EPTOn March 08 2014 06:55 WOPR wrote:
is it me or does russia seem HUGE on google maps (when i wanted to see where Crimea was)
is it me or does russia seem HUGE on google maps (when i wanted to see where Crimea was)
yes. russia is pretty big.
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
yes. russia is pretty big. | ||
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m4ini
4215 Posts
On March 08 2014 06:58 WOPR wrote: to think that the maps map in school back in the days made USA look bigger.... i just got to the see the real picture. so behind  Fun thing, i read somewhere that in a test alot of 'muricans pointed at russia on a map with hidden names, saying "this is 'murica", "because it's the biggest". But way too offtopic. ^^ | ||
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
On March 08 2014 06:58 WOPR wrote: to think that the maps map in school back in the days made USA look bigger.... i just got to the see the real picture. so behind It's due to the impossibility to put a sphere (earth) on a rectangular flat map. You have to "cheat" by "filling holes" if you want. And the more you go north, the more "holes to fill" there are. The common way that is done make the northern hemisphere countries look way bigger than the south one. And the biggest wtf is the representation of greenland, which in reality is rather small. You can find, scaled maps on the web that give a better representation of size at the sacrifice of shape/proper-placement. Either way, the only almost accurate representation is of course a globe and it looks good in a study room !  | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
On March 08 2014 06:55 WOPR wrote: Google maps doesn't use an equal land area projection. Russia is big, but the projection they use makes Russia look even larger than it really is.is it me or does russia seem HUGE on google maps (when i wanted to see where Crimea was) | ||
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oo_Wonderful_oo
The land of freedom23126 Posts
On March 08 2014 07:06 Ghanburighan wrote: Different location: https://twitter.com/A_Osborn/status/442057163885010944 On other news: https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/442051866986569728 Lol, listening to Garry Kasparov is probably last thing in this world that you have to do :D I have big respect for his as chess player but not as politician. Basically it's law not about annexy - it sounds like "If Crimea after referendum chooses Russia, then we can get them as subject". And there are already plans to subside it, so basically Crimea will be like another Tyva or Nothern Caucasus republics - donated regions. Because of it people in Moscow don't like this idea because we basically pay for it -.- | ||
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m4ini
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On March 08 2014 07:06 Ghanburighan wrote: On other news: https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/status/442051866986569728 2x3 macht 4 Widdewiddewitt und Drei macht Neune! Ich mach' mir die Welt Widdewidde wie sie mir gefaellt.. Germans will recognize that, sadly the english songtext of pippi longstocking is completely different. Basically, "2x3 makes 4, deedledeedledoo and three makes niner! I shape the world, howdledoodledoo i like it most." Roughly. Fits into russian politics brilliantly. | ||
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oo_Wonderful_oo
The land of freedom23126 Posts
Other news - big american ship Truxtun came to Black Sea with Turkish coastguard. And pic for fun. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/av0vbo5_700b_v1.jpg) User was warned for this post | ||
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
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m4ini
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On March 08 2014 07:29 LaNague wrote: I dont know, what kind of military is the Ukraine runing that russians can just march into their bases by foot and take them. A smart military. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22566 Posts
On March 08 2014 07:29 LaNague wrote: I dont know, what kind of military is the Ukraine runing that russians can just march into their bases by foot and take them. Ukraine shoots Russian. Russia gets medieval on there ass. Europe to scared to intervene with military so what choice do the soldiers have? Shoot and ignite a war they cannot win. Don't shoot and hope it all works out. | ||
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MinoMoto
Latvia107 Posts
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xM(Z
Romania5299 Posts
more US ships into Black sea gets you more russians in Crimea; fairly standard | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Ramong
Denmark1706 Posts
That is super biased... There was hundreds of thousands of people protesting every single of those american wars as well. | ||
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Saryph
United States1955 Posts
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xM(Z
Romania5299 Posts
starting a war against ukrainians is suicidal (eco-socio-politico) so the troops can't be for that. | ||
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Deleted User 183001
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On March 08 2014 07:29 LaNague wrote: I dont know, what kind of military is the Ukraine runing that russians can just march into their bases by foot and take them. A military that wants Ukraine to have a military. | ||
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semantics
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On March 08 2014 07:50 Ramong wrote: That is super biased... There was hundreds of thousands of people protesting every single of those american wars as well. Also the US was no unilateral in any of those and some do not have direct troop involvement in all of them. Also I find it funny the last one is we need to protect the russian people, inside of ukraine that are there only because mostly heavy military involvement in that area due to treaties with ukraine. It would be a whole lot less russian if when the USSR broke up ukraine didn't allow russians to continue to operate out of there, it's like claiming US bases around the world if came under danger could go out from the base and essentially take control of the area for eventual annexation to the US. Because you know there are a lot of americans around there. | ||
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