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http://www.google.com/gmm/mylocation.html?hl=en
There's a similar tech called "Navizon" (http://www.navizon.com/) which does something similar but adds in Wifi hotspots as data points in the triangulation process, so this isn't just Google. But it sounds familiar, doesn't it? This message has been edited. Last edited by: Justy, »» "Forget infinity. I've got books waiting for me to read them." — colin »»"Speculative novels of last Tuesday." — William Gibson |
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Why are people so concerned with where they are all the time?
Actually, scratch that. Are people concerned with where they're at all the time? |
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Besides, it's not like they know where they are in galactic coordinates, anyway.  |
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I can think of two uses: tell others where you are (and how to get there) or figure out how to get where you want to go from where you are now.
Printed maps are all well and good, but a) who remembers how to fold the damn things? and b) have you ever tried to figure out where you are on a paper map? It can be difficult unless you know your area well, and even if you do it can be time consuming. Galactic coordinates would be relative to the galactic core, I assume? That might be more useful to go from star-to-star, but even so, locally you're probably better off positioning yourself relative to your local surroundings. (Again, taking a jokey post a bit too seriously). »» "Forget infinity. I've got books waiting for me to read them." — colin »»"Speculative novels of last Tuesday." — William Gibson |
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If there is a center to the universe we're on the planet farthest from.
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Boy do I feel accomplished... _____________________________________ ::swoon:: |
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Me too! Come to Japan, kid, and you'll learn how to use a map real quick. |
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Would like to note: I'm theorizing. Have no real problem with maps, myself.
»» "Forget infinity. I've got books waiting for me to read them." — colin »»"Speculative novels of last Tuesday." — William Gibson |
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Another article
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...but still won't stop at a gas station for directions.... |
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Flim flam. It would completely awesome to know my galactic coordinates. |
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Your galactic coordinates are 0, 0, 0, 0.
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I believe our interpretation of an origin point is variant.
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Data is concerned with data.
Creating a 1:1+ map of the real world in info-space is the next goal of the internet to gain knowledge of our world. Or, if you don't like self-intelligent intert00bz, then it's feeding the emergent effect engine of the oncoming Gibsonian future. Knowing where everybody is all the time lets you track diseases, buy thing remotely, find the correct bus at the correct time, and basically wander around like a video game character following D-pad inputs from your omnidevice. |
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people are going to make themselves so stupid, they'll forget how to read words, let alone a map.
I can't wait. As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue. -Albert Einstein |
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What?
Huh? I can haz cheezeburger? |
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Kinda cool thought, galactic coordinates. Based on a not quite precise floating point since the galaxy is not nearly so stable a configuration as a solar system, much less a planet and it's dutiful geostat sats.
Space must flow past the ports like wine from a pitcher |
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Well, at the center of the galaxy is a super black hole anyway. Thus, the whole Milky Way is orbiting the drain, after a fashion.
Quite possibly super black holes are integral to the formation of galaxies. So, they are all potentially circling the drain. |
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Aye. But that black hole's location is probably somewhat dynamic. Of course, in distances of that scale, the variance is probably insignificant. Space must flow past the ports like wine from a pitcher |
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It's coming to suck the paint off your house and leave your family with a permanent orange afro right now.
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