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  1. Re:Beaver road by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Microsoft Suspends Gamer For Being From Fort Gay

    Big Beaver Road in Troy, Michigan is at Exit 69.
    http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2B34
    Who says the highway department doesn't have a sense of humor...
    - doc

  2. Perspective by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Los Angeles Unveils $578 Million Public School

    That is about $138,000 per student. My private HS spent at least $60 million in a restoration (only) for 1200 students: $50,000 per student. I thought the restoration cost was higher. Residential construction is often $100-$200 per SF (square feet, 10 square feet is about a square meter for you metric FREAKS!). So $138,000 would be ~700 to 1400 SF per student. Thinking back fondly on grade school, we had 30 students in a room that was likely 30' by 30' or 900 SF. Given additional facilities, I would estimate each student had about 60 SF (30 x 30 x 2 / 30).

    There is no doubt a school could be built for less. Is that better? Who knows.

  3. This is hardly new... by the_rajah · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Cows On Treadmills Produce Clean Power For Farms

    In Lincoln's New Salem, near Springfield, Illinois, there is a reconstructed carding mill powered by a tilted tread wheel on which an ox walked to supply the power. This would have been in use around 1830.

  4. Re:I'm a west coast Canadian by ubercam · · Score: 1 · on No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars

    Unless you're talking in CFL terms, which wrongly places Winnipeg in the East division due to the lack of teams out that way, you're mistaken.

    I know I'm being pedantic here, but do you know where the longitudinal center of Canada is? There are signs on the Trans Canada marking it's location at 96 48' 35" West (or -96.809722). If you look closely you can see the shadows of the signs marking it (one English, one French) in the middle of the page. In fact, this line is a mere 785 feet East of our front door. I measured with Google Earth so it might not be perfectly exact, but it's close enough for me.

    Manitoba is DEFINITELY a Western province.

  5. Actually it was Daniel Drawbaugh by bdraw · · Score: 0 · on The First Phone Call Was 133 Years Ago

    It wasn't Elisha Gray either, it was actually Daniel Drawbaugh. And yes I'm related to him. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMMBG Of course everyone would know this if he wouldn't have lost the patent case.

  6. Re:That's just wrong... by Electrawn · · Score: 1 · on Leaning Tower of Pisa Secure For 300 More Years

    Facts about Chicago architecture:

    The Monadnock building has sunk since it was built. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3Y2H

    The Sears Tower does lean 6 inches to the west. Google around for the story, I remember it being told by a tour guide.

  7. Re:Navicache.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on All About Geocaching?

    Well, they seem to be running on MS .NET framework, so I'm sure if you feel like trying, you can get in and take a look around even without an account.