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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Tieno on June 08, 2009, 11:26:47 AM

Title: The world upside down
Post by: Tieno on June 08, 2009, 11:26:47 AM: Rehosted (sorry)
(http://i41.tinypic.com/otd7oh.jpg)

Crazy :dizzy
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 08, 2009, 11:30:33 AM: (http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/inflatables-yellowA-right.jpg)
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Powerslave on June 08, 2009, 12:25:56 PM: Can't see shit, captain.
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Tauntaun on June 08, 2009, 12:30:16 PM: :S
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Reb on June 08, 2009, 12:50:47 PM: You all fail:

(http://www.raymond.cc/images/firefox-bypass-imageshack-hotlink.png)
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: T-Short on June 08, 2009, 01:08:22 PM: (http://www.capitaltrachea.se/misc/rebiakfail.png)
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 08, 2009, 01:17:47 PM: :lol
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Post by: Powerslave on June 08, 2009, 01:19:36 PM: Rebiak did it on purpose god you guys are just soo.... ::)
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 08, 2009, 01:22:00 PM: works for me.
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Guybrush Threepwood on June 08, 2009, 01:27:35 PM: works for me too

(http://xs840.xs.to/xs840/09241/d903.jpg)

there you go
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Barry Egan on June 08, 2009, 01:58:44 PM: I want to own this. any tips?
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Tauntaun on June 08, 2009, 02:03:05 PM: Quote from: Chipopo on June 08, 2009, 01:58:44 PM
I want to own this. any tips?

Buy it online?
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Bocsius on June 08, 2009, 02:05:12 PM: So is this what maps look like in Australia?
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Tieno on June 08, 2009, 02:38:09 PM: I'm sorry for the fail, guys. Should have rehosted.
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Veidt on June 08, 2009, 05:05:43 PM: Did you know that before a few centuries ago. The world really was depicted upside down? As in Europe would considered south, and Australia would be considered north?
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Flannel Boy on June 08, 2009, 05:24:27 PM: Quote from: Veidt on June 08, 2009, 05:05:43 PM
Did you know that before a few centuries ago. The world really was depicted upside down? As in Europe would considered south, and Australia would be considered north?

ummm no
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Veidt on June 08, 2009, 05:33:48 PM: Quote from: Malek on June 08, 2009, 05:24:27 PM
Quote from: Veidt on June 08, 2009, 05:05:43 PM
Did you know that before a few centuries ago. The world really was depicted upside down? As in Europe would considered south, and Australia would be considered north?

ummm no

Shit. Malek ruins it again.Foiling my plans! Daaaamn you to heeelllll!
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Veidt on June 08, 2009, 05:38:26 PM: Oh wait, I think I've found it:

Quote
What we call north and south are conventions. These conventions were built upon the belief that the world is symmetrical and that the universe is symmetrical.

In 1265, Peter Peregrinus noted that one pole of a magnet suspended in water pointed to the pole star. Ancient Chinese discovered this more than a thousand years earlier, with the south-pointing spoon — the original magnetic compass invented for feng shui. The handle pointed south, the ladle pointed north, and (like earlier feng shui devices) the device aligned with the stars of Beidou (the Dipper or Ladle) to align with the pole star. When premodern Europeans obtained the compass, they emphasized the end of the compass needle that they believed pointed to the north pole star, calling it the “north seeking pole,” which was eventually shortened to “north pole.”

I was right in a sense.
btw, sorry for dp, I still am not used to this "no editing" thing yet.
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Positive Touch on June 08, 2009, 08:14:13 PM: wow kazakhstan is really big
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 08, 2009, 08:15:58 PM: I would love it if the world were like this. I mean, the Northern end of Canada (southern in the image) is like ISLAND WORLD
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 08, 2009, 08:20:54 PM: Why is there so much more land north of the equator than south of it, by the way?
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Veidt on June 08, 2009, 08:24:02 PM: Because that's actually the South, until the Euro's changed it to suite their bidding.
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 08, 2009, 08:25:24 PM: That doesn't even make sense.
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Powerslave on June 08, 2009, 08:25:36 PM: Quote from: Veidt on June 08, 2009, 05:38:26 PM

btw, sorry for dp, I still am not used to this "no editing" thing yet.

One more double post and I'll remove you from this forum.
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: Veidt on June 08, 2009, 08:27:51 PM: :lol
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Post by: Bocsius on June 08, 2009, 08:59:58 PM: Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on June 08, 2009, 08:20:54 PM
Why is there so much more land north of the equator than south of it, by the way?

Antarctica smells.
Title: Re: The world upside down
Post by: pilonv1 on June 08, 2009, 10:00:52 PM: Quote from: Bocsius on June 08, 2009, 02:05:12 PM
So is this what maps look like in Australia?

yes, i can buy these everywhere