Cause really, who hasn't played around with Google Maps. There's this nifty page that uses Google Maps software to allow groups to add pins to the map showing where they are. US residents get to put in their ZIP code whereas those of us in the rest of the world have to hope our city is in the list. I made a map for Flare here. Lets see where everyone is from!
Posted by Doctor Jonas (Member # 481) on :
I almost thought I couldn't add myself. Well, yes, I could.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
According to the map, Omega lives in a wildlife park. I point and laugh at the good Tennessean.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
If you think Google Maps are cool, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Check out Google Earth, possibly the coolest thing I have yet come across on the Internet. It is truly a great age of information when I can download a (damned near) complete photographic representation of MY ENTIRE PLANET down to the city block FOR FREE.
(You have to use Windows XP, though.)
-MMoM Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Over at Subspace Comms Network one of the members set up a similar map. Better though because you can pick exactly where you are located.
Which ironically seems to be down at the moment...
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Given that neither Waterloo, Ontario or Mississauga, Ontario appear to exist..I had to settle for Toronto, Ontario. But I protest at the sudden destruction of my university and hometown.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
Go to 37�d14'27"N & 115d49'37"W and see if you can see the rabbit.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
OK, so do you have to 'subscribe' to this thing or just add your name and place. When I click the "not in US" link - it does nothing.
Andrew
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
OK never mind. Got it to work! Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
Yay. I live in the barren unchartered wastes of Europe.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Hmm, when I zoom in on my marker, it's about as far from me as it's possible to get within my specified locale. Bonus.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Can you modify yourself once you're on?
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Dunno, but I was disappointed to learn that if you zoom in on LOA in the satellite view, she's not sprawled out like in her snapshot...
My pin is, like, 400yds from me.
Posted by Doctor Jonas (Member # 481) on :
Don't complain. Mine is around 15 km away... but still within the city.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Mine is not even where I am!
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Well, I never claimed that it was a perfect system....
And as for Google Earth, its a great program to use. One of my profs is using it as a teaching aid. Its a great toy for geologists. Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Tricky in Billericay? For great humour.
Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on :
Well, if it wasn't for Harry, I would feel pretty lonesome in Europe Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Ooooohhhh... I just added myself. I didn't know MMoM is in the Bay area along with B-Diddy. I should visit them when I'm up there next year for pride or CTIA.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
As of now, the five closest Flarites to me are: 1. Omega at approximately 879 miles 2. B.J. at approximately 905 miles 3. Cartman at approximately 1,081 miles 4. Hobbes at approximately 1,145 miles 5. Jason Abbadon at approximately 1,219 miles
Sniff. I'm so alone.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Aww... move to Florida... although not anytime soon. Just wait after hurricane season.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Ack... I've added a photo and accidently made two "shoutouts" thinking it would overwrite the first one.
The pinpoint is off by about 3-5 miles... if you switch to satview you'll see a small white cloud down to the right that covers the Naval Weapons Station which is where I'm at.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hobbes: [QBif you switch to satview you'll see a small white cloud down to the right that covers the Naval Weapons Station which is where I'm at. [/QB]
COINCIDENCE??!!? hmmm...
B.J.
Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
Dammit, I put my hometown as my shoutout. Oh well, screw it.
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
I wonder if it it will put Timo in Iceland?
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Mine came out pretty much on top. Of course, I live pretty near the center of Stockholm so it had to be.
It's fun to click on the little flags, the shoutouts make them look like they're talking to eachother in squeaky voices.
Posted by Tora Ziyal (Member # 53) on :
Just added myself. Neat stuff!
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Holy shit your in my neighborhood Ziyal!!!
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"As of now, the five closest Flarites to me are: ... 3. Cartman at approximately 1,081 miles"
Now, we all know Cartman doesn't live in Colorado. He doesn't even live in the US.
