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| ivorythumper | Nov 28 2011, 09:04 PM Post #1 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I'll give you a clue -- it's a map of the USA. What do the blue and red indicate?
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| Aqua Letifer | Nov 28 2011, 09:22 PM Post #2 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Violent crimes per some portion of the population? |
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| Horace | Nov 28 2011, 09:23 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Surely not in MT. MT is the wild card, nothing happens there. Must be something geographical. |
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| VPG | Nov 28 2011, 09:25 PM Post #4 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Interesting that New York State has not a drop of red. hmmmmm? |
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| Aqua Letifer | Nov 28 2011, 09:25 PM Post #5 |
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That's why I figured it'd be per capita. I mean, look at Nevada. Maybe water-related? The huge increase just about lines up with aquifer usage. |
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| Horace | Nov 28 2011, 09:30 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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By the bye, it's an interesting way to visualize a percentage - taking the state's shape and deflating it till the area is the percentage of the original area. I bet it's visually confusing more than say a pie chart would be - intuitively I bet most people would peg the percentage of area of the red CA at more than 45% of the blue CA area, for instance. |
| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Nov 28 2011, 09:33 PM Post #7 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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But with a pie chart, the states are just conceptual; least with these you see their layout and despite possible tricks to the eye, you can still see the general trend (that California has about half filled in whereas New York has barely anything.) The numbers should nullify the guesswork; I still think it's a good idea. |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| sue | Nov 28 2011, 09:39 PM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I'se the b'y |
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| Aqua Letifer | Nov 28 2011, 09:41 PM Post #9 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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| Horace | Nov 28 2011, 09:44 PM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Now there's something I can see a large portion of Montanans liking! (I did too.)
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| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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| Horace | Nov 28 2011, 09:46 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Yeah, it's not a bad idea. Maybe not quite as good as say filling up the state with red from the bottom till the percentage of red is what you want it to be, but pretty good. Better than a pie chart stuck in the middle of the state. I was just commenting on the difference between intuition and reality when it comes to relative areas of concentric shapes. |
| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Nov 28 2011, 09:53 PM Post #12 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Sorry, this has nothing to do with anything, but well, this is TNCR. This sort of thing is at least allowed if not considered de rigueur. There's a guy who posts comments on Amazon UK products that reminds me of you, Horace. His reviews get taken down eventually but he causes some serious debate beforehand, and a friend of mine here saves 'em before they're deleted. Some highlights: His review for Catcher in the Rye:
His review for some kind of vacuum cleaner:
(So of course he's received about 50 responses saying, you idiot! The switch is right THERE, on the LEFT SIDE, underneath the power cord!) He also has a stock review for about a dozen classic rock albums (most notably the Beatles White Album but he's also done this with Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and others):
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| Rainman | Nov 28 2011, 09:55 PM Post #13 |
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Fulla-Carp
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My guess would be percent of federal lands in each state. At least it would be pretty much right-on for Oregon. |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 28 2011, 09:58 PM Post #14 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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winna winna chicken dinna!
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| Kincaid | Nov 28 2011, 10:02 PM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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dang that was going to be my guess, after seeing that Nevada had the largest red to blue percentage. |
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| Horace | Nov 28 2011, 10:28 PM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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![]() Yep that's my sense of humor. I'm not that funny but I'm flattered by the comparison, thanks AL. |
| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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| Horace | Nov 28 2011, 10:29 PM Post #17 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Well done Rainman!
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| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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| JBryan | Nov 29 2011, 04:38 AM Post #18 |
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I am the grey one
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I just saw this and kept scrolling down thinking did anyone guess percentage of federal lands? Damn, Rainman got it. |
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| George K | Nov 29 2011, 04:52 AM Post #19 |
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Finally
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I'm surprised at the small percentage that the Federal govt owns in Texas. Illinois? Not so much. |
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| Mikhailoh | Nov 29 2011, 05:02 AM Post #20 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Damn. For once I was right about pen of these maps first time. |
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| Klaus | Nov 29 2011, 07:01 AM Post #21 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Yes, I agree that reverse image search is a wonderful thing. |
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| Horace | Nov 29 2011, 08:45 AM Post #22 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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What a crappy thing to accuse someone of. |
| As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good? | |
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