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  Indians? Was it Indians? : Ctrl-Phreak
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    chinese slaves : mindshot
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      Did the Indians own the slaves? They did right? : Ctrl-Phreak
      • well thats the theory anyway and this was before christopher columbus showed up. : mindshot
• first nations dude, be respectful...... : kydaimon
• I'm so close to putting that into Wikipedia. : wild falcon
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  Actually it was Mexicans hired by those damn exploitive glaciers. : NeoMoose
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    hey, you guys looking for some work...? : oldschoolbob-o
    • they got paid in snow cones. : NeoMoose
    • some, trabajo....? : oldschoolbob-o
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    For some reason I read this in the professors voice from Futurama. : Nighteyes
    • If it was futurama the glaciers would be explosive, not exploitive : oldschoolbob-o
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  But there's ice breaking off in huge chunks. : stump
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    Hasn't that happened every summer for the past billion years? : Drewus
    • That's what 'they' want you to think. : stump
    • immaterial, propaganda spreaders only noticed it recently : kydaimon
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      yes, and its growing in other places... so im not sure where the problem lies. just because the fucked up... : oldschoolbob-o
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        For all we know the same pattern could have emerged multiple times throughout the life of the planet. : Drewus
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          thats what i think, glen beck has a special on CNN tomorrow, refuting al gore : oldschoolbob-o
          • Any excuse to not do anything is fine by me! : romulan
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            The difference between THEN and NOW is that there are more PEOPLE on the planet than ever before. Even if... : deveus1
            • the earth could use another cleansing, ya know so the weak die off and the strongest live to carry on thi... : mindshot
            • you do realize all of our efforts so far amount to not changing anything. They Kyoto accord... would mayb... : oldschoolbob-o
            • Don't get me wrong, i totally agree that we need to change our way of living. We can't live off of fossil... : Drewus
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        Where, exactly, is this replacement icepack forming? How dense is it? How long has it been forming? ... : Judicus
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          Check out the other end of the world. I.E. Antartica, noob. http://www.iceagenow.com/List_of_Expanding_... : oldschoolbob-o
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            Antartica has 90% of worlds ice? Its expanding too? that means over 90% of the worlds glaciers are expand... : oldschoolbob-o
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              Actually, I think that overall, they are not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Glacier_Mass_Balance.... : crummynz
              • Lol dont cite wiki plz : oldschoolbob-o
    • Gigantic liberal conspiracy. : romulan
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      The first global warming victims http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic Who knew? ;) : baron calamity
      • well played~! : oldschoolbob-o
• Exactly. : Drewus
• has anyone ever considered dinosaurs and thier methane emissions? : mindshot
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  Haha i get it a Mexican joke. I like racist jokes! : romulan
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    where is the hostility in the joke that makes it racist? : NeoMoose
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      he's just grumpy. they get like that sometimes after a long day mowing lawns. : pupismyname
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        Romulans make great gardeners. Not like those damn, dirty klingons. : NeoMoose
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          nuke personal attack please : romulan
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            i didn't say anything about you. : NeoMoose
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              you clearly intended to insult me i'm kidding : romulan
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                oh snap, internet sarcasm detector status: defeated. : NeoMoose
                • :) : romulan
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      racism isn't necessarily hostile : RikiTiki2
      • passive-aggressive ftw, but really i was commenting on globar warming conspiracys and not really mexicans... : oldschoolbob-o
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        Joking about black people eating chicken and watermelons isn't hostile, it's just racist. : romulan
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          Do naggers annoy you? : -Panther-
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            Hey i'm just sayin. Do we have Mexican Shackers around these parts? : romulan
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              what about the white shackers that can actually dance and/or jump? what about them? : pupismyname
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                Is it racist for blacks to call each other niggers? : romulan
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                  depends on the context. : pupismyname
                  • cracker : romulan
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          why? it's a joke. how is it different than going "ha, you're italian, have any meatballs or sausage re... : lakren
          • That's a great comparisson. : romulan
          • exactly. : NeoMoose
          • Shit, I'm scottish, I forgot to drink tonight, it's 11:52PM, brb. : zakazi
