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Biker Biggles · 19-05-06, 03:47 PM

Call me traditional but a map is fine,and a quick glance at the sun to get orientated does it for me.I wonder how we built an empire without this stuff.How the hell did we find Australia?

19-05-06, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

How the hell did we find Australia?

Someone got lost.

Just like when we found Brasil...

Blue Flame · 19-05-06, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

Call me traditional but a map is fine,and a quick glance at the sun to get orientated does it for me.I wonder how we built an empire without this stuff.How the hell did we find Australia?

That's all fair enough but in order to do all that safely you have to stop your bike, turn pages etc etc.

I think the safety benefits of having spoken instructions in your ear vs the temptation to looking at a map on the move far outweigh the "Traditional".

northwind · 19-05-06, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Filipe M.

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Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

How the hell did we find Australia?

Someone got lost.

Cook had a copy of a copy of a Chinese mappae mundi which showed the position of Australia to within a few hundred miles... Like Columbus in fact, and Magellan, and De Gama, they all knew where they were going and what they'd find. Not quite as good as GPS since they had no way of measuring longtitude, mind.

19-05-06, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by northwind

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Originally Posted by Filipe M.

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Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

How the hell did we find Australia?

Someone got lost.

Cook had a copy of a copy of a Chinese mappae mundi which showed the position of Australia to within a few hundred miles... Like Columbus in fact, and Magellan, and De Gama, they all knew where they were going and what they'd find. Not quite as good as GPS since they had no way of measuring longtitude, mind.

The guy who found Brasil was Pedro Alvarez Cabral, probably the other guys stole his maps, so he got lost

northwind · 19-05-06, 04:09 PM

Now the Chinese, they were proper explorers. "The Japanese say there might be a country over there, somewhere." "Brilliant, lets send a hundred ships full of goods, horses, livestock and men and have a look" Years pass. The ships arrive back. "We've discovered practically the entire world!" "Shut up, you'll anger the gods- best thing to do is pretend it never happened" "Oh, OK then"

19-05-06, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by rictus01

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Originally Posted by rwoodcock01

Ahh, sorry I stopped looking at prices after I brought me, typical it goes down in price after I got mine, sorry to have posted, I had not know prices where getting lower.

Rich

don't feel bad about it, all been there at one time or another.

anyone want a quad speed cdrom only cost £499

Cheers Mark.

or how about an original athlon 700 slot 1 processor for 535 quid back in the 80's

yes i was a fool

northwind · 19-05-06, 05:54 PM

That'll be a collector's item one day. Like my minidisc players, both bought within 10 minutes of the Age of MP3.

19-05-06, 03:47 PM	#11
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	Call me traditional but a map is fine,and a quick glance at the sun to get orientated does it for me.I wonder how we built an empire without this stuff.How the hell did we find Australia? __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

19-05-06, 04:09 PM	#16
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Now the Chinese, they were proper explorers. "The Japanese say there might be a country over there, somewhere." "Brilliant, lets send a hundred ships full of goods, horses, livestock and men and have a look" Years pass. The ships arrive back. "We've discovered practically the entire world!" "Shut up, you'll anger the gods- best thing to do is pretend it never happened" "Oh, OK then" __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

19-05-06, 05:54 PM	#18
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	That'll be a collector's item one day. Like my minidisc players, both bought within 10 minutes of the Age of MP3. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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