The problem I had with an Atlas is the size distortion you have with maps.

Interactive games allow the child to play (or compete) with the parents or
to play on their own or friends.


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I'll argue geometry with you too.


You've got to admit that some of those people seemed to reasonably
normal, which is pretty pathetic.


Normal? I was guessing that the video was shot in California. There
are no normal people in California.




How often do you sit down on the couch with your kids, and a map of
almost anything, just for the hell of it?

In fact, Santa just brought the kids an interactive globe (pen pointer
points to countries, and gives stats such as land size, capitol,
population, currency, etc. )

Interactive? Wouldn't an atlas and you on the sofa equal an interactive
experience, or are you too busy?

Actually, I found a globe was much easier to use than an atlas. I had
a hard time getting the concept of "round" across to my kids with a 2D
atlas. I discovered this when the oldest had a friend whose parents
were teaching at the Putnam Science Academy and they were from Taiwan.
Showing them on a flat map or projection and it was just a line. When
you showed them on a globe, it was a whole different level of
understanding.

I like the concept of an interactive globe - it's on of those
"play/learn" ideas that might actually work.

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Doug:

I'll argue geometry with you too.


You've got to admit that some of those people seemed to reasonably
normal, which is pretty pathetic.


Normal? I was guessing that the video was shot in California. There
are no normal people in California.




How often do you sit down on the couch with your kids, and a map of
almost anything, just for the hell of it?

In fact, Santa just brought the kids an interactive globe (pen pointer
points to countries, and gives stats such as land size, capitol,
population, currency, etc. )

Interactive? Wouldn't an atlas and you on the sofa equal an interactive
experience, or are you too busy?

Actually, I found a globe was much easier to use than an atlas. I had
a hard time getting the concept of "round" across to my kids with a 2D
atlas. I discovered this when the oldest had a friend whose parents
were teaching at the Putnam Science Academy and they were from Taiwan.
Showing them on a flat map or projection and it was just a line. When
you showed them on a globe, it was a whole different level of
understanding.

I like the concept of an interactive globe - it's on of those
"play/learn" ideas that might actually work.

Agreed, but it's also important for kids to understand their local
surroundings. Anyone who can't find their way around their home town by the
time they're 20 or 25 really needs to be snuffed so they don't waste other
peoples' oxygen. :-)

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Doug:

I'll argue geometry with you too.


You've got to admit that some of those people seemed to reasonably
normal, which is pretty pathetic.


Normal? I was guessing that the video was shot in California. There
are no normal people in California.




How often do you sit down on the couch with your kids, and a map of
almost anything, just for the hell of it?

In fact, Santa just brought the kids an interactive globe (pen pointer
points to countries, and gives stats such as land size, capitol,
population, currency, etc. )

Interactive? Wouldn't an atlas and you on the sofa equal an interactive
experience, or are you too busy?

I maybe be smart...but not smart enough to rattle off world population
numbers just for the heck of it.

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Doug:

I'll argue geometry with you too.


You've got to admit that some of those people seemed to reasonably
normal, which is pretty pathetic.


Normal? I was guessing that the video was shot in California. There
are no normal people in California.




How often do you sit down on the couch with your kids, and a map of
almost anything, just for the hell of it?

In fact, Santa just brought the kids an interactive globe (pen pointer
points to countries, and gives stats such as land size, capitol,
population, currency, etc. )

Interactive? Wouldn't an atlas and you on the sofa equal an interactive
experience, or are you too busy?

Actually, I found a globe was much easier to use than an atlas. I had
a hard time getting the concept of "round" across to my kids with a 2D
atlas. I discovered this when the oldest had a friend whose parents
were teaching at the Putnam Science Academy and they were from Taiwan.
Showing them on a flat map or projection and it was just a line. When
you showed them on a globe, it was a whole different level of
understanding.

I like the concept of an interactive globe - it's on of those
"play/learn" ideas that might actually work.

Agreed, but it's also important for kids to understand their local
surroundings. Anyone who can't find their way around their home town by
the time they're 20 or 25 really needs to be snuffed so they don't waste
other peoples' oxygen. :-)

Your natural selection theories and 2nd amendment beliefs make you much more
of a conservative than a liberal. How the heck can you vote for Democrats?

Those are some stupid freaking people. I remember back in college, I
was working on a group project with this one girl who was reasonably
intelligent. THe project involved some basic knolwedge of world
geography and this chic had absolutely no idea where China was on the
globe. I mean no idea, couldn't even identify the correct continent
where it is located. That really blew my mind at the time. I didn't
think people with that level of education and intelligence could be so
dim about something as important and relevant as to where major
countries are located in the world.

Not knowing where Sri Lanka is I can understand. Not knowing that
North Korea isn't part of Australia is just plain dumb.


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Doug:

I'll argue geometry with you too.


You've got to admit that some of those people seemed to reasonably
normal, which is pretty pathetic.


Normal? I was guessing that the video was shot in California.
There
are no normal people in California.




How often do you sit down on the couch with your kids, and a map of
almost anything, just for the hell of it?

In fact, Santa just brought the kids an interactive globe (pen pointer
points to countries, and gives stats such as land size, capitol,
population, currency, etc. )

Interactive? Wouldn't an atlas and you on the sofa equal an interactive
experience, or are you too busy?

