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A South Pacific island, shown on marine charts and world maps as well as on Google Earth and Google Maps, does not exist, Australian scientists say.
I'm off to ICANN to see if I can get a ccTLD for Sandy Island.
How about registering it as your domicile for tax purposes, the options are limitless.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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It did exist.
It was a secret French military base, under the control of a cadre of evil French warlords, but James Bond sank it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It was where Nemo built the Nautilus.
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Mark Wallace wrote: a secret French military base
Sounds plausible, hidden away where they can hid from whoever they happen to be surrendering to.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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And you think "hiding" them in the sea is okay, where they'd probably get very wet and perhaps even drown?
Arise, President Vilmos.
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
"I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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Sounds more like R'lyeh to me.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn and all that.
"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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It was done for copyright reasons. The owners of the London A-Z street map book, for example, deliberately add non-existent streets and names. That way, if anyone copies their material they can quickly see if it's a copyright violation. The Ordnance Survey do the same as well.
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
"I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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