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  1. October 2nd, 2008 06:33 PM #1
    Malacasta
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    Prisms of the real world

    This is really cool. 18 pictures of the world redrawn according to certain stats.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/pi...eal-World.html
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  2. October 2nd, 2008 06:58 PM #2
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    Neat! Someone went to a LOOOOOOOT of work to make those up... looks a lot more impressive than a simple table of figures.
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  3. October 3rd, 2008 08:16 AM #3
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    That is really, really cool. Would love to see more of the historical ones. Could be a great way to show how things have changed during the years because of wars, colonization, disasters and such.

    Perhaps even animated

    Weird but informative.:
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  4. October 3rd, 2008 09:49 AM #4
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    Really slick stuff. Stuff like GDP in the year 1 was pretty interesting to think about. This was one of those few links that I found worthy of an e-mail to friends and family.
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  5. October 3rd, 2008 10:18 AM #5
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    "The United States receives the highest number of international immigrants"

    Yea, and then whenever somebody or some group tries to make a stink about our illegal immigration problem we're labeled bigots or racists.
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  6. October 3rd, 2008 10:23 AM #6
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    Originally posted by Savaric
    "The United States receives the highest number of international immigrants"

    Yea, and then whenever somebody or some group tries to make a stink about our illegal immigration problem we're labeled bigots or racists.

    "Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
    Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
    I lift my lamp beside the golden door."

    I complain about their lack of having to pay taxes. Not that they're here.
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