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rscott posted:Much like boxing gloves actually make boxers take more physical punishment because they protect the implements that do all the punishing, pads and helmets in football lead to a more physically punishing game. If America's rugby team had 1.95m 110kg players that could cover 40 meters in under 5 seconds like they do in gridiron football the results would probably be a bit different. It's also a different game. They regularly do hits in the NFL that could kill someone if they didn't have pads on, hits that are illegal in rugby. So comparing the two is cute in this whole "us" vs "them" thing, but they really aren't comparable. One is stop-start, while the other can be almost constant running at times. You train for different athletes in those two very different situations.
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Mar 25, 2014 17:30
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Speaking of games only played by a few countries, I present to you Oina  This video explains how it's played https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6gzU3vH4XA
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Mar 25, 2014 19:45
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Ras Het posted:I think the question was more like "what explains which countries play rugby?". I reckon it's something like rugby getting some kinda hold in places like Italy or Argentina before football. Yeah this was the question. Why do Argentina, Japan and Georgia have world class rugby teams but Armenia, China and Chile don't? There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to who plays rugby.
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Mar 25, 2014 20:53
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Why do... Japan and Georgia have world class rugby teams They don't - "World Class" probably describes the ten countries that play in the six nations and the Rugby Championship; and even that's being generous towards Italy and Scotland...  The nations which have appeared in the Rugby League world cup before 2013. Its a little out of date now: America and Italy qualified for the last one, and Scotland managed to get to the quarter finals! I was hoping that there would be a map on the AFL International Cup page, but there sadly isn't. Ireland are the only team to have won it, and that's only because Australia don't enter!
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Mar 25, 2014 22:21
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Is that Lebanon playing rugby ?
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Mar 25, 2014 22:44
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How is Ireland so dependent on Russian energy, yet still has a positive balance of trade? What are they selling back to Russia? Or am I reading this thing wrong?
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Mar 25, 2014 23:49
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IceAgeComing posted:They don't - "World Class" probably describes the ten countries that play in the six nations and the Rugby Championship; and even that's being generous towards Italy and Scotland... I'll have you know that Japan produced the world's leading test match try scorer! Also they are hosting the world cup in 2019. Family Values posted:How is Ireland so dependent on Russian energy, yet still has a positive balance of trade? What are they selling back to Russia? Or am I reading this thing wrong? Well Ireland is a small country so they probably make the money back by exporting booze and "financial services"
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Mar 25, 2014 23:51
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Family Values posted:How is Ireland so dependent on Russian energy, yet still has a positive balance of trade? What are they selling back to Russia? Or am I reading this thing wrong?
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Mar 25, 2014 23:55
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Pharmaceuticals? That's half their exports from the looks of it. Basically Ireland is supporting Big Krokodil in Russia.
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Mar 25, 2014 23:59
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woah.jpg x2  (though admittedly Europe got pretty hosed up in the process)
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Mar 26, 2014 00:06
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System Metternich posted:
I assume the mind blowing thing here is supposed how similar the ocean-land inverted Earth looks to a regular Earth flipped "upside down"? Because MINDBLOWN
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Mar 26, 2014 00:11
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Farecoal posted:I assume the mind blowing thing here is supposed how similar the ocean-land inverted Earth looks to a regular Earth flipped "upside down"? Because MINDBLOWN Well, once you contort the shapes and sizes of the continents to make it work of course.
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Mar 26, 2014 00:19
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Family Values posted:How is Ireland so dependent on Russian energy, yet still has a positive balance of trade? What are they selling back to Russia? Or am I reading this thing wrong? I think the "energy dependence" map is the percent of energy used that originates from all sources outside the country, not just from Russia.
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Mar 26, 2014 01:14
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PittTheElder posted:Well, once you contort the shapes and sizes of the continents to make it work of course. 
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Mar 26, 2014 02:31
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Negative Entropy posted:A non-distorted reverse map: This guy makes a ton of models of alternate earths and then goes off the wall a little bit and imagines what sort of crazy fantasy creatures would live there. Its still a great read: http://www.worlddreambank.org/I/INV.HTM http://www.worlddreambank.org/A/ABY.HTM
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Mar 26, 2014 08:22
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Negative Entropy posted:You can argue that point with many empires. Most empires took over territories that previously were empires themselves or were kingdoms. You could, but Alexander's empire immediately poo poo the bed and dissolved into a handful of distinct warring states about six seconds after his death. An empire usually implies a certain sort of infrastructure, cultural unification, or longevity that Alexander and his successor states simply never achieved. Well, Ptolemy and his clan of weird inbred cosplayers kept certain old practices of Egypt alive for a while, but other than that...
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Mar 26, 2014 11:37
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Kalos posted:You could, but Alexander's empire immediately poo poo the bed and dissolved into a handful of distinct warring states about six seconds after his death. An empire usually implies a certain sort of infrastructure, cultural unification, or longevity that Alexander and his successor states simply never achieved. Compared to the Hellenic kingdoms the Mongols didn't last long either. I find it difficult to go about comparing empires because there are so many metrics and points of contention over what makes a "successful"empire.
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Mar 26, 2014 12:25
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Yeah this was the question. Why do Argentina, Japan and Georgia have world class rugby teams but Armenia, China and Chile don't? There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to who plays rugby. Japan actually has a surprisingly strong rugby following, but they've been hamstrung by the fact that university level rugby is seen as more important in many ways, and a lot of systemic issues with their coaching. Though things are changing and they're finally internationalizing more and opening themselves to foreign teaching methods and competition. As long as they don't lose all their popularity to soccer in the meantime, in a decade they could potentially be competitive at the global level.
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Mar 26, 2014 13:04
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Alexander "The Great" In Central Asia he's known as Alexander the Terrible. Basically just some dude who showed up, killed a bunch of people then left. Come to think of it Central Asia has met a lot of people like that.
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Mar 26, 2014 14:18
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They remember Genghis Khan and Timur pretty favorably though, right?
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Mar 26, 2014 16:01
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made of bees posted:They remember Genghis Khan and Timur pretty favorably though, right?
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Mar 26, 2014 16:15
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Antineutrino map of the world: https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/8885539b25a7 Note: the map is made from data from the IAEA about reactors, they aren't measuring anti-neutrinos. Which I assume is why there doesn't seem to be anything in Iran, despite their nuclear program.
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Mar 26, 2014 16:23
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Huh! I didn't know that South Korea was that heavily invested in nuclear power. Also, wait, what -- we can detect antineutrinos easily enough to make badass maps like this, but we can barely detect neutrinos with billion-dollar gajillion-gallon underground pools? Do antineutrinos not interact weakly with matter like their counterparts? EDIT: Count Roland posted:You missed my note! The map is not measurements, it is extrapolations based on neutrino activity from nuclear reactors. Oh woops!  I am such a doofus! Hahah.DrSunshine fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Mar 26, 2014 |
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Mar 26, 2014 16:27
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DrSunshine posted:Huh! I didn't know that South Korea was that heavily invested in nuclear power. You missed my note! The map is not measurements, it is extrapolations based on neutrino activity from nuclear reactors.
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Why the hell has 51% - 100% been mashed together? Nordic Countries looking good though.
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