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ratammer
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by ratammer »

Title text:
There are two rules on this ship: Never gaze back into the projection abyss, and never touch the red button labeled DYMAXION.
Did they peel the Earth like an orange?
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Old Bruce
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by Old Bruce »
ratammer wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 1:24 am
Did they peel the Earth like an orange?
They switched the type of Map Projection, projecting a sphere (the earth) onto a plane. It is something with a fair number of cartoons from Randal.
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ratammer
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I understood the joke. I was just wondering what physically happened.
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heuristically_alone
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by heuristically_alone »
They had more sails. Wasted energy flipping switch.
If you think tough men are dangerous, wait til you see what weak men are capable of.
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