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    During the Ice Ages, An Arctic Paradise Bloomed

    How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London

    In the Early Days of Comic-Con

    Mid-Twentieth Century Rubber Recycling

    47 Million Year Old Skeleton Reveals the Missing Link Between Lemurs and Humans

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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    11/02/09

    In reply to During the Ice Ages, An Arctic Paradise Bloomed
    I read a couple fantasy novels set in the previous ice age a while back. It was interesting because the author had done his research and explained in his notes that ice age did not equate to global perma winter. There were lots of variances like Beringa. Alas, don't remember the name of the books, I never did get the third book in the trilogy either. #evolution
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    Image of brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there( brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(
    10/30/09

    In reply to During the Ice Ages, An Arctic Paradise Bloomed
    I heard Cthulhu had his summer home there until the area filled up with pretentious arty types. #evolution
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    Image of EugeniaBSG EugeniaBSG
    10/30/09

    @brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(: Okay, I laughed. Cthulhu didn't leave though; he's hiding in the forests lying in wait for unsuspecting tourists. #evolution
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment EugeniaBSG was starred EugeniaBSG was unstarred
    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    10/30/09

    In reply to During the Ice Ages, An Arctic Paradise Bloomed
    Wait, so you're saying that during the ice age, Alaska and Russia were a couple, but post-melt they are taking time off from one another?

    Alaska never told me. I mean, I'd ask about her previous relationships, but she'd quickly change the subject by dumping a snow storm on me, or a 2 week long -20 F cold snap. Should have known there was something she wasn't telling me, but I guess I didn't really want to know, ya know?
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    Edited by Cash907Censored at 10/30/09 12:04 PM Cash907Censored was starred Cash907Censored was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/30/09

    @Cash907Censored: Did you try to fuck a landmass? #evolution
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    Image of allium allium
    10/30/09

    @Cash907Censored: I hear the Pacific Plate is starting to make a move on her. #evolution
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    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    10/31/09

    @Cash907Censored: I've heard she's also hooked up a few times with Greenland and Scandinavia. #evolution
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/30/09

    In reply to During the Ice Ages, An Arctic Paradise Bloomed
    So this is how we invade Kamchatka from Alaska. Triple Sixes, baby! #evolution
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    10/30/09

    In reply to During the Ice Ages, An Arctic Paradise Bloomed
    I suspect it was an experiment in alien terraforming... or xenoforming? They probably made the pyramids and dropped off dinosaur bones at the same time, just to mess with us.
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    crashedpc - unrein promoted this comment Edited by RavenNemain at 10/30/09 11:44 AM RavenNemain was starred RavenNemain was unstarred
    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/30/09

    In reply to During the Ice Ages, An Arctic Paradise Bloomed
    TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI! TEKELI-LI!

    *ahem*

    I love how one of the photo captions in the original article states:

    Ice-rich loessal deposits, or "muck," in the Klondike goldfields.

    Muck is, like, "goop" and "spew" and like, stuff.
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    Edited by crashedpc - Haifisch at 10/30/09 11:26 AM crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/30/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: Personally, I prefer schmutz. #evolution
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    Image of Brian D. Carlstrom Brian D. Carlstrom
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    Don't do it! The Germans will just triy to use your city as a big map for Die Siedler von Catan!
    [en.wikipedia.org] #alternatehistory
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    Image of capnrob capnrob
    10/23/09

    @Brian D. Carlstrom: Dammit, you beat me to it. #alternatehistory
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    Image of einsteinsquandry einsteinsquandry
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    Honeycomb big? Yeah yeah yeah. It's not small? No no no. #alternatehistory
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    That would have made it extremely convenient for old-fashioned board wargaming.
    -Kle. #alternatehistory
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    If each of those edges were a road, their would be a lot of bridges over the River Thames. #alternatehistory
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    Image of strideo strideo
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    Strange maps . . .

    Wow. There really is a blog for everything now isn't there? #alternatehistory
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    Image of Agent355 Agent355
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    No, just put more roundabouts!! That will fix everything!! #alternatehistory
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    10/23/09

    In reply to How the Victorians Imagined An Ideal London
    Surely circle-roads with alternating radius-outwards divisions would be better?
    Then you wouldn't have to make so many turns when driving. #alternatehistory
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    10/23/09

    @twDarkflame: Actually, overlapping circles like the Olympic rings would probably make driving distances shorter, but intersections hell. #alternatehistory
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/23/09

    @twDarkflame: Having all the intersection be Y shaped means that you can always see both streets at once, unlike in a regular intersection where you have many dead angles.

    I've seen the hexagonal city layout proposed other places for the same reason. #alternatehistory
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    10/23/09

    @MonkeyT: I wasnt thinking overlapping circles, merely rings going out from a center point, each ring with a larger radius.

    Links between the rings could also be at the same angles as the hexagon paturn, thus keeping the advantage LostVikings pointed out. #alternatehistory
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    10/23/09

    @TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.: Sorry, didnt explain myself too good. See above. I think you could keep the advantage of angled intersections while having a concentric cycle system. #alternatehistory
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    Image of Mortimer Gray Mortimer Gray
    07/22/09

    In reply to In the Early Days of Comic-Con
    Does anyone know who did the art for the 1977 poster? I don't recognize the signature.
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    Image of Ryan Silva Ryan Silva
    07/22/09

    In reply to In the Early Days of Comic-Con
    Pic #2 was my second Comicon! I was a little too young to attend at the first location at the El Cortez Hotel, but the original convention center in that image will forever dominate my memories of childhood in San Diego. My dad worked downtown and would drop me off for the day at the 'Con then pick me up around 6pm. I saved all year to have a hundred dollars or so that I quickly blew on back issues and bootleg videos. I think 1986 was the year that I talked to Phil Foglio about my sad crush on Dixie from the Phil & Dixie comic and blowing most of my money on an original page from Buck Godot which he signed "thanks for buying my cat an iron lung."

    Christ I'm old.
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