He lives in Canada, of course.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
You mean Cartman lied to me? How depressing. I feel lower than Brad Lidge right now.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Those are some crazy suburban street patterns in your area, Siegfried.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Yeah, and they're all named the same sterile, generic neighborhood names. Most of the subdivisions around my marker are less than five years old. My subdivision (which is about four or five miles southeast of the marker) was the edge of civilization when we moved out here twenty years ago. Now we're considered the nearby suburbs (god bless urban sprawl, apparently). I hate driving in those new subdivisions; I always get lost in them.
If you click "Hybrid" and start scrolling west or south, you'll see this suburban explosion in action. The satellite pictures are about two years old while the street map is pretty current. You'll see a few old farm and ranch pastures that have subdivision maps plopped on top of them. That's what's been built in the past couple years. It's a shame; every year I have to drive further and further out to go cow-tipping.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
*looks at Hobbes' picture* Hel-lo, sailor!
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
And. . . who the hell added Tweety, anyway?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
After Hurricane Wilma hits us, I may have to move my marker...or nature will move it for me.
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
quote:Originally posted by Balaam Xumucane: Dunno, but I was disappointed to learn that if you zoom in on LOA in the satellite view, she's not sprawled out like in her snapshot...
My pin is, like, 400yds from me.
You can't see her? Must be one of the upgrades in Tiger - come on man it's only $129!
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lee: *looks at Hobbes' picture* Hel-lo, sailor!
Sorry Lee, you're.....you're not my type.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Hobbes is more inclined towards LOA anyway...
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
You should see the weird street patterns in my suburban hellhole of a neighborhood...
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Mine are fine but whiskey's quicker.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
I don't recall making any inclination towards anyone. Except Jessica Alba, but she doesn't post here.
If so, I'm the last to know as is LOA.
[ October 19, 2005, 11:40 AM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I threw in a photo- just because I had some crazy zodiac thing in there before -and so you can watch the news for my lifeless corpse if this fucking hurricane hits Fort Lauderdale.
On the plus side, lots of wealthy yacht owners are in town to show off their superyachts at the Interntional Boat Show, so there could be some amusing destruction amid, you know, all the death.
Did you know that the Port of Fort Lauderdale harbors many oil tankers, our main electrical and sewer facilities and dozens of gaint oil holding tanks?
We take that whole "putting all your eggs in one basket" thing to an extreme.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Jason, you really might want to consider using a different picture. Posting your Florida driver's license number, date of birth, and address for everyone to see isn't a good idea. I can see you played with the license, but, you know, in case you didn't alter the information on it.
I hope you escape the wrath of Wilma. The good news is that she's continuing to weaken from the monster she was earlier yesterday. I've been watching the models, and they seem to be sliding down the Florida coast. Unfortunately, almost all of Florida is in the cone of probability on the five-day track from the NHC. If it stays on that track (I know, but be optimistic), then Ft. Lauderdale could be in the same position as Houston was with Rita (you'll be on the better side of the storm).
No matter what, though, I'll hope for the best for you. Good luck.
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: Check out Google Earth, possibly the coolest thing I have yet come across on the Internet. It is truly a great age of information when I can download a (damned near) complete photographic representation of MY ENTIRE PLANET down to the city block FOR FREE.
Except for people outside the US. There's not much Earth beyond the States, it seems.
Anyway.. are there really that few continental Europeans on here!?
Posted by tricky (Member # 1402) on :
Jason, thanks for the Licence photo. I know you're a little busy at the moment, life threating hurricane and all, but should the FB come round asking about a hiring of a tank and subsequent 140 counts of auto damage, make them a nice cup of tea and deny everything.
Thanks mate!
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
So where is Darius the curry man and Dax - at least two OTHER Australians that post to this board?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Hey Nim, assuming that pin is in your exact location, could you tell us a little about your neighborhood? It looks neat, and easily defensible in the case of zombie attack.
Like, say, what's that statue or obelisk a little to the north, up the road a bit, if statue or obelisk it be?
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
quote:Originally posted by Harry: Except for people outside the US. There's not much Earth beyond the States, it seems.
Anyway.. are there really that few continental Europeans on here!?
What do you mean? There's plenty of high-resolution photography of other regions on there. Why just the other day I was checking out The Netherlands and I could see the Oosterscheldekering and there were even detailed photos of The Hague among other areas. Certainly better pictures than most cities in NB.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
On Google Earth I can put the point of the arrow right on the spot I am currently sitting!
Brisbane is highly... imaged. Funly enough the centre of Sydney is not. The region near the Opera House/Harbour Bridge/Circular Quay is very low quality.
Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on :
Andew, mate, you're way too motivated to be an aussie.
Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
I seem to be sharing a large wooden horse with an equally wooden but reasonably well-proportioned Lady Godiva in the small park across from the local concert hall.
In real life, I rather prefer the elk a few meters farther south. But that's enough of that.
Seems Frapper! uses the same photos for Finland that GoogleEarth does. Only about six months out of date, which is highly impressive. For some reason, their material on US military bases is far poorer than GE's, though. Have you checked out for example GE's Pearl Harbor, or Norfolk?
Timo Saloniemi
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
Again.... Go to 37�d14'27"N & 115d49'37"W
You'll find some F-16's, a few Lear3's, Bhawks if I remember right. All at a facility that "Does NOT exist"
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
There's a list of world-wide ECHELON sites out there as well. A whole collection of NSA listening stations that are 'not really there' either. The NSA is probably reading this as well. Hi there!
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Sol System: Well Simon, I will answer that question in three parts.
1: Here is a detailed pic of the area around the arrow, funny enough the arrow is put right in the middle of Old Town (Gamla Stan), the first part of Stockholm that was founded, in circa 1250.
Note to Lee and others from there: No, our parliament doesn't come with its own sauce. Somehow we manage anyway.
The statue you pointed out is of Gustav the third. Not a terribly interesting king but he was shot in the royal theatre in a plot orchestrated partly by his elder brother who then assumed the throne. After he (Karl XIII) died, his adopted son Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (former star general to Napoleon) stepped in and here's where things started getting interesting again, after 100 years of losing ground to the russians and danes, and then Zzzzwip! Here I am!
2: This image shows more of Stockholm and also where I live in comparison to the arrow, a few points to note here:
Checkpoint A: This is where our prime minister Palme was waxed in 1989. Pissed a lot of good people off. Endless conspiracy theories sprung up since Olof Palme did a LOT of crazy (good-crazy) stough during his time in office, like breaking Sweden's neutrality and condemning the US bombing of Hanoi during christmas in '72.
Checkpoint B: This is where our foreign minister Anna Lindh was retired two years ago. The murderer (Mijailo Mijailovitch) is interesting as he is a product of the lacking youth care in Sweden, well all of the west actually. Coming from a troubled home and being shipped between juvenile centers for ten years, he was given like 20 different pills and liquids to stave off psychosis and depression, on which he was hopped up that fateful day. He had no motive for the murder, he just went off the deep end. Oh when will society learn? *takes off fire helmet and pats Paul Newman's shoulder*
[ October 20, 2005, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: Nim ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
quote:Originally posted by Harry: There's a list of world-wide ECHELON sites out there as well. A whole collection of NSA listening stations that are 'not really there' either. The NSA is probably reading this as well. Hi there!
I can neither confirm or deny that. There's nothing to see. The NSA is not spying on you. Move along this post is unimportant.
Although NSA does monitor communications. CTTs in the Navy are trained not just to monitor foreign communications, but own forces as well. CTTs are the Navy branch of the NSA and Naval Intelligence has always had the motto, "In God We Trust, All Others We Monitor".
