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Since the stars aren't all exactly the same distance from Earth, shirley they'd look different from t'other side? Speed of light and all that malarkey.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Well, yes, but the point is it was actually designed to be looked at from there.
Still an amazing factoid though.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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wow - interesting
were you playing trivial dispute at the time, or ?
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It just popped up on my Factoid-O-Matic-2000.
Actually it was my son just emailed me the thing and I thought I would share.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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cool
I was thinking 'DD' isn't old enough to have a son - then I remembered it was your birthday (which I forgot to reply to, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, I hope many pints were consumed), and your age 
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Dalek Dave wrote: They are meant to seen from BEHIND the stars looking back down on Rio De Janeiro.
Or maybe they were just dyslexic.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Dalek Dave wrote: The stars on the Brazilian Flag are reversed and show the relative positions in the night sky as it was on the night that Brazil became independent.
I suspect someone had the transparency flipped when they copied the stars.
Marc
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Which country's National Flag is meant to be viewed from deep space?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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This one.[^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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No flucking idea! Pray tell! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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How about this[^] one? - not of a nation though..
My first rule of debugging: "If you get a different error message, you're making progress."
modified 1-Apr-14 6:56am.
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That is a lot closer than you realise!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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This one[^] could be a good suggestion if when the Earth is attacked by aliens... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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La croix blanche sur le champ blanc?
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UN? - not a nation though
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Also arguably Cyprus...although that is probably near space.
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A friend has booked an 'apartment' called Glasgow Lofts, on Renfrew Street
They are billed as 'luxury', and have received mixed reviews on TripAdvisor or the like - now she's panicking and thinking about cancelling and trying somewhere else
If anyone 'qualified' knows this place and has constructive comments, it'd be appreciated
cheers
'g'
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I already went to several great places which had mixed reviews on Tripadvisor. Remember that unsatisfied people are easily bitching oh these advice sites, but the satisfied seldom give feedback...
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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yup, me too, advice already given to her - thought I'd try our community anyway
Thanks
'g'
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I suspect the area is more the reason it has garnered mixed reviews. To be honest, Renfrew Street does not look great and it's very heavily a student area. You are close to Sauchiehall Street there, and that puts some people off as well. Saying that, you're actually pretty close to the good end of Sauchiehall and within two minutes from Buchanan Street which, if you like shopping, is superb. There are lots of really good restaurants nearby and the night life around there can be really interesting. And yes - I do know Glasgow very well, I have clients in Glasgow so I spend a lot of time there.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: the good end of Sauchiehall
Give one end has the Three Judges[^], and the Bon Accord[^] is somewhere in the middle (if my beer-fogged recollection is correct), what do you consider the "good" end?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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great, thanks Pete - pass that info along I will 
'g'
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Well, I was back in Glasgow last week and I took a wander along to this area. There's a lot of renovation going on around here so I suspect your friend will have a great time.
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