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Microsoft can't tell North from South on Bing Maps (misplaced Melbourne Australia near Japan)
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| Aug 21, 2016
| Simon Sharwood
Posted on 08/21/2016 8:51:05 AM PDT by dayglored
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Ummm, ooops?
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posted on
08/21/2016 8:51:05 AM PDT
by
dayglored
To: Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; amigatec; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; ...
A little Sunday humor as "down under" goes "up over" ... PING!
You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".
Amazing what a single-bit error can do...
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posted on
08/21/2016 8:52:28 AM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
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posted on
08/21/2016 8:52:33 AM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
(Ted Kennedy burns in hell.)
To: dayglored
Bill Gates is the driving force behind Common Core Math.
Apparently his next venture is Common Core Geography.
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posted on
08/21/2016 8:52:36 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
We had an intern tell us that Alaska was south of California. When pressed, she said she saw it on her high school map. I looked it up and I guess in a way, she was right!
Ah, for the days when they taught geography...
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posted on
08/21/2016 8:58:43 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
To: dayglored
there is a Melbourne in the Philippines...
that’s near Japan...
To: dayglored
Ha!
But it begs the question...
If you didn’t know where it was enough to have to ask, how would you know it isn’t there for real?
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posted on
08/21/2016 9:10:46 AM PDT
by
VanDeKoik
To: dayglored
No news here folks ...
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posted on
08/21/2016 9:14:12 AM PDT
by
11th_VA
(It's all gonna change once Trump's president)
To: dayglored
Cut ‘em some slack. They just got Melbourne, Australia confused with Melbourne, Florida.
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posted on
08/21/2016 9:18:30 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: dayglored
Used to be there were big world maps hanging in classrooms for students to refer to.
Oh, wait. Never mind.
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posted on
08/21/2016 9:25:48 AM PDT
by
W.
(0bama fatigue syndrome has set in long ago!)
To: W.
Yeah, but the projection used in those maps is racist or hemispherist or something because it emphasizes polar regions vs. equatorial ones and the Northern Hemisphere has more land close to the pole than the Southern Hemisphere. Who knew placement of land mass could be waycisssss? Out with the maps!
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posted on
08/21/2016 9:44:51 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: dayglored
They probably used a copy of the software and got a mirror image. That happens sometimes.
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posted on
08/21/2016 9:56:34 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory.)
To: dayglored
I shall restrain myself and not mention at all the Windows users making all those snarky comments about Apple Maps in the Apple threads. . . No, I won’t mention it at all. . . Not at all. I shall stand mute. I shall take the high road. (GRIN)
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posted on
08/21/2016 10:00:13 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: W.
I talked to someone that works for Garmin (the GPS people). He said they get their maps from another company and spend a lot of effort cleaning them up.
To: All
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posted on
08/21/2016 10:19:18 AM PDT
by
az_gila
To: Still Thinking
Out with maps, down with learning, it makes their brainless widdle heads hurt! Ignorance is bliss!
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posted on
08/21/2016 10:27:35 AM PDT
by
W.
(0bama fatigue syndrome has set in long ago!)
To: cymbeline
I can only imagine...and I don’t wanna! Arrgh.
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posted on
08/21/2016 10:29:07 AM PDT
by
W.
(0bama fatigue syndrome has set in long ago!)
To: COBOL2Java
"We had an intern tell us that Alaska was south of California. When pressed, she said she saw it on her high school map. I looked it up and I guess in a way, she was right! " AND!
It's smaller than Texas. Ha Ha.
The one I like is: Which is further west, Reno or Los Angeles?
See here.
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posted on
08/21/2016 10:29:09 AM PDT
by
blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
To: blam
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posted on
08/21/2016 11:02:06 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: W.
And easier for their betters to propagandize and control! Everybody wins!
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posted on
08/21/2016 2:11:50 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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