        • brutha's gotta eat! : thewriter
  • Mexico is a race? I thought it was a nation. : klearlyunseen
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  lovely race the romans : CoRDS
  • Lol, thank you Cords that made my day =) : Toth21
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  lol! Thousands of scientists with their fancy years of research just got owned by oldschoolbob-o. lololo... : burning eye
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    haha yes, what do people who study this know about this, those idiots : jcupitt
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      Your right we shouldn't question, they're scientists! In other news head shape determines IQ. : zakazi
      • If you're going to question so much science, you ought to know something about it. : jcupitt
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    you do realize that many of the "thousands" of scientists on the IPCC (or whatever its called) report are... : oldschoolbob-o
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      Is this a troll? I'm baffled. : jcupitt
      • nah, im too tired to look up the names, but its serious, unless they lied on the radio today : oldschoolbob-o
  • We totally need the Harlem Globetrotters and thier showboat physics. : capt tripps
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  When environmentalism became "In" again. Just saw Captain Planet clips being played the other day too. ... : zakazi
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    the only problem is the cost and who profits, as long as those who want to profit dont, id be ok with it.... : oldschoolbob-o
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      I'm even cool with profiting, but not from the current state of affairs. It's like selling Fallout shelte... : zakazi
      • Tax on suv's and the like is BS, Im all for tax breaks to those who go green or whatever and I mean green... : oldschoolbob-o
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    Environmentalism was coopted or hijacked by the leftist's intent on destroying Capitialism. It's a usef... : trove
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      God damn man, and do you sleep with a gun under your pillow? No wonder this country is so god damn polar... : Toth21
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        What's funny is I can't use simple words to express the reality of the situation without someone thinking... : trove
        • jews did twc!!! : burning eye
        • "Now, I'm skeptical by nature of conspiracy theories" riiiiiiiiiight : fr0x
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          So... what's wrong with unilateralism, universal disarmament, various Peace Now movements, anti-nuclear p... : crummynz
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            At the time it would've been bad because the Soviets would still have had their own nukes??? : Anti_dentite
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              I think you missed the word "universal". So the Soviets sent some guys over to start a protest or some sh... : K1Bond007
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                I think the plan was to either get the US to agree to disarm while the Soviets claimed to do so but then ... : Arcanum
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                  Sounds like back channel bullshit to me. A way to get the United States to slow down or end the arms race... : K1Bond007
                  • Sounds about right. Basically just being a pain in the ass. : Arcanum
        • So who's funding Greenpeace and Peta now, trove? The Islamists? The cultural revolution was an inevita... : SpaecKow
        • Excellent evil plan comrade, we make capitalists live in clean environment! : steelsamurai
      • Well.. for as far as I know a lot of the green political parties in Europe do have communist, radical soc... : bamb
• You're post reminded me of this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4499562022478442170 : saundz
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  Serious answer: the global temperature is rising alarmingly quickly at the moment. If current trends cont... : jcupitt
  • (and the great lakes were not formed by ice or melting ice, fwiw) : jcupitt
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    Actually most scientists DON'T believe that human CO2 is to blame. Global temperature levels aren't ri... : Drewus
    • Also temperatures actually dropped during the industrial revolution. Figure that one out. : Drewus
    • Sorry, you're wrong. The time lag in temp/CO2 in the ice cores is well understood and has been explained ... : jcupitt
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      Here's a very simple "proof" of CO2 warming: Imagine a sphere the size of the earth at the earth's dis... : jcupitt
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        BAN WATER : TastyWheat
        • I'LL DRINK TO THAT : jcupitt
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        Correlation is not proof of causation. : oldschoolbob-o
        • there's nothing there about correlation o.O : jcupitt

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  Isn't RedHat pretty much the standard all in one distro? It seems to be the one I hear the most about. : thecray
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    Don't you have to pay for it though? : ZombieAcademy
    • If you want the Redhat name on it, yes. If not, there's CentOS (Redhat Enterprise Linux, without the Red... : genom
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  Why not use VLC? : Lightzout
  • It won't play embedded videos in webpages as far as I know, does it? : stuka
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  Amarok > iTunes, so that's not an issue either. : davantalus
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    That statement is only true if you use KDE, if you use gnome dcopserver won't die without a manual kill. ... : TroughLollie
