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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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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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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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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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crashedpc - Haifisch
10/30/09

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

@Cash907Censored: I hear the Pacific Plate is starting to make a move on her. #evolution
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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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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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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 - 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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Dr Emilio Lizardo
10/30/09

@crashedpc - unrein: Personally, I prefer schmutz. #evolution
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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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capnrob
10/23/09

@Brian D. Carlstrom: Dammit, you beat me to it. #alternatehistory
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sunshineyness
09/18/09

In reply to A Bicycle Superhighway With Timed Lights for Copenhagen
This looks pretty neat and I'm glad it's conducive to the area.

Where I live though if I tried biking to work I'd probably get killed. I take the train in to work though and honestly I think America's solution to these problems lie more in vastly improving their train/bus service.

I was raised without a car either so I've never gotton the appeal of one. My mother would throw us out of the house at 7:30 in the morning to walk to school 30 minutes (and it actually WAS uphill both ways) rain, sun, snow, sleat. Hell, I had to walk home in a hurricane once in HS. So, I don't know. All I'm saying is cars aren't the end all be all and there really are some more honest options beyond biking.
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simonbarsinister
09/18/09

In reply to A Bicycle Superhighway With Timed Lights for Copenhagen
In my suburb of New York City not only are there no bike lanes, many of the homes around me have replaced the section of sidewalk in front of their houses with fancy landscaping. You can't even WALK without going into the street and dodging cars.

I can't let my kids walk 10 minutes to town because they would have to step into traffic at least 30 times on their way there.

Nobody else even notices this. When I walk with my kids we are the only people outside. Everyone else is cocooned in their houses or cars.
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Sunshineyness
09/18/09

@simonbarsinister: Report that to the county right away. It's illegal in NY to block the sidewalk in front of your home. Just like it's illegal to not shovel the sidewalk in front of your home during winter.
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