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Date Posted: 16:06:04 02/04/13 Mon
Author: bc
Subject: "perspective"
In reply to: BC 's message, "- gained a new perspective today! :)" on 16:02:11 02/04/13 Mon

“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”
- Douglas Adams

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[> "perspective" -- bc, 16:07:51 02/04/13 Mon

“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
¯ Friedrich Nietzsche

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[> [> Re: "perspective" -- Laura Grosvenor (Laura Grosvenor), 21:58:10 02/17/13 Sun

We here on the West coast also get tired of the east coast /Euro perspective. Here is a view of what the world map should look like from our perspective.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.friendsoftobi.org/images/maps/01176.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.friendsoftobi.org/images/maps/maps.htm&h=1115&w=1573&sz=624&tbnid=ykzoBoxsV9X48M:&tbnh=85&tbnw=120&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpacific%2Bcentric%2Bmap%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=pacific+centric+map&usg=__wVywm2Rq0Vpdm_WhfIm_eP0ZbMI=&docid=HfMgLiYd3ZfHVM&sa=X&ei=_cEhUfjjB-nLigK59oGgCw&ved=0CDsQ9QEwAw&dur=1272

It has been so long, I'm afraid you'll have to cut and paste to see what I mean.

LauraG

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[> [> [> Re: "perspective" -- BC, 20:23:19 02/19/13 Tue

Now that is cool! :)
It looks more balanced with AU in the center of focus!
I like it! :)

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