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"Sean C" |
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08 Nov 2005 02:05:51 AM |
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OT: How welll do you know your states? |
http://funstufftosee.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_5
00.html
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http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
92 percent
27 miles avge error
220 seconds
You have to be *real* precise or you won't get credit.
--Sean C
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| User: "Ike" |
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| Title: Re: How welll do you know your states? |
08 Nov 2005 06:51:29 AM |
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"Sean C" <redhawk@burnspammersalive.com> wrote in message
news:071120052105511715%redhawk@burnspammersalive.com...
http://funstufftosee.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_5
00.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
About a welll ***** the kelll rowss that my ladd is inn.
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| User: "Harry F. Leopold" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
08 Nov 2005 04:21:20 PM |
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On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:05:51 -0600, Sean C wrote
(in article <071120052105511715%redhawk@burnspammersalive.com>):
http://funstufftosee.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_5
00.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
92 percent
27 miles avge error
220 seconds
You have to be *real* precise or you won't get credit.
Tell me about it, but even so my first trip through it was 92%/14 miles/444
seconds. (After missing several by better than 60 miles miles or so I took my
time and made sure I got things in the correct spot. Of course the fact that
I mostly had isolated states to place in virgin territory - ever try to
place Colorado without any real reference point, exactly?)
--
Harry F. Leopold
aa #2076
AA/Vet #4
The Prints of Darkness
(remove gene to email)
"It's tough ... but not as tough as comedy!" - Edmund Gwenn on dying
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
08 Nov 2005 05:18:10 PM |
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Harry F. Leopold wrote:
Tell me about it, but even so my first trip through it was 92%/14 miles/444
seconds. (After missing several by better than 60 miles miles or so I took my
time and made sure I got things in the correct spot. Of course the fact that
I mostly had isolated states to place in virgin territory - ever try to
place Colorado without any real reference point, exactly?)
Al Franken can. I saw a "SNL News" sketch (1996? 2000?)
where he was talking about candidates carrying certain states.
He hand drew the US states perfectly from memory, drawing
2-4 at a time. It was amazing *and* funny.
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
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"Half the bible is nothing but
who to kill and how to kill them."
- 2, The Ranting Gryphon
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| User: "Sean C" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
09 Nov 2005 07:02:02 AM |
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In article <1131470290.883810.244010@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote:
Harry F. Leopold wrote:
Tell me about it, but even so my first trip through it was 92%/14 miles/444
seconds. (After missing several by better than 60 miles miles or so I took
my
time and made sure I got things in the correct spot. Of course the fact that
I mostly had isolated states to place in virgin territory - ever try to
place Colorado without any real reference point, exactly?)
Al Franken can. I saw a "SNL News" sketch (1996? 2000?)
where he was talking about candidates carrying certain states.
He hand drew the US states perfectly from memory, drawing
2-4 at a time. It was amazing *and* funny.
When I was in elementary school, I can remember one of our projects
being to draw a map of the US with all the states by hand. Sad that our
educational system has sunk so low these days.
Sean C
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| User: "Mike Ruskai" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
08 Nov 2005 07:52:29 AM |
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On or about Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:05:51 -0500 did Sean C
<redhawk@burnspammersalive.com> dribble thusly:
http://funstufftosee.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_5
00.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
92 percent
27 miles avge error
220 seconds
You have to be *real* precise or you won't get credit.
98 percent, 5 miles, 189 seconds.
Had a somewhat lucky draw in the order, however, past the first state.
I had to place Nebraska first, and didn't put it high enough. The
rest had at least a partial outline to match to.
I did not find that especially high precision was required, either.
Get it reasonably close, and it snaps into position as a 'perfect'
match.
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- Mike
Ignore the Python in me to send e-mail.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
08 Nov 2005 05:14:45 PM |
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Sean C wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
92 percent
27 miles avge error
220 seconds
You have to be *real* precise or you won't get credit.
Not perfect-precise, but within a few pixels.
92%, 12 miles, 457 seconds. And I ain't even a Y ank.
<US-bashing mode>
Any bets the average American couldn't do it with only ten
Canadian provinces and three territories? ^_^ Somehow I
can picture Shrub fouling it up....
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
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"Half the bible is nothing but
who to kill and how to kill them."
- 2, The Ranting Gryphon
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| User: "Sean C" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
09 Nov 2005 06:57:02 AM |
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In article <1131470085.517769.136890@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
<bg12345@apexmail.com> wrote:
Sean C wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
92 percent
27 miles avge error
220 seconds
You have to be *real* precise or you won't get credit.
Not perfect-precise, but within a few pixels.
92%, 12 miles, 457 seconds. And I ain't even a Y ank.
<US-bashing mode>
Any bets the average American couldn't do it with only ten
Canadian provinces and three territories? ^_^ Somehow I
can picture Shrub fouling it up....
I can't imagine Lord Dingleberry being able to place Canada with the
whole country outlined to work with. Canada? Where the devil is that,
Dickie?
Sean C
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| User: "towelie" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
09 Nov 2005 04:16:16 AM |
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TV's wrote:
Sean C wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
92 percent
27 miles avge error
220 seconds
You have to be *real* precise or you won't get credit.
Not perfect-precise, but within a few pixels.
92%, 12 miles, 457 seconds. And I ain't even a Y ank.
<US-bashing mode>
Any bets the average American couldn't do it with only ten
Canadian provinces and three territories? ^_^ \'
I wonder if there is a similar test for Canada. I'd like to see how well I
did.
Somehow I
can picture Shrub fouling it up....
Dumpie could ruin an orgasm.
