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    Power Plugs of the World Map

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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    05/18/09

    In reply to Power Plugs of the World Map
    Get this, in the US, the code is now that the 3-prong must be so the ground is top, not bottom. No more "screaming OH" orientation.


    Just get rid of the wall warts, please.

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    Image of Pazu Pazu
    05/18/09

    In reply to Power Plugs of the World Map
    Ah great. So we can't preview our comments, nor we can edit them later. I quit.
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    Image of Pazu Pazu
    05/18/09

    In reply to Power Plugs of the World Map
    Bah, the comment cut off. Anyway... most households use a
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    Image of Pazu Pazu
    05/18/09

    In reply to Power Plugs of the World Map
    They got Brazil wrong too. Here the official standard is IEC 60906-1 plugs, but most households still use
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    Image of JanDuKretijn JanDuKretijn
    05/18/09

    In reply to Power Plugs of the World Map
    I'd like to know why North America uses such chincy plugs. I never had any prongs bend when I lived in Germany.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    05/18/09

    @JanDuKretijn: Unless I'm trying to bend them, I've never had a US plug bend either. (*Not that I routinely try to bend them, it's just that those forks don't fit by themselves.)
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    Image of kylenalepa kylenalepa
    05/18/09

    In reply to Power Plugs of the World Map
    Who came up with that color scheme? Yellow, yellow-green, green, light blue, and blue? Really?


    Red, blue, green, yellow, white. Problem solved.


    That aside, it's an interesting map and it's cool to see a visualization of what countries use what types of plugs.

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    Image of iatacs19 iatacs19
    05/18/09

    In reply to Power Plugs of the World Map
    Australia and Argentina are pretty unique.
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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    05/18/09

    @iatacs19: I grew up in Argentina, and while it's true that they have that type of plug for grounded outlets, most places you will find the more common "double o" outlet (light green on the map, standard in mainland Europe).
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    Image of John Nahajski John Nahajski
    05/18/09

    In reply to Power Plugs of the World Map
    wow, the Australian plug looks like it's in pain, maybe we should help it
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/18/09

    @John Nahajski: Looks familiar.


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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/22/08

    In reply to Google Earth Leads Scientists to Undiscovered Forest, Brand New Species
    Yeah, isn't there a value in leaving something that's untouched untouched?
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    Image of Seiven Seiven
    12/22/08

    In reply to Google Earth Leads Scientists to Undiscovered Forest, Brand New Species
    TECHNOLOGY IS AWESOME...damn I love gadgets and what they can do for us. From the simplest apps to the LHC gadgets and technology never cease to amaze.
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    Image of wagenejm wagenejm
    12/22/08

    In reply to Google Earth Leads Scientists to Undiscovered Forest, Brand New Species
    "An expedition launched in the fall to Mount Mabu discovered three new species of butterflies, a new Gaboon viper than can kill a human in a single bite, along with all kinds of other wildlife, like 200 types of butterflies and tropical plants, all in a matter of weeks."


    So much for these areas being untouched.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/22/08

    @wagenejm: Or un-stepped on
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    Image of Afzal Pahary Afzal Pahary
    12/22/08

    In reply to Google Earth Leads Scientists to Undiscovered Forest, Brand New Species
    It is a bitter-sweet thing because the military has had access to these tech for decades and yet it was never used for the benefit of humanity..... Nice find though.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/22/08

    @Afzal Pahary: And scientists have had access to the images for decades, yet it never used for the benefit of humanity.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/22/08

    In reply to Google Earth Leads Scientists to Undiscovered Forest, Brand New Species
    So before Google Earth, scientists didn't have things like maps which they would mark where they had searched before? Did they think it was an empty hole in the universe till Google took a photo?


    Julian Bayliss was looking around Google Earth for a new conservation project when he came across patches of green in Mozambique that appeared to be previously unexplored.

    If a place is explored, does it change color?

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    12/22/08

    @NHTOB_GitEmSteveDave loves->★: They mark the map with "Here Be Monsters" until it gets explored. After that, it says "Here be Gaboon Vipers".
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/22/08

    @DeusExMach: Should be "Gah-Boom you're dead" vipers.
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    Image of DisposableInterloper DisposableInterloper
    12/22/08

    @NHTOB_GitEmSteveDave loves->★:

    A scientist looks over the map, sees something that catches his eye, says "Hey, I wonder what that place is," and then looks into it to find there's nothing on the records.


    *Ding-ding-ding!* Unexplored area.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/22/08

    @DisposableInterloper: So is there only one scientist w/ a map?
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    Image of BEERxTaco BEERxTaco
    12/22/08

    @NHTOB_GitEmSteveDave loves->★: I'm thinking it's like the old Doom maps, you can't see anything until you've been there.
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    Image of Darkest Daze Darkest Daze
    12/22/08

    @BEERxTaco: The Fog of War.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/22/08

    @Darkest Daze: Was thinking the same thing a la StarCraft.
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    Image of fredygamer fredygamer
    12/22/08

    In reply to Google Earth Leads Scientists to Undiscovered Forest, Brand New Species
    Red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow. Red touches black, you're okay, Jack



    I forgot about that saying...i learned it when i was little.
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    Image of bostero2 bostero2
    12/22/08

    @fredygamer: Then with that snake we would be okay... As red touches black and not yellow...
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    Image of phealy phealy
    12/22/08

    @fredygamer: I always heard a slightly different version: red on yellow, kill a fellow, red on black, friend of Jack. Pretty much the same. I wonder if it's a regional thing?
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    12/22/08

    @bostero2: I dunno...red kinda does touch yellow in some spots. Maybe it's still learning?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/22/08

    @phealy: When I was a kid, I remember it as "red on yellow, die like a motherfucking marshmallow -- red on black, shmacky shmack shmack." Then again, I'm Amish (Mennonite, actually).
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    Image of TerryinSt.Paul TerryinSt.Paul
    12/22/08

    In reply to Google Earth Leads Scientists to Undiscovered Forest, Brand New Species
    I love these stories about " Undiscovered " things. It reminds me of Christopher Colombus " discovering " America. It's not like noone knew about it, there were people already living there!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/22/08

    @TerryinSt.Paul: But they didn't have a flag!
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