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
"These aren't the droids you're looking for"
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Nim: Neat.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
You live on an island! (So do I... Australia!) Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by WizArtist II: Again.... Go to 37�d14'27"N & 115d49'37"W
You'll find some F-16's, a few Lear3's, Bhawks if I remember right. All at a facility that "Does NOT exist"
Is that Area 51 you are pointing to?
I love looking on Google Earth around that area - it's well imaged - even better when people provide overlays.
It's weird those large triangles in the desert around Area 51. And the huge run-way.
Pity the Nazca lines aren't better imaged.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Masao hasn't put his down. He'd make 1 pin point for Asia!
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Hmm, Jay is in the same valley as I'm in and close to where I work in Sherman Oaks. Interesting...
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
He's already taken, though.
Also, I totally recognize Nim's area from Getaway in Stockholm. ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL US SOMETHING, NIKLAX?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
No one on here lives in New York, New York!?!
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
I didn't say I am interested in Jay... I just found it interesting that another Flare member is actually in the San Fernando Valley.
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
39 members so far - so how many people post here these days?
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Toadkiller, you're the closest Flareite to me as of now at about 453 miles away.
Some regulars still haven't marked the map. Masao, Dukhat, Saltah'na, The359, Krenim, PsyLiam, and Sol System are the immediate ones that come to mind. Snay just posted, so now we're up to forty.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Or even the oldests of the original members... Baloo, Frankg, uh... not too many members in the single or even double digit Member #'s.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Sherman Oaks, Sherman Oaks... Now where have I heard that before? Oh yes, I've heard they have good Sherman Oaks karate there. Bit of a problem with organized crime, though.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Haha... I don't think there's a major organized crime issue in Sherman Oaks unless you count accountants.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Siegfried: Jason, you really might want to consider using a different picture. Posting your Florida driver's license number, date of birth, and address for everyone to see isn't a good idea. I can see you played with the license, but, you know, in case you didn't alter the information on it.
I hope you escape the wrath of Wilma. The good news is that she's continuing to weaken from the monster she was earlier yesterday. I've been watching the models, and they seem to be sliding down the Florida coast. Unfortunately, almost all of Florida is in the cone of probability on the five-day track from the NHC. If it stays on that track (I know, but be optimistic), then Ft. Lauderdale could be in the same position as Houston was with Rita (you'll be on the better side of the storm).
No matter what, though, I'll hope for the best for you. Good luck.
Thanks for the concern, but I changed three numbers on the licence and the addres is several years out of date. I threw in a little "wilma" next to the state too for shits.
Currently, they think the hurricane might even diminish so far as to a Tropical Storm.
I'm mostly concerned that power might be out for afew days at my apartment- this kind of crap always happens right after I buy a ton of perishible groceries.
Man- No one else lives in Florida?!? Did you guys set up some sort of restraining order?
[ October 21, 2005, 06:28 PM: Message edited by: Jason Abbadon ]
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I noticed that the hurricane symbol and new state slogan, but better to warn.
The last I heard from earlier this afternoon was that Wilma was going to thoroughly mess up the Yucatan before moving to Florida as a weak hurricane (low category two at landfall).
As for your groceries, how about a hurricane block party the day before it comes in? Round up the rest of your neighbors who have perishable items, and do a huge blowout with lots of alcohol. You can sleep off the hangover during the hurricane, too.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Yah- we have cookouts and such- people are talking about some sort of pre-Halloween barbeque on monday.
I cant indulge in alcohol just now- the perscription drugs I take go all lethal when mixed.somethging I'm trying to avoid
I could just gorge myself and throw up all day after I suppose....
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Yeah... give it the ol' supermodel try, right Jason?
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Nooo.....whenever I puke, the blood vessels under my eyes leak or something and I look like I've been punched in both eyes.
That happen to anyone else?
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
No, but I'm glad I don't live in Fu*cking, Austria...
I goofed. I added myself twice by mistake. Unfortunately, this damn thing zooms in on the downtown area, so where its pointing at is actually incorrect. Can't I at least move the marker to closer to where I live?
