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fermun posted:It's definitely agricultural, since it's a more or less constant latitude range. It seems to be all in countries that have areas of mild winters and warm dry summers too. Grapes sounds good except there's so many countries that make grapes that aren't on there. I think it's gotta be some other fruit that does essentially the same environments as grapes but is less popular. Olives.
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Is wine measured in tons? Being clustered around capitals makes more sense, but for either wine or grapes I'm surprised that the US and Japan both export more than Australia. And NZ more than US or Japan.
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If it were wine it would have had dots in Argentina. Malbec, anyone?
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I'm going with Pitaya, it's a New World fruit, so it wouldn't have caught on everywhere in the old world it could have, only in regions it somehow got imported and the production started there, but I could see it growing quite well in Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, etc. It definitely seems like a New World fruit to me just by the fact that it is all over some regions it can grow but not others that would also make sense, so I think it is something without a long tradition in most regions.
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I think the wine exports of other countries like Germany and Austria would be significant enough to warrant a depiction on this map, so I'd say it probably isn't wine. My first thought was olives or olive oil, but it turns out Spain is the largest producer of both. As was already said, it's got to be agricultural, so some sort of tropical fruit perhaps? Wiki tells me that Italy is one of the leading exporters of those fruits: quote:apples, olives, oranges, lemons, pears, apricots, peaches, cherries, strawberries and kiwi
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Yeah, and I think that South Africa would have been at least a blip, too.
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System Metternich posted:I think the wine exports of other countries like Germany and Austria would be significant enough to warrant a depiction on this map, so I'd say it probably isn't wine. My first thought was olives or olive oil, but it turns out Spain is the largest producer of both. As was already said, it's got to be agricultural, so some sort of tropical fruit perhaps? Wiki tells me that Italy is one of the leading exporters of those fruits: Oh, kiwi makes sense. That's probably it.
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Jul 23, 2014 19:04
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Could NZ really be 2nd in the world at exporting olives?
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Muscle Tracer posted:I guess what's politically loaded about this map is that you've all got such a geo-centric bias that you can't even consider the opinions of beings from other stars
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Jul 23, 2014 19:06
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Dates? Figs? Leather shoes?  Areiopolitical for Mars, thanks. Neptune's best though, it'd be Poseidopolitics.
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fermun posted:Oh, kiwi makes sense. That's probably it. It's kiwis. New Zealand gives it away. edit: the original http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/2005kiwi_fruit.PNG "In the 1980s, countries outside New Zealand began to export kiwifruit. In Italy, the infrastructure and techniques required to support grape production have been adapted to the kiwifruit. This, coupled with being very close to the European kiwifruit market, led to Italians becoming the leading producer of kiwifruit. The growing season of Italian kiwifruit does not overlap much with the New Zealand or the Chilean growing seasons, therefore direct competition between New Zealand or Chile was not much of a factor" Peanut President fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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Congrats! I thought I'd put you off by picking a fruit which is more produced on the other side of the world from its origin country, but you did well 
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Jul 23, 2014 19:23
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kalstrams posted:Even though I study astronomy, I am not really ready to assume there is a non-Earth-based opinion, unless a hard evidence is present. The universe is too loving huge for a non-Earth-based opinion not being somewhere. But then again, the universe is too loving huge for it to ever matter.
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Jul 23, 2014 19:32
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Have some scary maps about nukes: (Source: FAS report on a hypothetical nuclear terrorist attack on DC)  (Source: Mother Jones) Nuclear states:  (Source and legend: Wikipedia) Or make your own!  Bonus  map:
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Lord Hydronium posted:Have some scary maps about nukes:  AN602 'crater' and 'total annihilation' areas drawn. Over Paris.
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kalstrams posted:And my favourite nuke map which I used for my WMD presentation. Not Disneyland Paris  (in Marne La Vallée) (also I'd be dead, not cool)
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Mikl posted:Congrats! I thought I'd put you off by picking a fruit which is more produced on the other side of the world from its origin country, but you did well I was pleasently surprised a month ago when i bought kiwis pretty cheap from Italy, as a northern European that is as close and fresh as i'm gonna get them. Wasn't previously aware that they're were rown in Europe. I thought for a second it would be olives, but then i remembered Spain is the biggest producer.
