Post a random thought

[Mountaintown Creek Ranch]

In a few years....
All new cars will not be able to go over the speed limit based on GPS.
All About Control.

 

[greybeard]

Would south be up and north down if the magnetic poles were to switch.

'Up' is only relative to our view. In (from) space, or even low Earth orbit, there is no up or down. It all depends on how the viewer is positioned.

 

[greybeard]

In a few years....
All new cars will not be able to go over the speed limit based on GPS.
All About Control.

That has already begun with programable 'keys' like Ford's 'MyKey' . You can limit all kinds of things, including top speed, and lots of companies do it using the admin key on their fleet vehicles. So far, all it does is give a distracting audible alarm and message to the driver.

 

[Silver]

That's very profound. I'd have to have a good think about that one. Would Santa Claus have to relocate?

Ken

The world map we know today could just as easily look like this, with Australia front and center…


Or

 

[Mountaintown Creek Ranch]

If pressure makes diamonds, why am I still coal ?

 

[greybeard]

The world map we know today could just as easily look like this, with Australia front and center…
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Or
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Does that mean Texans would be the dang up nawth yankees?

 

[wbvs58]

'Up' is only relative to our view. In (from) space, or even low Earth orbit, there is no up or down. It all depends on how the viewer is positioned.

We say up for north so we go up towards the equator. I guess it is all about how we hold that map. In this day and age when we use less maps on paper and rely more on digital images like Google earth and GPS directions that just point you in the direction you want to go people will have less appreciation of spatial awareness. I know if I am travelling I like to have a paper map of the big area even though we follow the directions of the GPS.

Ken

 

[Ouachita]

The world map we know today could just as easily look like this, with Australia front and center…
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Or
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I like these maps better. Reminds me of all the Rorschach test I've taken. I see Eeyore and Br'er Rabbit

 

[Dave]

In a few years....
All new cars will not be able to go over the speed limit based on GPS.
All About Control.

What are they going to do about Montana in day light hours?

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Rain good ; drought bad

Flood bad, solid ground good.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

What am I supposed to do in an AirBNB in SC for the next month when I'm not working? Too far to drive home daily or even weekly.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Is/was Santa real?

 

[greybeard]

What am I supposed to do in an AirBNB in SC for the next month when I'm not working? Too far to drive home daily or even weekly.

don't not work

 

[kenny thomas]

Stockyards to visit. Learn something new

 

[Mark Reynolds]

don't not work

16 hrs a day, 7 days a week. (ok, 15 hrs.......time to eat and shower, and sleep)

 

[Ouachita]

 

[Ouachita]

I think this qualifies as a random thought. Pure unadulterated talent.

 

[Ouachita]

I wonder why the vet will tell you that getting a pet euthanized that is suffering and close to the end of life is the most loving thing you can do for him/her. But if I know my quality of life is at the point that I no longer can enjoy life and will die naturally in the near future but will either be in severe pain or drugged to the point that I can't even think for myself, it is against the law here for someone to help me rest in peace. Makes no sense to me.

 

[Ouachita]

Here's another one for you dsth

 

[jltrent]

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.