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China To Measure The Great Wall
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| 2-12-2007
Posted on 02/12/2007 10:42:13 AM PST by blam
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To: blam
Do they want to sell some of it to Mexico to keep out US invaders?
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posted on
02/12/2007 12:35:06 PM PST
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showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
To: GeorgefromGeorgia
Of course, the reason for failure of the Great Wall, was that people because too dependent on the wall, and either did not have enough troops stationed at the wall, or corrupt officials accepted bribes from barbarians. Hmm! Some things never change.
To: RightWhale
GPS survey no doubt. Using the new Chinese partial GPS constellation.???????????
They'd be better off using a Trimble or Topcon system instead of their two measly working satellites, (totally worthless, BTW, for anything sub-100 kilometer accuracy, on one little part of the globe, for perhaps 15 minutes per day).
Even a Garmin hand-held would be better than the Chinese two satellite "constellation"!
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posted on
02/12/2007 1:55:34 PM PST
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Tinian
To: Tinian
There will be five in the constellation. Soon. Busy launch year scheduled.
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02/12/2007 2:04:10 PM PST
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RightWhale
(300 miles north of Big Wild Life)
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...
Thanks Blam. They should have tested this idea by first measuring the Not So Great Wall of China, it's much smaller.
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02/12/2007 10:07:36 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: toldyou
An acquaintance just came back from a short business trip with 2 sight-seeing days. She said that the wall is mostly broken down. There are like 4 sections in good condition, each a couple miles long or something. (Put in the category of things I didn't know.)
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posted on
02/12/2007 10:13:10 PM PST
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geopyg
(Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory.)
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posted on
02/12/2007 10:49:00 PM PST
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toldyou
To: Spok
Too much time on their hands??Too much free labor.
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posted on
02/13/2007 6:45:37 AM PST
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SeƱor Zorro
("The ability to speak does not make you intelligent"--Qui-Gon Jinn)
To: SunkenCiv
Once upon a time, I stacked up a bunch of heavy-duty paper plates and made a Great Wall of Chinette, but I neglected to measure it...
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02/13/2007 9:33:40 AM PST
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Hegemony Cricket
(Causing global warming is so easy, even a caveman could do it...)
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02/13/2007 10:31:06 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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