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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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 Posted - 03/04/2008 : 20:52:35 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
There's a super collider in Canada?
The thing I pointed to is just south of Superior, Michigan, 49715.
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Oh, see how good I am with these sort of things? Looked like Canada to me. Guess I missed by a couple of miles. |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
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Posted - 03/04/2008 : 21:36:49 [Permalink]
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So in sports, why is it that when we talk about (American) football or basketball, a player is often defined by championships, but in baseball, it never comes up? You often have a "greatest quarterback never to win the Super Bowl" discussion. But does anyone do that with baseball? Is there a "greatest pitcher to never win the World Series" discussion? Ewing, Barkley, Malone-- always discussed among non-NBA champs. Does anyone care if Alex Rodriguez still hasn't been on a World Series championship team? I mean, Manning-- who's almost certainly the best QB in the game today-- was abused until he won with Indy. But Rodriguez seems to get no heat at all.
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
Australia
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Posted - 03/05/2008 : 04:07:59 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
A "What's This Thing" challenge to our members: whoever is first to correctly identify this thing gets a cookie.
(Edited to add "correctly.")
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Was this competition meant for those with local knowledge? If so, I forfeit outright. If consulting the oracle is allowed, it's pretty trivial. (1st hit)
Spoilers below:
Smithers Scientific Devices Test Center (link)
Their maps.
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Where's my cookie?
/home/john/.mozilla/firefox/yada/yada
oh.
BTW, it seems quoted spoilers are only stealthy, not invisible.
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John's just this guy, you know. |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 03/05/2008 : 07:35:23 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by JohnOAS
If consulting the oracle is allowed, it's pretty trivial. (1st hit) |
I didn't stumble upon that set of keywords. Good job at a positive ID. Hope you liked the cookie.| BTW, it seems quoted spoilers are only stealthy, not invisible. |
They're more stealthy outside of a quote box. Our quotes didn't use to have the blue background. |
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
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Posted - 03/05/2008 : 16:12:06 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
"What's This Thing" challenge #2: What's this thing? (The thing that all the people are standing near, that is.)
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The awakening.
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leoofno
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 07:22:48 [Permalink]
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Just a quick question.
How is it that in Skeptic Summary 180, several of the month's most viewed topics are, like, really old.
We'd invite Hitler to speak , says Columbia dean (last post 10/04/2007)
Religion versus vaccines--sound familiar? (last post 02/24/2007)
Owl on the dollar bill... (last post 09/16/2005)
Can such old topics really generate such high numbers after so long? The Hitler one has been inactive 5 months yet generated 21,668 views to be #1 last month!!!
Are these numbers driven by internet searches? That could make some sense, I suppose. But still.... |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 07:42:43 [Permalink]
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All of those particular threads' high view counts are from search engines.
"Owl on the dollar bill" gets lots of hits from people searching for owl, dollar and bill. Odd, huh?
I forget what "Religion versus vaccines" is getting hits from, but the Hitler thread is first place when doing a Google Image search for "Hitler." |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 08:40:19 [Permalink]
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| Space Center Houston. You know how I know that? Because if you move back on the magnification, it says so. Also, it's located on NASA rd. |
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 09:07:35 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Probably should have turned off the labels before creating the link. Dang.
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Yeah. I really can't claim a victory on that one. But at least I didn't come out sounding like an idiot.
How is this? I'm pretty sure the Houston Space Center is somewhere in Canada...
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The water cooler, part 3
