To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.off-topic.geekOpen lugnet.off-topic.geek in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Off-Topic / Geek / 3780 (-5)
  Re: Geekshelf is online!
 
(...) 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)
 
  Geekshelf is online!
 
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)  
 
  Re: twisted map followup
 
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)
 
  Re: twisted map followup
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: twisted map followup
 
(...) 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)


Next Page:  5 more | 10 more | 20 more

Redisplay Messages:  All | Compact

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR