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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Titan on October 25, 2005, 07:05:47 AM
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You guys still don\'t have your flag right after 45 years?
Cyprus wants to get its flag right after 45 years
Mon Oct 24,10:47 AM ET
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus says independent minded flag makers have been adding their own creative touches to the national flag for 45 years and it\'s time to get it right.
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Cyprus\'s white flag should have a copper-colored map of the guitar-shaped island in the center, above two olive branches.
But Andreas Christou, director of the government supplies office, says: "It seems every department has been going to local manufacturers and some like the colors lighter, some darker. They like the map bigger or smaller."
Now, flags flying the wrong color will be replaced by ones with the correct shade of copper, he told the daily Cyprus Mail newspaper.
That shade is neither yellow, nor orange nor red but copper, and to be precise, 144-C, to reflect the Mediterranean island\'s historical attachment to the metal.
Cyprus was famed from antiquity for its rich resources of copper and is believed to have given its name to the Latin word for the metal, "Cuprum," or "ore of Cyprus."
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BWAHA! Imagine that....their own citizens don\'t even know what their own flag looks like! :lmao:
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i would bet a large portion of americans couldn\'t look at a globe and point out thier own state, let alone the county of cyprus
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Most American high school students don\'t even know where Canada is.
And you missplursed "county" of Cyprus.
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i forgot an \'r\', bfd.
it may as well be a county for how small it is
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Originally posted by mm
i would bet a large portion of americans couldn\'t look at a globe and point out thier own state, let alone the county of cyprus
Why do you hate America?
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i don\'t hate america
in fact, i love my country
it\'s americans, as a whole, that are the problem
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Originally posted by mm
i forgot an \'r\', bfd.
it may as well be a county for how small it is
It\'s a mountain top in the ocean. Basically a rock. Populated by goat humpers and Turkeys.
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What the...?First time I hear about it
I think its kind of misinterpreted.We always had one flag and we all knew the same flag.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Cyprus_flag_large.png
http://www.namasthenri.com/cyprus/flag.jpg
What it said above isnt exactly what it seems.They are refered to the fact that we tend to present it with lighter or darker colors.
google it and you ll see what he ment.Sometimes some people may present it with different variation of the same colors.
Its a map and 2 olive branches on a white backround.If you ask someone to draw an olive branch and a map of a country he will use a different variation of the same colors than someone else.
Thats why you see variations.Not because we dont know the color of our flag.Its not like other flags with more distinct characteristics and colors as for example the USA flag which has a certain vivid red and blue colors and some white.
Copper isnt a specific color and the branches are small green objects on the map.They are too general
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Looks like chicken shit on a blanket. ;)
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What\'s this about a country? I just thought it was the name of a hill all this time.
-Dan
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
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Looks like chicken shit on a blanket. ;)
That is an interesting flag...
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Everybody has that problem I\'d think.
I see flags all the time with different tones of blue, some darker and some lighter.
Our flag in Eurocolor.
Blue: C: 100% M: 50% Y: 10%
Yellow: C: 0% M: 20% Y: 100%
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
Most American high school students don\'t even know where Canada is.
False. :rolleyes: Who are you trying to kid. Everyone knows where Mexico and Canada are at least.
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
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Looks like chicken shit on a blanket. ;)
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing::lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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Originally posted by mm
i don\'t hate america
in fact, i love my country
it\'s americans, as a whole, that are the problem
The world agrees.
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Someone shit on the flag!!
Someone shit on or around the flag!!
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soully, australians aren\'t any better
thier accent got voted "most likely to cause an assbeating" back in 2003
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Originally posted by (e)
False. :rolleyes: Who are you trying to kid. Everyone knows where Mexico and Canada are at least.
According to most yanks, this is where canada and mexico are
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Originally posted by (e)
False. :rolleyes: Who are you trying to kid. Everyone knows where Mexico and Canada are at least.
According to several sources, when high schoolers were given tests, a significant portion got those questions wrong.
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That\'s ridiculous. I don\'t know a single person in my school growing up who couldn\'t tell you where Canada and Mexico are.
If you don\'t know and are over 4 years old then just pack it up and learn the value meals.
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Okay, not "most" American high schoolers but at least 11% of them couldn\'t locate USA on the globe. If they can\'t locate the US, ya think they\'d know where Canada or Mexico is?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1120_021120_GeoRoperSurvey.html
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best quote from that article
In France 24 percent did not know that that their own country was a nuclear nation.
:rofl:
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^rofl, fucking frogs
And I\'m Canadian, I\'m allowed to make fun of the french. We got some of em here. :(
Originally posted by GmanJoe
Okay, not "most" American high schoolers but at least 11% of them couldn\'t locate USA on the globe. If they can\'t locate the US, ya think they\'d know where Canada or Mexico is?
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There\'s no way people be can be that clueless...I mean, Mexico and Canada are pretty big countries. They are the only two countries bordering the US...someone buy these retards a map.
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It not that they dont know where Canada is jumpman its just that canadians suck ass and no one cares where it is....
God damn why did that company offer me so much money to work there im confused right now...
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Get a map retard!
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
Okay, not "most" American high schoolers but at least 11% of them couldn\'t locate USA on the globe. If they can\'t locate the US, ya think they\'d know where Canada or Mexico is?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1120_021120_GeoRoperSurvey.html
Who are these "humans"? What\'s the demographic? What\'s the income level?
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I bet Paris Hilton wouldn\'t know where the US, Canada or Mexico are located. And she\'s a rich bitch. Dumb. But rich.
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Originally posted by mm
i don\'t hate america
in fact, i love my country
it\'s americans, as a whole, that are the problem
tru no doubt, i was watching this program on the news and they were asking people who the president was, and some thought Clinton was still the prez...:eek:...i mean the questions were varied...some people thought utah was another country....scary....
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it\'s not just americans
clyde is fond of reminding me that all humans are morons, regardless of thier nationality
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Originally posted by mm
it\'s not just americans
clyde is fond of reminding me that all humans are morons, regardless of thier nationality
:laughing: :laughing:....agreed!...
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Originally posted by clips
tru no doubt, i was watching this program on the news and they were asking people who the president was, and some thought Clinton was still the prez...:eek:...i mean the questions were varied...some people thought utah was another country....scary....
Some dont know the existence of the war in Iraq either
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Originally posted by mm
best quote from that article
:rofl:
Thats actually not their fault
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Originally posted by Unicron!
Some dont know the existence of the war in Iraq either
Almost as far fetched as the Highschool comment.
Where do people get these assumptions?
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assumption?Its a fact
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the average person on the street has no clue where Afghanistan is on a map
it\'s been proven
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I knew where just about every country on the planet was when I was 9.. then again, my granny gave me a National Geographic atals of the world for xmas when I was 8.
I also could read & write at 4. Typical farmboy shit...
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Yeah (e), your giving people too much credit.
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Originally posted by mm
the average person on the street has no clue where Afghanistan is on a map
it\'s been proven
Yep and it shows how easily people can be manipulated by politicians when they are ignorant.Thats why many US citizens were paniced and found theirselves manipulated and victims of both their leaders and the terrorists.Bush administrator easily tricked the average person
There are so many things going on, on the outside world some people have no idea about ubfortunately.
But I am still optimistic that someday many things will be revealed.There are people that know, that fight to inform the average person.
And the New Orleans tragedy showed partially the true face of the politicians
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Originally posted by Unicron!
And the New Orleans tragedy showed partially the true face of the politicians
I love general statements like this.
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Originally posted by Luke
I love general statements like this.
Government expenditures that should have been spent 30-40 years ago so that the city would be safe in case a hurricane would have endangered the area to flood was never spent.There were also many construction plans that the poor populated area of New Orleans would be sacrificed in case of flood so the area pupulated by wealthy residents would be safe.Talk about democracy and discrimination at the same time huh?
Billions spent on Iraq fighting a non existing terrorism(ofcourse Mr Bush sees this as a chance to improve his image so all his attention is pulled over there) , thousands in New Orleans shouting for food and water, Mr Bush was enjoying his vacation and Mrs Rice was shopping at the same time people were shouting and screaming for help.
People are currently been sent away from their homes in New Orleans even homes that are in good condition so that whole areas would be completely destroyied and rebuilt again.Construction companies having good affairs with the White House ofcourse are drooling over profitable possibilities in reconstructing New Orleans.
Some people are now protecting their homes from the police and soldiers.
I saw yesterday in TV Americans in New Orleans being interviewed and they were furious.Someone was even having a shotgun, a gun and a survival knife ready in case anyone was sent there to take him away from his home.Go ask them what they think.
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take the tinfoil hat off, bro
it\'s not fashionable anymore
those people have just about nothing, and what little they do have is the world to them
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So let them keep it.
God forbid progress be made.
see now, I get bored, get a few beers in me and now all of a sudden I care about things.
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Originally posted by mm
take the tinfoil hat off, bro
it\'s not fashionable anymore
those people have just about nothing, and what little they do have is the world to them
Well the house of the white American who was being interviewed looked pretty wealthy.
Its his mother\'s house and his mother was taken away.I dont think you would have surrendered your house and ownings....would you?
Also the french uptown district was not affected much by the tornado and the area shown was again as wealthy as a normal town.Why should these people accept their houses being taken down?
Would they gain anything?Would YOU gain anything if they take your house down?
Its another excuse for the big companies to gain profit.There are areas that indeed need reconstructing but they are also going to flatten and tear down areas that dont need to sending people away from their homes.
Now tell me....if they are going to reconstruct the areas and offer back new houses and better things(someone mentioned the word progress) that they had before with no cost then explain me why the outrage?
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Particularly humiliating was that all countries were better able to identify the U.S. population than many young U.S. citizens. Within the U.S., almost one-third said that population was between one billion and two billion; the answer is 289 million.
WTF? 1-2 billion? :laughing:
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Originally posted by Samwise
Particularly humiliating was that all countries were better able to identify the U.S. population than many young U.S. citizens. Within the U.S., almost one-third said that population was between one billion and two billion; the answer is 289 million.
WTF? 1-2 billion? :laughing:
2 billion?
That\'s roughly 33% of the worlds population innit?
I don\'t think yanksville is quite that populated
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
I bet Paris Hilton wouldn\'t know where the US, Canada or Mexico are located. And she\'s a rich bitch. Dumb. But rich.
She\'s actually much brighter than you\'d think. There have been many articles written about her and how she plays up the dumb blonde persona.
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its another excuse for the big companies to gain profit.
yeah, the hurricane was created so the govt can get the black people out and raise property value.
:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by mm
yeah, the hurricane was created so the govt can get the black people out and raise property value.
:rolleyes:
:rolleyes: Thats not what I said
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you may as well have
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Actually you may as well have misinterpreted my post
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or saw thru the sugar coating?
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:laughing: :rofl: :laughing:
You guys are great.
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Originally posted by videoholic
She\'s actually much brighter than you\'d think. There have been many articles written about her and how she plays up the dumb blonde persona.
Don\'t kid yourself.
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Actually with the stereotypes in place today it would make sense.
There are no sexy and smart party girls, only sexy and dumb party girls waiting to sleep with you.
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Originally posted by (e)
Actually with the stereotypes in place today it would make sense.
There are no sexy and smart party girls, only sexy and dumb party girls waiting to sleep with you.
True that.