Comments on: Google map of “Occupy” protests https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/12/google-map-of-occupy-protests/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:07:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/12/google-map-of-occupy-protests/#comment-7366 TB Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:23:04 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4474#comment-7366 I have been drifting down the threads and "trimming" some of my old comments by using the paragraph command to pull the first line out by itself. Keeps the display a bit tighter. I don't change the content. I have been drifting down the threads and “trimming” some of my old comments by using the paragraph command to pull the first line out by itself. Keeps the display a bit tighter. I don’t change the content.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/12/google-map-of-occupy-protests/#comment-7336 TB Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:25:02 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4474#comment-7336 Well, of course the population density of the blue areas is greater. Elections come out pretty even, don't they? There is also a map where the different counties are given "elevations" by votes, and the cities stand like skyscrapers over the country (example <a href="http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/_wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/election_map_3d.gif" rel="nofollow">here</a>) But then I'm not the one who's babbling about dividing the country up into "red" and "blue" nations geographically, which is where the maps in this thread accurately fit in context. Well, of course the population density of the blue areas is greater. Elections come out pretty even, don’t they? There is also a map where the different counties are given “elevations” by votes, and the cities stand like skyscrapers over the country (example here)

But then I’m not the one who’s babbling about dividing the country up into “red” and “blue” nations geographically, which is where the maps in this thread accurately fit in context.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/12/google-map-of-occupy-protests/#comment-7335 FrankC Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:53:56 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4474#comment-7335 I uploaded a png for red/blue counties by population in the media library. It didn't display on my first try. Maybe because it's a png. Too late to fool with it. I uploaded a png for red/blue counties by population in the media library. It didn’t display on my first try. Maybe because it’s a png. Too late to fool with it.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/12/google-map-of-occupy-protests/#comment-7333 FrankC Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:13:38 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4474#comment-7333 That's pretty obvious but boots on the ground counts for something That’s pretty obvious but boots on the ground counts for something

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/12/google-map-of-occupy-protests/#comment-7332 podrock Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:56:44 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4474#comment-7332 See my comment to ER on this thread concerning lying with maps. Take Colorado for example. I don't have the stats in front of me, but those blue areas in Colorado, if sized by population, would be about equal in size, or bigger, than the red areas. See my comment to ER on this thread concerning lying with maps. Take Colorado for example. I don’t have the stats in front of me, but those blue areas in Colorado, if sized by population, would be about equal in size, or bigger, than the red areas.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/12/google-map-of-occupy-protests/#comment-7331 podrock Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:40:21 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4474#comment-7331 Red and Blue used to alternate from election to election with the graphics from the major news networks. It wasn't until the silliness of the election of 2000 that these colors became cemented and codified to represent the parties themselves. I remember a rather heated arguement I had with a family member during Thanksgiving of that crazy autumn about the outcome of the election, which was still in the courts. He pulled out a map of the red and the blue, and said "look at this map! Do you see all the red? That's why Bush is the winner." I laughed my ass off. I told him that those of us in the sparsely populated western states would be delighted if our votes were counted based upon geographic size as opposed to the electoral college's population weighting. And that's why the whole red and blue thing is bullshit. Show an electoral map that is mostly one color means absoultely nothing. As you well know, it causes a mental and emotional impression that is just a way of lying with maps. If the sizes of the states were modified to reflect population on the map, it'd be a different picture altogether. Red and Blue used to alternate from election to election with the graphics from the major news networks. It wasn’t until the silliness of the election of 2000 that these colors became cemented and codified to represent the parties themselves. I remember a rather heated arguement I had with a family member during Thanksgiving of that crazy autumn about the outcome of the election, which was still in the courts. He pulled out a map of the red and the blue, and said “look at this map! Do you see all the red? That’s why Bush is the winner.”

I laughed my ass off. I told him that those of us in the sparsely populated western states would be delighted if our votes were counted based upon geographic size as opposed to the electoral college’s population weighting.

And that’s why the whole red and blue thing is bullshit. Show an electoral map that is mostly one color means absoultely nothing. As you well know, it causes a mental and emotional impression that is just a way of lying with maps. If the sizes of the states were modified to reflect population on the map, it’d be a different picture altogether.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/12/google-map-of-occupy-protests/#comment-7305 TB Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:06:24 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4474#comment-7305 Well, the rest of the post was just more of the apocalyptic nuttiness you and the others are soaking in. I was giving liberal Democrats at least until spring to crack up to this extent. Well, the rest of the post was just more of the apocalyptic nuttiness you and the others are soaking in.

I was giving liberal Democrats at least until spring to crack up to this extent.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/12/google-map-of-occupy-protests/#comment-7301 TB Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:11:00 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4474#comment-7301 If someone has changed or clipped a post of yours on this board without your permission, flag it, tell us all what was altered, and put it back again. The most abrasive bastard among us (I am hoping for the gold this year) has the right to be heard as he or she wants to be heard, and an equal right to be cheered, hooted at, ignored, or shouted down by others. Here's a piece of useful information: Main posts, the ones you start a thread with, have a little list when you pull up their edit window (scroll way down to the bottom). That list shows your edits, and <em>any others, by name. </em>I tested this on Eri's photoshop post. <em>We leave footprints.</em> This does not seem to be the case for comments, but I might not be looking in the right place. If someone has changed or clipped a post of yours on this board without your permission, flag it, tell us all what was altered, and put it back again. The most abrasive bastard among us (I am hoping for the gold this year) has the right to be heard as he or she wants to be heard, and an equal right to be cheered, hooted at, ignored, or shouted down by others.

Here’s a piece of useful information: Main posts, the ones you start a thread with, have a little list when you pull up their edit window (scroll way down to the bottom). That list shows your edits, and any others, by name. I tested this on Eri’s photoshop post.

We leave footprints.

This does not seem to be the case for comments, but I might not be looking in the right place.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/12/google-map-of-occupy-protests/#comment-7299 bowser Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:01:10 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4474#comment-7299 Gee, TB. You say it's not done, not likely to be done, and has been done. And I know it's been done to me for what I consider spurious reasons. I do not want problems with anyone, would prefer no communication at all with some folks. And I know I have opinions and thoughts which are abrasive to some people with opposite opinions and thoughts. Coupled with my personal charm, similar to that of an irritated garter snake, I know I'm vulnerable on certain boards. Should stay off of those. Arf Gee, TB. You say it’s not done, not likely to be done, and has been done.

And I know it’s been done to me for what I consider spurious reasons.

I do not want problems with anyone, would prefer no communication at all with some folks. And I know I have opinions and thoughts which are abrasive to some people with opposite opinions and thoughts. Coupled with my personal charm, similar to that of an irritated garter snake, I know I’m vulnerable on certain boards. Should stay off of those.

Arf

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/12/google-map-of-occupy-protests/#comment-7296 TB Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:23:59 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4474#comment-7296 Friend, nobody here is screwing with anybody else's posts. Nobody is likely to. Buck did a couple of things just for fun, and left his signature loud and clear. Sometimes I fix spelling on a header. Friend, nobody here is screwing with anybody else’s posts. Nobody is likely to. Buck did a couple of things just for fun, and left his signature loud and clear. Sometimes I fix spelling on a header.

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