--
aa #2133
ap #19
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
09 Nov 2005 11:36:59 AM |
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towelie wrote:
TV's wrote:
<US-bashing mode>
Any bets the average American couldn't do it with only ten
Canadian provinces and three territories? ^_^ \'
I wonder if there is a similar test for Canada. I'd like to see how well I
did.
Lo and behold, here's one! Click on a country to choose a quiz.
http://geography.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=geography&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lizardpoint.com%2Ffun%2Fgeoquiz%2Findex.html
It's not as detailed or taxing, but I wonder how many 'Murricans
in A.A can get at least nine?
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
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"Half the bible is nothing but
who to kill and how to kill them."
- 2, The Ranting Gryphon
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| User: "Colin Day" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
09 Nov 2005 04:16:02 PM |
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wrote:
towelie wrote:
TV's wrote:
<US-bashing mode>
Any bets the average American couldn't do it with only ten
Canadian provinces and three territories? ^_^ \'
I wonder if there is a similar test for Canada. I'd like to see how well I
did.
Lo and behold, here's one! Click on a country to choose a quiz.
http://geography.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=geography&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lizardpoint.com%2Ffun%2Fgeoquiz%2Findex.html
It's not as detailed or taxing, but I wonder how many 'Murricans
in A.A can get at least nine?
At least one. Perfect score, yeah!
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
-----
"Half the bible is nothing but
who to kill and how to kill them."
- 2, The Ranting Gryphon
Colin Day aa #1500
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| User: "Harry F. Leopold" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
09 Nov 2005 04:21:20 PM |
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On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 05:36:59 -0600, wrote
(in article <1131536219.461011.300410@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>):
towelie wrote:
TV's wrote:
<US-bashing mode>
Any bets the average American couldn't do it with only ten
Canadian provinces and three territories? ^_^ \'
I wonder if there is a similar test for Canada. I'd like to see how well I
did.
Lo and behold, here's one! Click on a country to choose a quiz.
http://geography.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=geography&zu=htt
p%3A%2F%2Fwww.lizardpoint.com%2Ffun%2Fgeoquiz%2Findex.html
It's not as detailed or taxing, but I wonder how many 'Murricans
in A.A can get at least nine?
First try: 26 out of a max of 39. Not very good, but then I spend a lot more
time looking at stars than at the ground. ;-p
--
Harry F. Leopold
aa #2076
AA/Vet #4
The Prints of Darkness
(remove gene to email)
³It's all very simple : you believe in a god, I don't. Theists first invented
the concept of god or gods, and the sceptical people said : "Huh?". It's been
downhill from there. ;-)³ - Olrik
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
08 Nov 2005 07:26:51 PM |
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on 08 Nov 2005 in alt.atheism, dear sweet (bg12345@apexmail.com) made the
light shine upon us with this:
Sean C wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
92 percent
27 miles avge error
220 seconds
You have to be *real* precise or you won't get credit.
Not perfect-precise, but within a few pixels.
92%, 12 miles, 457 seconds. And I ain't even a Y ank.
<US-bashing mode>
Any bets the average American couldn't do it with only ten
Canadian provinces and three territories? ^_^ Somehow I
can picture Shrub fouling it up....
Shrub would foul up the United States. But then, he's had plenty of
practice.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
----
"The world is only 5-6 thousand years old does not mean the planet
earth is only 5-6 thousand years old. There have been many worlds
created and destroyed on this planet. The creation of the planet is
described in Genesis 1. The creation of the world is described in
Genesis 2. Two different kind of creations." --Eric Brze
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| User: "Colin Day" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
08 Nov 2005 10:42:03 PM |
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Sean C wrote:
http://funstufftosee.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_5
00.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
92 percent
27 miles avge error
220 seconds
You have to be *real* precise or you won't get credit.
--Sean C
98 percent, 2 miles, 402 seconds. I would have aced it if I hadn't
gotten Wyoming first :-)
Colin Day aa #1500
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| User: "magilla" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
09 Nov 2005 01:45:30 PM |
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Sean C wrote:
http://funstufftosee.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_5
00.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
92 percent
27 miles avge error
220 seconds
You have to be *real* precise or you won't get credit.
--Sean C
What a great site. I am playing with my daughter. I told her I expected
90%+ in less than 3 minutes--she's getting there.
Chris
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| User: "towelie" |
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| Title: Re: How welll do you know your states? |
08 Nov 2005 04:51:52 AM |
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TV's Sean C wrote:
http://funstufftosee.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_5
00.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
92 percent
27 miles avge error
220 seconds
I got 94%, 8 miles, and 192 seconds the first time. It is more difficult at
times because sometimes it will start out with interior states.
You have to be *real* precise or you won't get credit.
You can say that again.
--
aa #2133
ap #19
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: OT: How welll do you know your states? |
08 Nov 2005 07:24:07 PM |
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on 07 Nov 2005 in alt.atheism, dear sweet Sean C
(redhawk@burnspammersalive.com) made the light shine upon us with this:
http://funstufftosee.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_5
00.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/cj3hu
Me:
92 percent
27 miles avge error
220 seconds
You have to be *real* precise or you won't get credit.
--Sean C
That was fun. 94%, 15 miles error, 370 seconds. Damn, I took a long
swing of coffee while the timer was running. My biggest miss was
Deleware, which I put between Vermont and Maine (ok, laugh it up), but I
had 47 out of 50 perfect. I can't believe I pegged Utah, the first state
it gave me west of the Mississippi.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
----
"The world is only 5-6 thousand years old does not mean the planet
earth is only 5-6 thousand years old. There have been many worlds
created and destroyed on this planet. The creation of the planet is
described in Genesis 1. The creation of the world is described in
Genesis 2. Two different kind of creations." --Eric Brze
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