Actually, I found a globe was much easier to use than an atlas. I had
a hard time getting the concept of "round" across to my kids with a 2D
atlas. I discovered this when the oldest had a friend whose parents
were teaching at the Putnam Science Academy and they were from Taiwan.
Showing them on a flat map or projection and it was just a line. When
you showed them on a globe, it was a whole different level of
understanding.

I like the concept of an interactive globe - it's on of those
"play/learn" ideas that might actually work.

Agreed, but it's also important for kids to understand their local
surroundings. Anyone who can't find their way around their home town by
the time they're 20 or 25 really needs to be snuffed so they don't waste
other peoples' oxygen. :-)

Your natural selection theories and 2nd amendment beliefs make you much
more of a conservative than a liberal. How the heck can you vote for
Democrats?

Genius has no political affiliations that you would be comfortable with.

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Doug:

I'll argue geometry with you too.


You've got to admit that some of those people seemed to reasonably
normal, which is pretty pathetic.


Normal? I was guessing that the video was shot in California. There
are no normal people in California.




How often do you sit down on the couch with your kids, and a map of
almost anything, just for the hell of it?

In fact, Santa just brought the kids an interactive globe (pen pointer
points to countries, and gives stats such as land size, capitol,
population, currency, etc. )

Interactive? Wouldn't an atlas and you on the sofa equal an interactive
experience, or are you too busy?

I maybe be smart...but not smart enough to rattle off world population
numbers just for the heck of it.

Population numbers are not the primary purpose of a map. And, a kid who
looks at a map is probably not looking for that information, either. I think
you've answered all of my questions, though.

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Those are some stupid freaking people. I remember back in college, I
was working on a group project with this one girl who was reasonably
intelligent. THe project involved some basic knolwedge of world
geography and this chic had absolutely no idea where China was on the
globe. I mean no idea, couldn't even identify the correct continent
where it is located. That really blew my mind at the time. I didn't
think people with that level of education and intelligence could be so
dim about something as important and relevant as to where major
countries are located in the world.

Not knowing where Sri Lanka is I can understand. Not knowing that
North Korea isn't part of Australia is just plain dumb.

What's really scary is that the chick was allowed to graduate from high
school.

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Those are some stupid freaking people. I remember back in college, I
was working on a group project with this one girl who was reasonably
intelligent. THe project involved some basic knolwedge of world
geography and this chic had absolutely no idea where China was on the
globe. I mean no idea, couldn't even identify the correct continent
where it is located. That really blew my mind at the time. I didn't
think people with that level of education and intelligence could be so
dim about something as important and relevant as to where major
countries are located in the world.

Not knowing where Sri Lanka is I can understand. Not knowing that
North Korea isn't part of Australia is just plain dumb.

There are highly placed students in colleges who don't have a freakin'
club where their state capital is located, nevermind where another
country is.

And then, there seems to be a concentrated enclave of provincian thinkers in
Long Island. A year after I moved away, my old boss complained that I never
stopped in to visit. "Tommy....I'm in Rochester. This is the first time I've
been back in a year". His response: "Bull**** excuse....isn't that right up
by Yonkers?"

People at my home office have no idea where Rochester is. These people deal
with transportation all day long, and have enormous, detailed maps of the
U.S. on the wall in almost every room.

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:47:45 GMT, Charlie Brown
wrote:

Those are some stupid freaking people. I remember back in college, I
was working on a group project with this one girl who was reasonably
intelligent. THe project involved some basic knolwedge of world
geography and this chic had absolutely no idea where China was on the
globe. I mean no idea, couldn't even identify the correct continent
where it is located. That really blew my mind at the time. I didn't
think people with that level of education and intelligence could be so
dim about something as important and relevant as to where major
countries are located in the world.

Not knowing where Sri Lanka is I can understand. Not knowing that
North Korea isn't part of Australia is just plain dumb.

There are highly placed students in colleges who don't have a freakin'
club where their state capital is located, nevermind where another
country is.

I wouldn't want to mention his name, but prior to his ascension to the
presidency, we had a fellow whose only trip outside the United States
was to Mexico, despite being the son of an oil millionaire. You have to
have some interest in the world to know where countries are located.

My only trips outside the US up until three years ago were courtesy of
Uncle Sam and I was much too busy to pay attention to culture except
for the occasional R&R - even then, it was more a case of "Oh, that's
nice". My time in Australia was courtesy of Uncle Sam when we were
training with some SAS types.

I will be the first to admit that I am the prototypical Ugly American
in the sense that I could care less about other cultures - I'm just
not interested. I don't want to "understand" them, I don't want to
"know" about them, I basically don't want to have anything to do with
them. Cultural Anthropology has never been one of my interests. Other
than Ireland and a fishing trip to Cuba, I've never been outside the
confines of the US since I left the service and I have no desire to do
so.

Hell, I don't even like to leave the confines of New England and
specifically, CT, RI, MA and occasionally, NY and I get nervous when
I'm outside the CT state lines. :)

Maybe there are warrants for your arrest outside of those states?
Hmmmm.....???? :-)