[Levyathan]

It depends on how you view it. If you see the planet as a flat surface as opposed to a globe (as in a map), it won't be surrounded by water. It will divide two portions of water.

[CP5670]

Sure, but the real world is a sphere rather than a 2D polygon, so it would make more sense to view it as a riemannian space.

I guess there is no really precise definition of "island" then; interesting...

[Levyathan]

But there is. It's just that it considers mapping conventions as ruling factors to determine wheter something is an island or not, I guess. You'll rather be looking at a map to say "that's an island", not flying over them.

[Darkage]

Shutup CP, go back to your math:p

[Thorn]

Originally posted by Unkown Target
I thought you were already a drug lord, Thorn

I am not...
pssst... Styxx.... I got some stuff here that makes your SpaceCrack look like candy....

[Galemp]

*reads about geographical disputes, wonders about Halo*

[Kellan]

Originally posted by Styxx


As I already posted, it's ColOmbia, not Columbia.

Stop trying.

And what's that dancing umbrella woman thing with the hockey-stick legs under your name now? The first time I saw it I thought I was hallucinating, because I'd been drinking too much.

[Levyathan]

It's probably the Multi Man!

[Kellan]

Originally posted by Levyathan
It's probably the Multi Man!

It sucks.

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by CP5670


I suppose you are right there, but then suppose that there is a planet with a thin (2mm wide) strip of land running around the circumference of the planet at the equator, and the rest is all water, the water bodies would be lakes, right? (not sure of the exact definition  of "island," so correct me if I am wrong)

In other words, if an island both encloses water and is enclosed by water in some way, it is no longer an island.

Well, I had thought of that scenario while typing up my previous argument, and I disregarded it as, um.. somewhere I didn't want to go.

The definition of an island definetly has something to do with it's size relative to it's planet (?). And because of that relativity, there is no absolute definition of "This is an island, that isn't."

So to summarize this discussion, screw islands. Who cares. I live here, you live there, and that's that. Now pass the flamethrower; mine seems to be broken.

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Kellan
It sucks.

If you never watched The Impossibles™, you didn't have a childhood.
and it's not a wise thing to say that an admin's avatar sucks...

[Dr.Zer0]

Originally posted by Styxx


If you never watched The Impossibles™, you didn't have a childhood.
and it's not a wise thing to say that an admin's avatar sucks...

beware of topic derailment
I watched it againsed my will, but I still think Space Ghost was the best

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Dr.Zer0
beware of topic derailment
I watched it againsed my will, but I still think Space Ghost was the best

Bah, The Impossibles was the best.

[Kellan]

Originally posted by Styxx


If you never watched The Impossibles™, you didn't have a childhood.
and it's not a wise thing to say that an admin's avatar sucks...

We never had it in the Third World country that I inhabit.

[Cannikin]

Eh, I live on an island. Only 390km (243 mi) at longest ends and 140km (87.5 mi) at the widest east-west point.

[Reaper]

Mine home is here

[Kellan]

Cool, Ljubljana. The place with the weirdest name in Europe.

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Kellan
Cool, Ljubljana. The place with the weirdest name in Europe.

It's not a "place" - you can plainly see that it's a "Karta"!

[Reaper]

Hey... don't make fun of our language... Karta means map ok... and Ljubljana is a place with wierdest name  I agree with everyone... But it reads difrant than u all think...

[Carl]

www.mapquest.com