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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Grey Wolf on November 10, 2005, 08:47:57 pm
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Seems to say that I'm visiting here from Buffalo :p
Not that far off, but 100+ miles is a fair distance.
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Eh?
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Indeed. I seem to be in London. :shaking: :ick:
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What are you guys talking about? :confused:
*Feels like this is a stupid question*
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Look at the bottom of the main page.
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Don't worry. The map says that I'm surfing the web from 3000km away (the middle of Australia).
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Don't worry. The map says that I'm surfing the web from 3000km away (the middle of Australia).
It looks like it's a stereotypical view of Australian population distribution. We're all crowded in the middle, in a desert for some reason.
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Well, know that it's only updated once a day. Secondly, while it was just as admins around (and I'm the only Aussie admin), it was always just showing an icon at the middle; I figured that was because the counter wasn't specific enough. But the moment I logged in from uni, it registered that little dot that you see in New South Wales. So I just concluded that it was crazy. :D
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Nah, it's probably just urban sprawl out of control. Sydney now stretches all that way inland.
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Oh, yeah. I knew there was a reason why my train was so late; it was coming from Alice Springs.
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it says it updates daily, maybe it hasnt updated for yall yet? Im surfin from wyoming and im not represented :(
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Oh yea, and, um, well, I have no idea where it says I am, but wherever it is, I'm not there - there isn't a dot in the carribbean! :D
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it says it updates daily, maybe it hasnt updated for yall yet? Im surfin from wyoming and im not represented :(
Correct, sir. :)
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Is that red dot that looks different than the others supposed to my location? Since it's somewhere in eastern Europe. :p Although there is one other red dot that appears to be fairly close to my place.
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now look at it, its updated
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Is that red dot that looks different than the others supposed to my location? Since it's somewhere in eastern Europe. :p Although there is one other red dot that appears to be fairly close to my place.
AFAIK, the map does not tell you which dot is yours. :)
Hah! Now that's what I'm talking about! :D
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In that line of four dots on the US east coast, I think I'm the second one from the top. :D
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im the big one in the midwest US...all lonely :p
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You think you're lonely? We need some serious representation in Africa... :p
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Ha, that's awesome. I'm the lonely small dot in Switzerland just below the 3 bigger blobs in central Europe, btw.
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Whee, two dots on Finland.
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wheee....large dot right on Singapore.
Still wonder who's the dot in India, though. It's definately not Delhi (too south) or Bangalore (too north), so not sure which city is taht :/
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The map is not too accurate with dot positions. What is a few thousand miles (or kilometers) here or there? :p
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Reminds me of the SG1 episode, in the episode "There But for the Grace of God", where they use red dots to note cities that've been wiped out by the Goa'uld.
Oh noes!! :nervous:
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We have someone from Argentina? :p
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Haha, awesome! Check me out :D
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map's quite spot-on for me, actually, but that could be w!ndrunn4h!!!1 too.
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Well, mine's pretty much accurate, but then, the UK is so small the entire southern half is covered in dot anyway ;)
It's funny, I look at the band of dots across the entire planet of people who, after 5 years still like this game, it's kind of hard to think of it as a failure even if it didn't sell as well as it could have.
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I'd had a similar thought. Specifically part of Steaks's siggy brought it to mind. "HLP - bringing people together since 2001" or something along those lines. It certainly has been, and long may it continue to do so. :yes:
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Regarding the accuracy of the map, here's how it works. A data packet that is sent from the map's server to your computer (like when your browser loads up the map image, for example) travels along a chain of servers - a route. This route can be discovered by either end, and the stops on this route (the servers passing along the data request) often have known geographical locations. The closest stop to your end of the route is taken as representative of your location. This is why it's not entirely accurate. However, I believe that the margin of error will not pass beyond the borders of a country (due to various factors).
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Hehe.. there's a big fat dot over southern Finland and Estonia. Never knew there were so many of us here :)
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Reminds me of the SG1 episode, in the episode "There But for the Grace of God", where they use red dots to note cities that've been wiped out by the Goa'uld.
Oh noes!! :nervous:
Oh no! They've worked out our Plan! The Ori will be furious! :eek2:
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FYI you can make the map show smaller clusters by a link at the top of the page.
Provides a better distribution around.
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why does the map think im in anchorage. thats 2 hours away by 737. if its any consolation i get the same result when running a visual trace. my conclusion is that it narrows down to the hedquarters of your isp, any more than that is an invasion of privacy.
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My dot isn't on there. :(
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Nuke and Kosh, the map only updates once a day. Chances are if you've only visited in the last few hours that you aren't on there yet. :)
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But I want my dot now! Now! Now! Now! Now!
;)
Btw, who is in India?
EDIT: I just looked at the map, and unless we have a user in Beijing, my dot is way off.
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If my eyesight is right, the biggest blob is now in Finland, who would have thought ?
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Anyone who has visited the TBP forums :D
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Yeah, but I wouldn't have thought that all the Suomi-B5-fans are such a big part of the HLP community. I knew they're trying to take over the world :nervous:
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Nuke and Kosh, the map only updates once a day. Chances are if you've only visited in the last few hours that you aren't on there yet. :)
im pretty sure that dot over alaska is me, who the **** else on this board has the balls to live here :D
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EDIT: I just looked at the map, and unless we have a user in Beijing, my dot is way off.
We do. I'm blanking out on the name at the moment, but we do have a user reading this from China.
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EDIT: I just looked at the map, and unless we have a user in Beijing, my dot is way off.
We do. I'm blanking out on the name at the moment, but we do have a user reading this from China.
other than Kosh?
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Hmm....
Was it Kosh reading from China? In that case, it might just be routed through Beijing.
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If my eyesight is right, the biggest blob is now in Finland, who would have thought ?
That's probably just me 'cause the map counts visits and I've been the most online in these new forums. :p :D
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So who's from Russia?
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Finland. A country where there's nothing else to do than lurk/post in HLP forums.
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Finland. A country where there's nothing else to do than lurk/post in HLP forums.
No kidding...
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That's probably just me 'cause the map counts visits and I've been the most online in these new forums. :p :D
Meh, on average I must be visiting HLP every hour. Life is boring :p
Guess what I do when I'm supposed to be learning Photoshop or editing a video clip together at school and the teacher isn't looking? (no, not that you perv!)
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Hmm....
Was it Kosh reading from China? In that case, it might just be routed through Beijing.
Yeah, but I live in Nanjing, not Beijing. They are a long distance apart.
The only other guy from China is someone from Hong Kong. I can't remember who though.
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So who's from Russia?
Boris Jeltsin, Paul Chekov, and Tractor-comrade.Finland. A country where there's nothing else to do than lurk/post in HLP forums.
you finns got bored of knife fighting, drinking and sauna bathing?
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So who's from Russia?
Boris Jeltsin, Paul Chekov, and Tractor-comrade.Finland. A country where there's nothing else to do than lurk/post in HLP forums.
you finns got bored of knife fighting, drinking and sauna bathing?
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Whee, all alone in the pacific northwest.
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Whee, all alone in the pacific northwest.
crazy southerners :D
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Whee, all alone in the pacific northwest.
I used to live there not too long ago.