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In Reply to: A book idea. posted by subcoolman on April 21, 2007 at 06:08:59:
We think alike in a lot of ways. That sort of project would interest the living heck outta me, and of course would be infinitely educational.I'm into the military thing, particularly in Europe, but all fields of battle interest me. To produce a set of semi-transparent maps to overlay modern aerial photographs would be an awesome project, as one can relate to the modern image and then see the historical layout in perspective.
Someday I'll have to hitchhike to Minnesota; its just that first leg from Bermuda to the US that's tough...
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I don't know if it's "real" or not but I received one of those "joke of the day" type emails at work the other day which provided directions (from either Google or Mapquest, I don't remember) on how to get from New York City to Paris, France. It was pretty normal looking ("Turn right at 43rd Street, proceed 1.2 miles, time: 5.1 minutes..."), until Step #27, and then things went slightly weird- "Swim across Atlantic Ocean, 1700 miles, time: 29 days". Pretty funny when you first see it!Perhaps when I retire in 20 years(!) if no one else has published a book such as this I will follow-through on this idea. I know absolutely nothing about books or publishing or maps, but yeah, I think the educational value of this would be high. And to the extreme, heck, forget Minnesota- Can you imagine a book of overlaying maps of Western Europe? Or Greece? Or anywhere else that has a vast historical past? Cool!
Damn you, EG! Now you got me all fired-up about this!
Ergo grex, ergo sum.
I'll head down to the airport and stick my thumb out in hopes that one of the planes will give me a lift. I should be there in about 20 years at that rate ;-)Seriously, it is a very cool concept, and one could do great things using the computer for that. Hmmmm....
Just remember me when you get that "de-luxe apartment in the sky", 'kay? Jimmy needs a new pair of amps.
Ergo grex, ergo sum.
In fact, as soon as I move into my upper West Side apartment I'll send you, *absolutely free*, Yorx's very finest tuner/amp/8-track/record player combo with matching Panasonic Thruster speakers. That should satisfy any audio craving you ever had ;-)
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