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      I had to test this, and you're right. (But you knew that) This bug is pretty annoying. But I'll take a... : davantalus
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        I am using rythmbox till Listen gets a bit better (it doesn't like my 7000+ media library) : TroughLollie
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          Heh. 7000? That's cute. I'm at 70,000. : davantalus
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            That many and I could go for a year without hearing something on random...and my music tastes are eclect... : TroughLollie
            • Absolutely, I'm going for 1% of CDDB. ;) : davantalus
  • I'm like a militant anti-iTunes hater, but my wife is your run of the mill iPod owner who only knows how ... : stuka
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  Why do you hate your wife? :( : Ebu
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    I know it sounds crazy but Windows is also driving her up a wall and we don't have the money to spend on ... : stuka
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      I was going to suggest that. A Macbook sounds like the thing to do. OS X is pretty much the best consumer... : Serpico74
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        I'm sure that good old 'nix pedigree is super important for her.... what? : rasputinreborn
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          For not being Windows? He explicitely said she's sick of Windows and that he's trying to get her on a use... : Serpico74
          • Well, most women don't give a damn what kernel they are using, as long as things work. Linux is sounding... : rasputinreborn
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      What is she having problems with getting? : rasputinreborn
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        And I agree with Ebu, why would you do that to your wife? Make her life easier with a Win or Mac box and... : rasputinreborn
        • Heh. Well, I thought things were far mroe advanced with Ubuntu than they are. It's close actually, she ju... : stuka
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  Just download automatix 2 and it will install all that crap for you. : Visceral Monkey
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    Except iTunes of course : TroughLollie
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      associate mplayer with quicktime. : p4ck3tloss
      • mplayer NEVER works for me :( : TroughLollie
  • Thanks! This looks like it rocks. : stuka
• mplayer should be the firefox plugin : p4ck3tloss
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  does anyone know if ubuntu will work on a dell xps m1210? as in, will the wifi work? i have some intel wi... : jcutner
  • check ubuntuforums.org for the intel wifi card and i'm sure you'll find a few solutions : Speed-
• speaking of media formats, I watched some Youtube videos on my TV using the Wii last night. Shweet. : dodob
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  Feisty seems to pick up all the major codecs for me. It asks if you want to install them, but then again,... : Conan
  • Really? mine won't even play mp3 unless I use automatix. : stuka
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  mplayer handles quicktime and windows media along with basically every other codec ever made. amarok i... : asdf
  • Unfortunately, mplayer also seems to crash constantly. I fucking love Amarok, but I have to say iTunes i... : stuka

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• it makes so much fucking sense. that dude is great with his mapping of random ideas : askedrelic
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  lol at the sunken usenet island : electroly
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    I think its sopposed to be invisible, or maybe sunken... either way, lets keep it that way. Dont need any... : mavmavv
    • Haha, I thought it was a UFO, which also seemed appropriate. : zakazi
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  Ahahaha, I love the Usenet. : mavmavv
  • haha ditto, its this small ambiguous region. bermuda triangle or such, perfect. : smacknca
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  Qwghlm. nice : stgulik
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    My thought as well :D : c0bra
    • lol, I never realized it's a fictional location. : suqur
  • I love this comic so much. That is so ultra specific...haha. I'm 1/4 of the way through the confusion n... : sparkly
• Wiicked. Would love to have this as a poster, or more fleshed out. : RevRaven
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  Hmm, now I'm wondering where the Shack fits in. I'm thinking one of those little islands between the Isl... : Arcanum
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    haha, that's EXACTLY where I placed it before I read the replies. We are an island in the middle of the o... : ventro
    • I put it more on the edge between Culture and Subculture. : Arcanum
  • Or the island just northeast of Isle of Slash; still close, but we have our own traderoutes. : AxeMan808
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  Someone should do one for late '90s Internet. : eldersveld
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    And then animate it morphing into today, like Pangaea into the continents. : eldersveld
    • oh shit that would be awesome : the_doctor
• man the more I read from this guy, the more I love. Great stuff : deathofrats
• lol @ deviantart comment : SiW73
• Hey guys, I just had an awesome idea for an MMO. Who wants to give me a few million dollars investment ca... : DOOManiac
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  So....has anyone else found Google yet? :D : Arcanum
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    Yeah, just saw it. Awesome. : basketofkittens
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      the volcano fortress, or something else? : thief
      • Nope, that's it. If you're gonna take over the world, you've gotta have a volcano fortress. :) : Arcanum
• lol at 'your base' and 'soviet russia' : synack
