| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jan 19 08:23PM +0100 > What's so special or different about lake borders that make them > different than river borders? Just saying one's a lake and one's a river > is not enough. How are they fuctionally different? Had the question asked specifically about land borders, it would of course have mattered. I also bounced a bit when I read the question, thinking "Don't they border each other directly?", but as a stupid European who thinks that Kanses borders Iowa and Missouri, I found it better to stay silent. But I did check the map afterwards. In the end, it does not really matter, since even if the question is somewhat poorly constructed, there is not really any doubt of what the expected answer is. I mean, it's not like when someone asked about how many countries borders Spain and refused to count Morocco... |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 19 01:27PM -0600 Mark Brader: >>>> Note: States meeting at a single point do *not* count as bordering. >> ... >>>> 10. Michigan and Minnesota. Dan Tilque: >>> (technically, the answer is "none", Mark Brader: >> Wrong. >>> since the two share a lake border. >> True, but irrelevant. Dan Tilque: > Why is this irrelevant? Reread the question. If we'd asked for New York and Pennsylvania, New Jersey would be a correct answer. >> river borders are land borders and lake borders aren't. But that >> too is irrelevant. >> Well, they're water borders rather than land borders. (That sentence was meant to be replaced by the paragraph preceding it.) > What's so special or different about lake borders that make them > different than river borders? Just saying one's a lake and one's a river > is not enough. How are they fuctionally different? Well, they feel different to me. Consider representations on a map. >>> negotiated line. >> Wrong. > How is that wrong? Please eludcidate. The Bodensee, alias Lake Constance, is a counterexample. There is no particular location that the adjacent countries recognize as their boundary -- neither mid-lake nor a negotiated line. -- Mark Brader | "Oh, sure, you can make anything sound sleazy if you, Toronto | you know, tell it exactly the way it happened." msb@vex.net | -- Bruce Rasmussen: "Anything But Love" My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Jan 19 06:04PM -0600 Mark Brader wrote: > your favourite adult magazine! > 1. Within 1 year, in what year was the first issue of "Playboy" > magazine published? 1952 > 2. Please decode the rot13 only after answering the previous > question. Jub tenprq gur pragresbyq bs gung svefg vffhr, > choyvfurq va Qrprzore bs avargrra svsgl-guerr? Marilyn Monroe > head of the "Playboy" empire in 1988, holding that position > until she stepped down in 2009. First name required if the > surname is Hefner. Christie Hefner > 5. Name the publisher of "Hustler" magazine who """has fought""" > several prominent legal battles involving the First Amendment, > and """has unsuccessfully run""" for public office. Flynt > """combines""" urban lifestyle articles and soft-core > pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into > hard-core. Penthouse > by Bob Guccione. > 8. Born in Ladysmith, BC, in 1967, this Canadian girl """has > graced""" more "Playboy" covers than any other person. Who? Barbie Benton > 9. It has been said that this adult magazine, first published in > 1973, """may have""" a larger following among gay men than > among heterosexual women. Name it. Playgirl > 10. Although not an adult magazine, what publication received > huge publicity when Burt Reynolds appeared naked in their April > 1972 edition? Cosmopolitan > California; you say Oregon. > Note: States meeting at a single point do *not* count as bordering. > 1. Arkansas and Iowa. Missouri > 2. South Carolina and Florida. Georgia > 3. Vermont and Maine. New Hampshire > 4. New York and Ohio. Pennsylvania > 5. Texas and Arizona New Mexico > 6. Louisiana and Alabama. Mississippi > 7. Nevada and Colorado. Utah > 8. North Dakota and Idaho. Montana > 9. Indiana and Tennessee. Kentucky > 10. Michigan and Minnesota. Wisconsin Pete Gayde |
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