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
I hear the tri-city Alpine Field Hockey rivalry between the Fu*cking Monarchs, F*cking Kings and Fucking Dragons is heated and results in close and cornered matches of high skill and wild-eyed playmaking!
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Nooo.....whenever I puke, the blood vessels under my eyes leak or something and I look like I've been punched in both eyes.
That happen to anyone else?
The strain of vomiting can be enough to burst capillaries (tiny blood vessels) in the eyes.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Funny.
quote:A considerable portion of Fucking's budget is spent on replacing the stolen signs.
I want to visit there and complain about the Fucking cops, Fucking taxes and the Fucking weather.
Or I could just stay here, grow old and do all that anyway. Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
I wonder why don't they just start selling those signs then...
It also looks like someone finally can put their name on the map.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I've got six US cities, to cities in England, one Scittish city and a hot chick at the local comic book shop with my last name.
Waaay too many people to kill, so I have to assume I'm not really related to them.
Lotsa freaks there....all races and colors represented too.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Googling my name turns up eight pictures, three of which are of an erect penis. It's the same erect penis, actually. No, it's not mine (although I'd kill for that body).
I've driven through Caldwell, TX, a few times to visit my sister while she was in college. It's a nice, little town that bills itself as the Kolache Capital of the World. The next Kolache Festival is September 9, 2006, so mark your calendar.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
"Kolache"?
If you ever drive through Lake City Florida, stop and ask if they know anyone named "Caldwell".
They're all related to me, all crazier than shit religous nutjobs that sometimes handle snakes and speak in tounges in the trailers they call "church" though how anything on cinderblocks can be consecrated is beyond me.
Jerry Falwell and Billy Graham are their gods.
I. Shit. You. Not.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Kolaches are delicious. It's a bread roll that's stuffed with either a fruit or meat filling. They're popular breakfast items down here; the sausage kolaches are kinda like pigs in a blanket (only it's bread instead of a pancake). It's a Czech food that immigrated to Texas.
Did I mention they're delicious? This one little breakfast shop in the Galleria sells an awesome bacon, egg, cheese, and jalope�o pepper kolache. So good.
The furthest I've made it into Florida is Destin, and I don't think I'll be repeating that drive anytime soon. Something about all those bridges in Louisiana that creeps me the hell out. If I do ever find myself in Lake City, I'll try and keep myself out of trouble.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Siegfried - just curious your name isn't like eric tapenas or something is it!?! Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
"Siegfried Penishead"?
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
I don't know how you're only getting 8 results... I get between 491 and 2600...
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
I got zero. And I've only managed to find one other person with my exact name. Which is apparently in my family tree.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Using my nickname, I get 127 hits on my name. Using my full first name on the search, I get the eight hits with the penis pics. Flipping over to a web search, people with the same name as me include an interaction designer, a book and film reviewer, an assistant state attorney, and a professor/chair of military science among others.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Searching on IMDb I found what celebrities are from the Charleston area...
The only ones I could recognize: Stephen Colbert (The Daily Show) Andy Dick (News Radio, Road Trip, Zoolander, Old School) Mackenzie Rosman (7th Heaven) Vanessa Minnillo (various MTV shows, current cover of Maxim)
Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on :
Hmmm... Googling Images my nickname shows only Trek-related pics.
I don't know whether I should be proud, or ashamed...
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
I guess what results you get depends on which country's Google you use. I use Canada's Google (it doesn't give me a choice) and I get multiple results for both forms of your name, Siegfried, and most of them are either to do with girls named Holly or Christmas.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Dude, use quotes.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
They're all related to me, all crazier than shit religous nutjobs that sometimes handle snakes and speak in tounges in the trailers they call "church"
So... strong family ties, then? B)
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Well, strong ties among themselves.
My sister and I got ourselves disowned back when I was thirteen.