• I like this comic. : Orange Pylon
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  ololol http://xkcd.com/c250.html : Ctrl-Phreak
  • This one definitely reminds me of the shack http://xkcd.com/c210.html : Ctrl-Phreak
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  classmates.com is really that big a site? Impressive given that it's probably the only pay site on there ... : edgewise
  • I thought Friendster was kind of oversized as well. : eldersveld
• SPAAARTA!!! : dodob
• i think the soviet russia island has got to be connected with us or something awful somehow. : the_doctor
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  Am I missing Slashdot? I don't see it here. : creeping-judas
  • It's a very small island I believe. Dot like really. : zakazi
  • It's right below reddit, but easy to miss as it's labelled as /. and not slashdot. : DOOManiac
• I love how Engadget and Gizmodo are the exact same island. : DOOManiac
• wtf is piczo? : cokefiend
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  Where is the porn? : VuduChild
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    It's all over everything. : Afterglow
    • It or spam could have been drawn as ancient greek scary monsters / hot greek scary island owning gods : VuduChild

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  where the hell is shacknews? : alsey7
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    DA MOON #1 : aggressor
    • That's no moon... : RomSteady
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  NM the Sea of Porn : Porkasaurus
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    I was looking for one called the Goat Sea : zakazi
    • Zing! Very clever :) : action wombmate
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  old : edgewise
  • 5 minutes old. : Dynotaku
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  They're missing Facebook which is, what, the 4th most viewed site on the web now? : Anti_dentite
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    facebook is right next to myspace : electroly
    • I see it now. I was just expecting something larger : Anti_dentite
  • you're missing glasses : wtf242
  • Facebook is on there, it may not be as big as it needs to be I have no idea, but it's next to Myspace. : devi| dog
  • I think the map is counting the size of the "community", not the number of page views. Which is why Goog... : Arcanum
• OK, someone need to add the "Shack Collective" near SA in the bay of trolls. : Visceral Monkey
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  Where the hell is google? :/ : Frozen Pixel
  • near the bottom right : strider_
  • It's very small and directly under the I in IRC Isles in the lower right : devi| dog
• Haha, love the Qwghlm namedrop. : sgtsanity
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  It is woefully missing YTMND : haiku
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    It's below the Ocean of Subculture, named Spaarta (YTMND) : sgtsanity
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      Oh thanks, missed it! Well then this map is complete! : haiku
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        nuh-uh its missing the OCEAN OF PORN : CoRDS
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          You can't really include porn. If you include porn the map would simply be a massive eurasia type contine... : SpaecKow
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            porn is the crust of the planet, upon which the rest of the internet sits : CoRDS
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              Porn is the burning ball of gas in the center of the internet universe around which all other web content... : ColoradoCNC
              • ^^^^ add this comment to the book of ages plz : CoRDS
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          It's a map of communities. Porn isn't a community; it's a type of content, and any "porn communities" wou... : sgtsanity
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            isn't most of usenet a porn community? : RikiTiki2
            • Usenet has a crazy amount of, well, everything. It's like IRC in that respect, only slower. : Arcanum
  • Sparta = YTMND : sigpro
• Where is eBay? : EvilDolemite
• does not deliver hot dragon action : fletch_
• im guessing shacknews falls near the viral straits : bradsh
• hahaha this is awesome : grendel
• how is last.fm so huge? : RikiTiki2
• haha, brilliant. The sea of trolls, lol : moshman
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  That man is a genius. : nyranger66
  • He was a NASA scientist before he started doing webcomics. :) : Arcanum
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  youtube should be represented by a body of land :\ : Mr.Fusion
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    because if it's horrible community of videobloggers and commenters : Mr.Fusion
    • No, I think calling it a gulf is quite suitable. Sort of like the gulfs of space.... : Arcanum
• lol @ your base :D I love it. : SilverSnake
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  Anyone else cross thier eyes trying to find the picture? : graceofdragons
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    No, I just clicked the link and it downloaded to my computer : TastyWheat
    • This made me snort. Damn you. : cause&effect
• haha soviet russia : yedrin
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  second life is way too big and WoW is too small : AllYourBase
  • http://www.mmorpgchart.com/Chart7_files/Subscriptions_12473_image001.gif : jonas54
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  That is so awesome, hahaha. Things like this that just leave me thinking, "why didn't I make that first?... : skizl
  • At first I thought it was just cute funny, but then as I realized (with the compass rose in the middle) t... : Masem
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  is it just me or is slashdot missing? i can't find it anywhere. and why is MIT an offshoot of wikipedi... : asdf
  • oh nevermind it's just north of soviet russia. : asdf