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Alex · 09-06-2012, 03:40 PM

So, yesterday I was on a boring conference call and was zooming around Google Maps. At one point I zoomed out and then zoomed in and noticed that on the third level in the first city markers appeared on the map.

And some of them struck me as odd. Portland is there, but not San Francisco. Houston, Dallas and San Antonio but no New Orleans. No Miami, Atlanta, etc.

Anyway, then my brain wandered and I wondered which was the most remote of those few cities honored enough to be listed at the 3rd level of Google Maps zoom.

I can now tell you the answer is Darwin, Australia, at about 2619 km from the nearest listed city of Adelaide.

The two closest cities are Tallinn, Estonia, and Helsinki, Finland, at just 84 km away from each other (with Akita and Marioka Japan within the margin of error at 90 km).

You might think this is why they shouldn't put me on boring conference calls. You'd not be entirely correct.

Me being able to show my work is why they shouldn't put me on boring conference calls.

Spoiler:

lashbear · 09-06-2012, 08:10 PM

Hey! I can see my house !!

...and Darwin is the sort of place people emigrate to avoid. Well, that's my Darwinian theory, anyway.

BarTopDancer · 09-06-2012, 08:37 PM

Someone/something keeps calling me from an unknown number. I blatantly send it to voicemail. I suspect an auto-dialer.

Kevy Baby · 09-06-2012, 08:59 PM

Possibly a fax machine? We've had that before.

katiesue · 09-06-2012, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Possibly a fax machine? We've had that before.

True story. One of our senior execs works only via fax. No email. Hard copy fax. So for a few years he'd sign stuff and send it back to his admin who never go it. I sent it, didn't get it, resend it.

After a few years of this he actually called the number that was printed on the top of the fax and found out it was someone's home in NJ. The admin had gotten a new fax machine and when she put in the parameters inverted two numbers. So he had been faxing to some poor guy in NJ's phone for two years. And at wacky hours since he's west coast.

Betty · 09-07-2012, 07:57 AM

Long before that I would have tried faxing the number the back telling them to knock it off.

Kevy Baby · 09-08-2012, 02:10 PM

But how many people still own a fax machine at home?

Moonliner · 09-08-2012, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

But how many people still own a fax machine at home?

I do.

katiesue · 09-08-2012, 02:40 PM

Lots of people at our company do - so as to be able to fax said exec. Our office has two.

Kevy Baby · 09-08-2012, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

I do.

An actual stand-alone machine or a computer? It doesn't matter to the conversation at hand, I'm just curious.

09-06-2012, 03:40 PM	#2431
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	So, yesterday I was on a boring conference call and was zooming around Google Maps. At one point I zoomed out and then zoomed in and noticed that on the third level in the first city markers appeared on the map. And some of them struck me as odd. Portland is there, but not San Francisco. Houston, Dallas and San Antonio but no New Orleans. No Miami, Atlanta, etc. Anyway, then my brain wandered and I wondered which was the most remote of those few cities honored enough to be listed at the 3rd level of Google Maps zoom. I can now tell you the answer is Darwin, Australia, at about 2619 km from the nearest listed city of Adelaide. The two closest cities are Tallinn, Estonia, and Helsinki, Finland, at just 84 km away from each other (with Akita and Marioka Japan within the margin of error at 90 km). You might think this is why they shouldn't put me on boring conference calls. You'd not be entirely correct. Me being able to show my work is why they shouldn't put me on boring conference calls. Spoiler:
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09-06-2012, 08:10 PM	#2432
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	Hey! I can see my house !! ...and Darwin is the sort of place people emigrate to avoid. Well, that's my Darwinian theory, anyway. __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Someone/something keeps calling me from an unknown number. I blatantly send it to voicemail. I suspect an auto-dialer. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Possibly a fax machine? We've had that before. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Long before that I would have tried faxing the number the back telling them to knock it off. __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	But how many people still own a fax machine at home? __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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09-08-2012, 02:40 PM	#2439
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	Lots of people at our company do - so as to be able to fax said exec. Our office has two. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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