Who knows? Mabye they've all become enlightened liberals with agnostic leanings by now.....though somehow I doubt it.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hobbes: Searching on IMDb I found what celebrities are from the Charleston area...
Andy Dick (News Radio, Road Trip, Zoolander, Old School)
Wasn't he also that guy in the cage in Dude! Where's My Car? You know at the ostrich farm run by Brent Spiner/Data.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
The only picture Google found of me was from www.lgbta.com. On Yahoo, they don't find pictures of myself but other info such as my own MySpace profile.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
That link does not go to a picture.
Besides, it's more fun to see else who has your name and what they look like.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Well then I'm unique... I only see my pictures with my name or my nickname. And my picture is in the Officers Page of lgbta.com by the way...
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Well, you got yerself one o' them foreign names, dontcha?
No google fun for you then (or plausible deniability of online hijinks either for that matter).
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
I was actually worried what would come up if I put my name in: B.J. Olejnik. I was suprised to get only 19 hits, 18 of which are artwork right from my own home page, and one picture of a location I suggested to Google Sightseeing.
I'm not saying what you get if you leave off my last name, but it wasn't quite as bad as I thought. It was still pretty bad, though.
It seems I have a real swedish sports name, because this me is the worst. The guy is blond, one year younger than me and three centimeters taller. I'm not even going to comment on his interests.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Has anyone else added to the map!?!
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
Googles ... finds... .... Capps Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"I use Canada's Google (it doesn't give me a choice)..."
So, if you go to google.com, it will recognize your location and redirect you to google.ca?
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
That's how Google's DNS servers perform load-balancing, yeah.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
That is indeed what happens. However I can go to other Google pages like .de, .co.uk, .fr, etc and they stay on those pages.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Toadkiller: Googles ... finds... .... Capps
*dies laughing*
Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on :
Hallelujah! Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Hey, a little Mac help, please. I can't see the map, for some reason. I do get this Java script message: "The Google Maps API key used on this web site was registered for a different web site. You can generate a new key for this web site at http://www.google.com/apis/maps/." Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
OK, one more question for Nim: What's the farthest north you've been?
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Masao, are you using Safari?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nim: It seems I have a real swedish sports name, because this me is the worst. The guy is blond, one year younger than me and three centimeters taller. I'm not even going to comment on his interests.
What's that say about Brad Pitt? how does that relate to soccer?
I'd do him.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
It asks "Ser p� TV?", means "sees/watches on TV?". When he watches TV, he watches the Pitt. Yeah...I guess I'd do him too.
Sol System saged:
quote:OK, one more question for Nim: What's the farthest north you've been?
I went to the outskirts of the north pole in the summer of 1991, with my family. It was nice, perpetual spring blossom and the lowest the sun set was a foot over the horizon, measured with kid's hands.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
He watches Brad Pitt... on TV? lol!
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Well I guess stalking has become digital then.
Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Ooh, this is nifty. Scandinavians have me beat for northness, though... Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :
Aha! It's Garak! And he's... in England?
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Just an FYI, but Frapper has both moved to its own domain and changed its name (to Frappr). The new link to the member map is: http://www.frappr.com/flarescififorums
I also suppose I ought to find a decent, recent picture of me to post up there.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Where is Bernd - he's in Germany isn't he or was it Austria? Anyhoo - one of the Axis powers.
RW lived in Belgium didn't he?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I like the arctic, is the deal.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Elim Garak? In England? Does...not...compute...
Does this mean you didn't get my email? Guess you're not at UNB anymore, eh?
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Two in a Rochester....
I bet mine is more pathetic than yours.....
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I believe Bernd is in Germany. We did have someone from Austria, but I think he chanaged his name a couple times.
RW is from the Netherlands.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Spike is from Austria but IIRC he's had a bit of a schism from us.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Fun fact: Sweden has 9 million people and is 450 000 km� in size, while Germany has 82.5 million people on an area of 357 000 km�.
