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HalfMooner
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Dave W.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 06/28/2009 : 19:48:21 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
My summer cottage. |
I am skeptical.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Simon
SFN Regular
USA
1992 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2009 : 21:50:23 [Permalink]
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Two massive buildings in the middle of much smaller ones.
Pretty modern architecture too.
The street plan seems confusing and give no appearance of planning.
The ground around the roads seems pretty brown, so not much vegetation growing which might suggest an arid climate.
There is narrow river...
Hmf... no idea. Maybe the pet project of some African dictator...
No idea. |
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Carl Sagan - 1996 |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2009 : 21:56:33 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by Dave W.
My summer cottage. |
I am skeptical. |
Dammit, man, don't tear apart my dreams! |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2009 : 22:41:28 [Permalink]
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I was afraid that this one would be quickly recognized by someone. I'm glad it hasn't been, since that would make the problem-solving redundant. Simon wrote, "Maybe the pet project of some African dictator..." Though not in any way accurate literally, that comes very close to to the "spirit" behind this building.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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steinhenge
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 01:12:21 [Permalink]
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Just decided to de-lurk here and point out that that's the "Hotel of Doom", the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.
At least, I think it is; I'm more than willing to be wrong.... |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 01:57:09 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by steinhenge
Just decided to de-lurk here and point out that that's the "Hotel of Doom", the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.
At least, I think it is; I'm more than willing to be wrong....
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Congrats, Steinhenge, you win!
The Ryungyong Hotel is a fascinating structure.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Simon
SFN Regular
USA
1992 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2009 : 08:56:32 [Permalink]
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Doh... I got the continent wrong.
I dunno... I would have thought North Korea greener... |
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Carl Sagan - 1996 |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 14:05:39 [Permalink]
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Truly a beomouth, to say the least. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 06/29/2009 : 17:41:26 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Simon
Doh... I got the continent wrong.
I dunno... I would have thought North Korea greener...
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Well, that is a plowed-up construction site.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Simon
SFN Regular
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1992 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2009 : 20:21:31 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by Simon
Doh... I got the continent wrong.
I dunno... I would have thought North Korea greener...
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Well, that is a plowed-up construction site.
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But not the gardens in the surrounding houses. |
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Carl Sagan - 1996 |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2009 : 20:26:13 [Permalink]
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Korea, especially the north, is rather barren. It may be the brutal winters and summers. Also, I understand that the Japanese almost completely deforested the peninsula during their long occupation.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 06/30/2009 18:32:41 |
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Simon
SFN Regular
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1992 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2009 : 07:40:37 [Permalink]
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| Apparently... But, I dunno, my inner mind view it as greener. Maybe pictures from the Korean war. Maybe contaminated with ones from Vietnam. Which is actually quite far away from Korea, despite its closeness in the history books... |
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Carl Sagan - 1996 |
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 12:11:27 [Permalink]
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| BTW - as of today, Google has removed all city and town names from their map and satellite views of North Korea. |
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Simon
SFN Regular
USA
1992 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2009 : 14:22:29 [Permalink]
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| Do you know the reason? That seems weird? Did Korea ask for it in a fit of paranoia? |
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
Carl Sagan - 1996 |
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