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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/25/2009 9:26:38 AM   
Rule


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100%, average error zero miles, in 189 seconds.

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/25/2009 10:24:20 AM   
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Oddly compelling.

84% the first time, 94% the second.

A lot depends on the order which the states come up. If you start out with ones in the middle of the country, it's really tough to place them exactly.


Yeah, it started me off with Nebraska, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, West Virginia, Iowa, and Nevada. I was off by a hundred miles each time, but shit. There's no way to put them in the exact spot without some context. Fun, though, in spite of that.


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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/25/2009 10:35:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		OK, 96%, but the average error was 4 miles? Jesus! I want my money back! 

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/25/2009 10:36:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		And I still maintain that dropping Texas in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is not necessarily an error. It seemed like a pretty damned useful idea to me. Definitely worth a try!

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/25/2009 10:37:14 AM   
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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/26/2009 10:28:21 AM   
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100%, average error zero miles, in 182 seconds.

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/26/2009 10:31:38 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Rule

This time I did 7 seconds better:
 
100%, average error zero miles, in 182 seconds.
you have crossed the line of believability this time, Rule


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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/26/2009 10:41:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Its only 50 pieces, isn't it? There ought to be people that can do it within sixty seconds, I suspect. So my 182 seconds isn't even close to that. Being a supergenius and being fast are two different things; I am rather slow.

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/26/2009 11:16:48 AM   
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Being a supergenius
oh yeah. how silly of me to forget 

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/26/2009 11:21:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		Greedy I have the same feeling of frustration! I made 88% the first time and 92% the second I retired last year from long haul truck driving for 40 years! Scotty

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/26/2009 11:22:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		This time I did 4 seconds better: 

100%, average error zero miles, in 178 seconds.

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/26/2009 11:24:16 AM   
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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/26/2009 11:26:43 AM   
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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/26/2009 11:40:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		Pff. I wanna rule all humanity. Vote for me.
 
This time I did 20 seconds better: 

100%, average error zero miles, in 158 seconds.
Its awkward that I already used the triumph smileys. So, this time I use them twice.

 

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/26/2009 1:09:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Rule, how in the world are you getting Kansas and Nebraska and their ilk in exactly the right spots without using a micrometer or something?

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/26/2009 1:37:33 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda
Rule, how in the world are you getting Kansas and Nebraska and their ilk in exactly the right spots without using a micrometer or something?
They are a bother, aren't they? Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, South Dakota, Idaho and Oklahoma definitely are their ilk.
 
I try to approximately position them in relation to border and coast line features. Sometimes it works, sometimes I am off just a couple of millimetres and either finish or start over again. Sometimes I have forgotten what the relation was and am off by one or two centimetres. My last number of tries were all failures and therefore I decided to call it a day.

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/27/2009 6:08:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		One more rather good time, though not as fast as my previous 158 seconds:
 
100%, average error zero miles, in 167 seconds. Also some slower times and a lot of failiures.

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/27/2009 6:48:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		78% I'll try again later. I expected to get an even lower score, so for me, that's a great score , because I'm really bad at geography, I mean reallllllllllly bad at it.

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/27/2009 7:07:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've been driving all over for the last few years & I got 90% with a 50-something mile error.  Geography is definitely not my strong suit.  I hate it when I'm driving somewhere & completely forget a whole state.  I think I'm gonna be in Illinois soon & here comes Iowa. Bummer!!

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RE: I got 90%.. - 7/27/2009 10:36:00 PM   
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This time around: 94% 7miles 191 secs


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