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Kurtofan posted:Not Disneyland Paris Uhm, Disneyland over Versailles, the Bastille, the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre? What kind of Frenchman are you?
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Torrannor posted:Uhm, Disneyland over Versailles, the Bastille, the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre? What kind of Frenchman are you? A terrible one I loved going to Eurodisney as a wee lad, the Louvre doesn't have Space Mountain, does it  Edit: also the Bastille doesn't exist anymore, that's the whole point 
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Jul 23, 2014 21:08
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Put it over Corsica
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Jul 23, 2014 22:24
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Why not look at the scar left behind by the real Tsar Bomba? Keep in mind it was detonated 53 years ago.
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kalstrams posted:And my favourite nuke map which I used for my WMD presentation. Doing this with the Tsar Bomb is kinda cheating since nuclear weapons that will actually be used top out at around 3 megatons.
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Jul 23, 2014 23:23
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Once you're talking about nuking Paris all bets are off in terms of what will actually happen.
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Jul 24, 2014 00:20
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Mister Adequate posted:Dates? Figs? Leather shoes? Hadeopolitics.
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Muscle Tracer posted:I guess what's politically loaded about this map is that you've all got such a geo-centric bias that you can't even consider the opinions of beings from other stars All roads lead to sol. 
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Jul 24, 2014 05:38
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Guess the legend (or just GIS it).
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Jul 24, 2014 06:01
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QCIC posted:Guess the legend (or just GIS it). Law systems (Red is common law, blue is civil, brown is mixed, yellow is Islamic). It was pretty easy when I saw Louisiana and Quebec in there.
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Jul 24, 2014 06:04
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QCIC posted:Guess the legend (or just GIS it). britishempire.png
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Jul 24, 2014 06:17
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That map was posted before and I had the same criticism last time that I still do: it must have Bangladesh and Pakistan either wrong or mixed up. There's no way secular Bangladesh uses Sharia while the Islamic Republic of Pakistan uses Common.
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TinTower posted:Hadeopolitics. We don't have a Planet Hell (sadly)
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Mister Adequate posted:We don't have a Planet Hell (sadly) Yes we do.
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Radio Prune posted:Put it over Corsica No gently caress you
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QCIC posted:Guess the legend (or just GIS it). Browser use
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Hogge Wild posted:Browser use
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We know it's the legal system map! Look it up on Wikipedia and you will find it. It's not even the first time it's been posted in this thread! It should also be named whycommonlawismisnamed.map
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Also note that other classifications than the anglo-american one distinguish between several types of civil law.  Unfortunately I did find this only for Europe.
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Honj Steak posted:Also note that other classifications than the anglo-american one distinguish between several types of civil law. I didn't realize that German and Nordic Law were separate subcategories (though I had some idea that nordic law probably existed based on some court cases I read about) would you mind elaborating on what makes German law unique?
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Lawman 0 posted:I didn't realize that German and Nordic Law were separate subcategories (though I had some idea that nordic law probably existed based on some court cases I read about) would you mind elaborating on what makes German law unique? Probably this, from Wikipedia: quote:The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (or BGB) is the civil code of Germany. In development since 1881, it became effective on January 1, 1900, and was considered a massive and groundbreaking project. Though I can't answer the question about the differences.
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Nordic Law sounds kind of badass (it's not).
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Lawman 0 posted:I didn't realize that German and Nordic Law were separate subcategories (though I had some idea that nordic law probably existed based on some court cases I read about) would you mind elaborating on what makes German law unique? Im no Lawman, but I'll try to paraphrase the respective entries from the German Wikipedia. German Law is characterised by its systemic approach. Basic thought processes try to be rational, abstract and objective ("conceptual"), which for instance manifests in the so-called Abstraktionsprinzip. Main codifications are the civil codes of Germany (BGB), Austria (ABGB) and Switzerland (ZGB). Especially the German BGB is being used as a model for many law systems across the world. The usual approach of Nordic law seems to be more practical, being characterised by the institution of the ombudsman, which is apparently something you also often see in common law systems. Another reason for having another subcategory called "nordic law" is seemingly the intense cooperation and synchronisation between the nordic countries. There are codifications, but none is as comprehensive as the German Law ones. Historically, nordic law was influenced more by old germanic law than by roman law. Honj Steak fucked around with this message at 13:44 on Jul 24, 2014 |
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