From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <775b8d190903131626s5f8116f1g8fb630841c580ca6@mail.gmail.com> References: <4e6ca2050903131127x111fabc6t840a26eeaa123abf@mail.gmail.com> <4e6ca2050903131337g798c7db1radf7e75c36816f75@mail.gmail.com> <775b8d190903131544h34fc9d32q2ba5baa4e71546e3@mail.gmail.com> <3aaafc130903131559k77030308ge663106a291bb1ca@mail.gmail.com> <3e1162e60903131611h60253a6aic90d9e3151b19b0@mail.gmail.com> <3aaafc130903131617n428da8f2w8f14156691c1aa26@mail.gmail.com> <283f5df10903131623o3f073edrd6394b710cbf7bcd@mail.gmail.com> <775b8d190903131626s5f8116f1g8fb630841c580ca6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:45:08 -0400 Message-ID: <3aaafc130903131645m5b9b0c66sfbdb7bdd317fda4b@mail.gmail.com> From: "J.R. Mauro" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] new toy - gmap Topicbox-Message-UUID: bb56f098-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Bruce Ellis wrote: > More fish! You've got a pet halibut? > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:23 AM, LiteStar numnums w= rote: >> The project will still go down as one of bitter in fighting, name callin= g, >> ego stroking, chaos wrapped up in a book you need to purchase for $250 U= SD >> (plus tax & shipping) in order to put things... >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:17 PM, J.R. Mauro wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:11 PM, David Leimbach wro= te: >>> > >>> > >>> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:59 PM, J.R. Mauro wrote= : >>> >> >>> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Bruce Ellis >>> >> wrote: >>> >> > That seems to be endemic. People putting things on top of other >>> >> > things. Which reminds me that people aren't wearing enough hats! >>> >> >>> >> There's a committee for putting things on top of other things, isn't >>> >> there? >>> > >>> > Perhaps we can secure a government grant to fund the study of putting >>> > things >>> > on things. >>> >>> The Minister for Home Affairs, who is wearing a striking organza dress >>> in pink tulle, with matching pearls and a diamante collar necklace, >>> has promised to sacrifice his project of building 88,000 million >>> billion houses to give us funding. >>> >>> >> >>> >> > >>> >> > brucee >>> >> > >>> >> > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Akshat Kumar >>> >> > wrote: >>> >> >> I just wanted to see it in a box with blue borders amidst other >>> >> >> multi-colored >>> >> >> boxes with blue borders, atop the sea of grey. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> 2009/3/13 Steve Simon : >>> >> >>> It just generates a gmap map or satellite image of the place you >>> >> >>> name, >>> >> >>> try http://maps.google.com to see a demo. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> ak >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> And in the "Only Prolog programmers will find this funny" department: >> >> Q: How many Prolog programmers does it take to change a lightbulb? >> >> A: No. >> =A0-- Ovid >> >> =A0 =A0"By cosmic rule, as day yields night, so winter summer, war peace= , plenty >> famine. All things change. Air penetrates the lump of myrrh, until the >> joining bodies die and rise again in smoke called incense." >> >> =A0 =A0"Men do not know how that which is drawn in different directions >> harmonises with itself. The harmonious structure of the world depends up= on >> opposite tension like that of the bow and the lyre." >> >> =A0 =A0"This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by a= ny god >> or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, >> kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures" >> -- Heraclitus >> > >