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Library of Congress Map Collections from 1500's
e03179 writes "A friend of mine stumbled across this
site from the US Library of Congress.
The website allows users to view maps that go all the way back to the 1500's (like
this one
of America in 1562). The maps have been converted to digital form (SID format
- viewer available here)
but are viewable in .GIF form
in your browser. I was able to look up my hometown during 1871 and see the church in which I'm getting married. Who thought the LOC could be so 31337?"
HA HA HA fooled U!
Woot! Calvin and Hobbes. Never thought I would see references to C&H in slashdot comments. I spent my whole childhood reading every C&H comic, and then starting over once I started running out of newer material. And they weren't just comics for fun, they provided interesting perspectives on a lot of social and moral issues. Although, I didn't understand quite a few of the references since I started reading them when I was 9 or so. Oh yeh, Hobbes is my favorite, and it annoys me how everyone thinks Calvin is just some piss head kid that is mad at everyone (ie Calvin peeing on [insert any car manufacturer here] stickers and Calvin peeing on [insert anything else you might not like here] stickers). Calvin is nothing like that at all. Wonder if Bill W had any say in that sort of usage of a pic of Calvin, I can't imagine him letting it slide, had to be whatever company owned him/C&H/the books at the time.
Oh yeh, at the previous college I attended, somebody had taken an old Dodge caravan (probably 1990 or 1991) and painted some C&H stuff on it. They had 2 or 3 actually comics painted on there (blown up to proportions to fit on the sides/back) and had the C&H title painted on there. I thought it was the coolest thing ever when I saw it. Shoulda taken some pics cause it was on campus every couple weeks or so.
That position is quite arrogant. I mean, do they think people realy want their crummy game system that bad. They're the ones who are going to be hurt if the whole Austrailian population won't have the opportunity to buy one. I'd say let them keep their stupid gaming consoles.
Microsoft is this huge upstart in a very mature industry. They just walk in and start demanding things, and changing things (for the worse) by bitching about mod chips and crying about IP.
Also, anyone reading this who has an XBox. Plain and simple, you're an idiot. Why would you ever support that company with your hard-earned money.
-Craig