No wonder the jerrys have no more meese and instead ogle ours.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
No-one here's really schismed with Spike, and he didn't really do any schisming with anyone here. He just seemed a bit schismed off about that Firefox message Charles put up last year.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
And, what is that Katie bloody Melua on about? Nine million bicycles in Beijing? Bo-ring. Nine million Swedes in Sweden, much more evocative. And she could let them use the song in an Ikea advert and make a fortune.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Yeah, Spike, that's who I was thinking of. He used to have a different name. "Fritz", or something.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Fitz once upon a time.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I prefer "Fritz", myself.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
You don't like Once Upon a Time? Suck a nice name too....
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Indeed.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Nope, my spelling hasn't improved any either.....
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
I think he likes to suck lemons more.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
You sure it wasn't something like Wolfgang!?! Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Ugh. Who'd want to suck Wolfgang, though?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Constanze?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
quote:Originally posted by Krenim: Aha! It's Garak! And he's... in England?
It is; he is.
quote:Originally posted by Topher: Does this mean you didn't get my email? Guess you're not at UNB anymore, eh?
I will have to check that email address. I usually don't. I think it still works... Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
So you come to England and don't tell any of us. I'm actually rather hurt.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Added myself. I'm slightly annoyed at Hobbes' rather rude decision to be much more attractive than me though. That's just rude.
Posted by Mighty Blogger Snay (Member # 411) on :
I'll still do ya', Liam.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
If, by that, you mean in the same way you've "done" all those deer, I don't think even Liam is that desperate. B)
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Well, maybe, since his self esteem just took a hit from Hobbes.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Sorry?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: I'm slightly annoyed at Hobbes' rather rude decision to be much more attractive than me though.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hobbes: Sorry?
Not to me, to Liam....
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
We need to assign someone to move to Africa. I think we can give Antarctica a miss, as that's more of an X-Files thing. Maybe we could take shifts?
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
All those reseachers down there almost year round and none of them are flarites??? Something is seriously worng there.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Yep, a Flare member on every continent. That's my dream anyway. And damnit, a Flare flag on the moon too!
Hmm.. I shouldn't post after drinking.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
I used to post before, during, and while dinking.....
And made far less sense than you jus did.....
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Used to"?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Toadkiller: We need to assign someone to move to Africa. I think we can give Antarctica a miss, as that's more of an X-Files thing. Maybe we could take shifts?
X-Files... haven't you been keeping up with your Stargate-SG1? Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I'm appalled at my repeated use of the word "rude" in that paragraph. It was lazy writing and it won't happen again.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
I quite drinking, never did say I made sense now....
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"I quite drinking..."
Sure sounds like it.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ritten: All those reseachers down there almost year round and none of them are flarites??? Something is seriously worng there.
Wrong in a John Carpenter's The Thing kinda way. After seeing that movie so many times, you could not pay me to go there.
That Charles Capps webpage is screamin- I now think we've been manipulated by an old motivational speaker and he's using us in seminars across the country for his own evil ends.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
A noble endeavour
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Who knew, I've unknowning been a disciple of Capps.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Jeez, for all our fantasizing about exploring strange new worlds and all, we sure seem to stay close to home a lot... Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
I have a sneaking suspicion that the immediate outside is still strange and new enough for most people here. B)
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
The big glowy thing frightens and confuses me.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hobbes: Who knew, I've unknowning been a disciple of Capps.
What I think is all to telling is that our reclusive bearded leader has made no comment on this startling revelation!
Of course he probably won't be lurking here on page 11 so we're free to talk about him....or are we!
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN:
"I quite drinking..."
Sure sounds like it.
Yep, I am now a very boring person, I don't do anything...... 'Cept post things that don't always make sense.... Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :
Finally added myself to map - yup still in london
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
Quit drinking? Pleh... only losers quit.
