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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 10/19/2005 : 00:27:49
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I have read that a great many people have difficulty even finding the state they live in, much less placing the rest of them. I don't know the truth of that matter, but here's a test to see if SFN denizens fall into that sad catagory.
I fear I'm not as good as I'd thought. Scored an average of 41 miles off, mainly from not quite getting the placements exactiy Know where the stupid state is, just didn't nail it). You've got to be careful.
Have fun....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
 Posted - 10/19/2005 : 01:38:58 [Permalink]
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| 19 mile error, 44 of 50 right on. It was just a bit hard to place the states in the right place when the map was blank but I knew approximately where they all were. |
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 02:42:01 [Permalink]
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52 miles 43 of 50, but then I'm not from the US.
Good one |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 06:49:40 [Permalink]
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42 perfect out of 50, Average error 102 miles
Score 84% |
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"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 07:48:07 [Permalink]
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I did OK-- 94%, avg error of 10 mi, and just 255 seconds. Of course, it helps that I can draw the US west of the Mississippi freehand  .
One way to make the game more difficult would be to remove states once you've placed them, or perhaps after you place 4 or 5 states, the earlier ones you put down dissapear... |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 07:49:38 [Permalink]
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Meh, 52%. Then again, I've no coordination
Curiously, I went better in the Canadian version... |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
446 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 08:32:21 [Permalink]
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Wow, this is tough if you get a midwestern state without an agasnt state.
Score 90% Ave Err 15 miles Time 246 seconds. |
You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting. -- Robert A. Heinlein
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -- Aldous Huxley |
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
970 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 10:05:59 [Permalink]
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| 43 perfect, 30 miles average. Geography was never a strong point, and I would probably fail miserably on a world map. |
I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
Atheism:
The result of an unbiased and rational search for the truth.
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Stargirl
Skeptic Friend
USA
94 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 11:58:12 [Permalink]
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48 out of 50 average error 19 miles. My average error was hovering around 7-8 until I hit Delaware followed by New Hampshire in an empty northeast.
But I've always had trouble with those danged little bitty counties that call themselves states up in New England. |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
4826 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 12:33:24 [Permalink]
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| 46 out of 50. 92% 340 secs 17 mile ave error. |
Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils
Brother Cutlass of Reasoned Discussion |
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 14:15:14 [Permalink]
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| You're all pretty good. I only got 60% with an average error of 359 miles. |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1191 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 15:10:18 [Permalink]
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| 47 out of 50, avg error 7 miles. Pretty cool. I'll have to have the kids try it. |
The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
T. H. Huxley
The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
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woolytoad
Skeptic Friend
313 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 17:50:59 [Permalink]
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| 45/50 90%, 46miles, 870sec. But I'm not from the US and I was surprised I could infer a lot of it from my TV knowledge. There were only, 10, 12 states I knew the exact location of. Who says TV rots your brain. |
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 18:26:02 [Permalink]
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| Right, I've practised and managed to get 96% with 4 miles average error. Beat that. |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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tw101356
Skeptic Friend
USA
333 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 21:12:02 [Permalink]
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98% (49/50) average error 1 mile in 379 seconds.
I was off by 50 miles for Colorado. |
- TW
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gezzam
SFN Regular
Australia
751 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2005 : 22:41:16 [Permalink]
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74 percent, 107 miles.......
Not bad for someone over the other side of the world.... |
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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