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(...) Nerds allowed to use Geekshelf? Or is it only for certified geeks? G. (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I have created a Brickshelf-like gallery for more general geek topics: (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Oops.. Alfred is not the author: For those who want a general introduction to cartography, technical or historical, try John Noble Wilford's _The Mapmakers_. (Wilford is science editor at the New York Times) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) is the *only* improved map -- just the point that the Mercator projection was designed for navigation, not getting a view of the world as a whole. They've been pretty forthright in saying that all projections inherently have a bias, and that (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Your political bias is showing! The article shows that Peter's "ostensible goal" was to advance a political agenda at the expense of science. It's always that way, isn't it? For those who want a general introduction to cartography, technical (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) hehe thanks for the link. I had no idea of the controversies going WRT *maps* :-) As a junior high schooler who really only know about the Mercator, the equal area map was quite a mind-blower. I do agree, though, that it really makes a crappy (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Many thanks, LFB! I didn't know nuthin' about this stuff before now. -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Here's a quick follow-up to the matter of Arno Peters as a shameless self-promoter and his map as not novel. Here's an article that's rather well-written and goes over the general points (including why the Peters/Gall maps aren't really that (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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<snip> Christopher Tracey <ctracey@enviroweb.org> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: 3CFE0A26.C0A7C942@en...web.org... <snip> (...) <snip> oh do provide more info on that little side project of yours, maybe on a little site of it's own? it really sounds (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: punch cards (was "Minifig Head w/ Headset Over Brown Hair")
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(...) 1890 (1) (...) Actually, punch cards were in use before this: (URL) other page from that site: (URL) suggest the census computer was not really the first mechanical computing device, though it perhaps was the first general purpose machine. (1) (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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