I love to go out drinking. Or drink at home, but then I have to stay away from the computer. Who knows what the fuck alcohol would make me post.
Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :
I don't drink that much since I stated dancing. I need all my wits about me to Salsa well... so while I haven't quit drinking officially - I don't do it much any more...Salsa gives a much better high anyway.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Mmm. . . salsa. . .
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
I love drinking too, but my wife didn't think much of me doing it, only 6 a night, of 40 ouncers, and a pint of rum every few days on top of that.....
Oh well, them was the days....
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
I usually only go drinking on Saturday to a bar with free pool tables from 4p-9p at about 4-5 beers.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by MaGiC: I don't drink that much since I stated dancing. I need all my wits about me to Salsa well... so while I haven't quit drinking officially - I don't do it much any more...Salsa gives a much better high anyway.
You must have had a bad drinking problem if you could not use salsa- just dip the chip, aim for your mouth...
You still coming to Florida next month?
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ritten: I love drinking too, but my wife didn't think much of me doing it, only 6 a night, of 40 ouncers, and a pint of rum every few days on top of that.....
1/ I have never seen drink measured by weight. Could you convert that into, y'know, English?
2/ A pint of rum: This is why Americans are terrible at knowing how to drink.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
You mean English UK, as Google our lord and master styles it?
All sorts of liquids are measured by weight here and we're a better people for it.
Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:
You still coming to Florida next month?
Yup, really looking forward to it. Can't wait for the full gaudy commercial Disney experience.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: 2/ A pint of rum: This is why Americans are terrible at knowing how to drink.
Not hard, twist the bottle cap off and enjoy. Not a huge fan of rum though. Even though I think I have a bottle of it in the kitchen.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Ever tried a Mojito?
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
40 ouncer = 1.1 L, give or take
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by MaGiC:
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:
You still coming to Florida next month?
Yup, really looking forward to it. Can't wait for the full gaudy commercial Disney experience.
Cool.
I'm trying to get up there for a long weekend, but now that I'm a managment type I can only choose one holiday not to work. And I chose New Years Eve/Day.
Still, mabye Tropical Storm Gamma will wipe us out for another week and I'll split town to Orlando....
Buy ya a drink. Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
England still measures things in miles and, even worse, stones. Surely you aren't so metricized as to not know an ounce is also a measure of volume?
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Yes, but we call them fluid ounces.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Well duh. A 40 ouncer is 40 fluid ounces. I got the conversion from a UK website, for christ's sake.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
So, even when the context is obvious, do you also make sure to specify "statute miles" and "avoirdupois pounds"?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Tropical Storm Gamma huh? How long till the season is over? What letter do you think it will get up to? Epsilon?
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Mojito
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Tropical Storm Gamma huh? How long till the season is over? What letter do you think it will get up to? Epsilon?
Gamma is probably the end for this year- and for a change we caught a break- it's projected well south of Florida now. Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Yeah, hurricane season for the North Atlantic ends on the 30th of November. However, tropical storms have formed in early December before. In 2003, both tropical storms Odette and Peter formed in December.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I know this is a sickeningly old thread and sorry for resurrecting it but...I added me!
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
So did I! Congrats!
Posted by OverRon (Member # 2036) on :
Ditto...
... and apparently I moved north of the Thames without knowing it. Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Woah, who's the Flarite in Towson, MD?
Posted by aridas (Member # 1051) on :
Stealth member. Watching you all with an eye for blood!
Okay... too much Halloween candy. Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
I'm not worried about you watching us all ... I'm worried about you watching me! I'm a Timoniumite!
Posted by aridas (Member # 1051) on :
Hey! I used to go to the Timonium Drive-In when I was a kid.
Now I go to the Timonium back doctor. Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
Always delighted to see you, sir.
--Jonah
Posted by aridas (Member # 1051) on :
Same here. Always good to see a fellow libertarian. It helps me remember I'm not the only one that's a sucker for lost causes.
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