Where be dis? #6

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First, the relevant spot:

http://hackingthemainframe.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10021/normal_wit6-1.jpg

And a zoomed out look at the area:

http://hackingthemainframe.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10021/normal_wit6-2.jpg

I’ll accept either the site or the city itself, because if you guess either, you’ll understand the significance. What significance, you ask? How about historical, cultural, political, economical, scientifical, and ethical.

20 questions (and “is scientifical a word?” will count as a question).

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I’m at work until 5, so the odds are against me answering any questions this afternoon. I’ll be at my folks’ place later, though, so I’ll be full of venomous, liquor-induced jeers.

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Is the city a capital of a nation (nation here meaning an entity with a seat in the UN General Assembly)?

Do they speak mainly English there?

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Not currently. 19.

No. 18.

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Is the circular thingie a synchrotron or another type of particle accelerator?

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I’m too lazy to actually check, but I very highly doubt it.

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It just looks like one:http://tinyurl.com/aj27y

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http://www.spring8.or.jp/e/image/pic1.jpg

This doesn’t look like the same site, as the one in question here, does it?

Also, wouldn’t a synchrotron be circular, whereas the structure in question appears to be ovaline?

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[quote=“Eso”]http://www.spring8.or.jp/e/image/pic1.jpg

This doesn’t look like the same site, as the one in question here, does it?

Also, wouldn’t a synchrotron be circular, whereas the structure in question appears to be ovaline?[/quote]

I just said it looks like one MiG, eh I mean Eso! :wink:

The ovaline shape maybe due to the angle of the picture too.

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The ovaline shape may be the result of shut the hell up!

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I’m trying to surf through info about what that structure actually is, but all these sites are in a language that I don’t speak, and I’m on a p166 laptop on a wireless connection, and it’s pretty painful.

I’m going to ripoff one of MiG’s hints here. I’ve underestimated the impact of Bad Religion on today’s youth.

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You need to drink less coffee and more of this:http://tinyurl.com/dawoo

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So what’s the deal with Ovaltine? The mug is round… the jar is round… they should call it Roundtine.

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Also, if someone manages to h4x0r my mainframe (or my doorframe!), there is a file on my desktop’s desktop called “where is this ideas.txt”.

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And that language you don’t speak, is it part of the Romancelanguage group?

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And that language you don’t speak, is it part of the Romancelanguage group?[/quote]

Negative. 16.

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Sorry dudes, was playing Enemy Territory all night, didn’t have a chance to check in and claim the prize, [size=18]Kyoto![/size]

My google-fu is strong:

google.ca/search?q=%22bad+re … cs+science

first search of the night nails it.

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