Hi I am just wondering where everyone is from. I have a map to where everyone can mark where they live and we can see how much of the world we(PC Q and A users) fill up. So here is the link below go for it...

No E-mail required or even a name is not required, just a dot


Try the new MAP

I posted my mark.

Sorry Mac,I get enought spam (about 200 daily) without posting my email addy on the internet

LilJoe

I didn't have to enter an email address.

Liljoe you don't have to enter an email, you don't even have to enter your name just a spot.

Well, I clicked for London and somehow ended up in northern France.

You must've been off to Disney France then Noreen

Marked me spot.

nice idea, I used a throw away e-mail.

Ethan

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
"Why shouldn't the American people take half my money from me? I took it all from them." - Edward Filene

Is there anyway to edit the map? The arrow leaves a lot to be desired.

Jim.

I will check into it and see, because I was wondering the same thing. There is a better map to use but it only allows 100 marks.

I wanted it so that you wouldn't have spam email and didn't even need a name. I like it simple so no problems.

OOPs, I am not a female.

Yeah, I ended up in the wrong state.

I know what you mean, I tried putting my mark in SW Pennsylvania and ended up in Maryland.

MSU

Heh, I screwed up on the gender... I guess it'll represent Mrs. GiddyRig! Can't find an undo for it. It'll haunt me now!

Edit: I don't even see it on there now anyway, so I guess I'm safe for now! Whew! Thought I was going to have to change my name to Geraldine or something!

Another Aussie. (That's the big island down the bottom)


Malcolm

Oldhamm, we're up the top. The map is upside-down!

I once posted one of those upside down maps to try and convince people of that, but I think I found the forum a little top-heavy!

Malcolm

Brandon,

You wouldn't have relatives in Oklahoma would you?

PW

It's always a possibility, if they have the same last name as me, they are more than likely related in some way. My last name isn't a very common one.

I actually found a relative in England a few years back, but I've lost touch with him now. I've been told that there are some folks with the same last name in Australia too, but I've had no luck in locating them.

Regards,
Brandon

Claimed my spot
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UD/PC911 crunchin'

yeah, I am not female. I didn't see the drop down box to adjust the gender.

Tried to put myself in the area near Liljoe as we are both in STL metro, but it put me up near Peoria.... about mid way to Chicago.

Cool. It put me up by Quad Cities. I'll trade with you and maybe you'll find someone from Quad Cities you gets put near St. Louis to trade with

Wait a minute, you're nowhere near Peoria. I'm not trading.

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>Tried to put myself in the area near Liljoe as we are both in
>STL metro, but it put me up near Peoria.... about mid way to
>Chicago.

Well I am near Lil' Joe too and after seeing all the people in the Missouri area, I wasn't sure I would fit in or where I may end up...
So I'm moving, what the hell, I don't want to be in St. Louis anyway, it's too damn cold....take me to the beach! *smiles*


I think it's a great idea though, Mac. I have enjoyed looking at it and seeing where people are from.


Btw, where are all these Missourians that have marked their spot?? Come around and say Hi!

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Jan, speaking of moves, my parents recently moved to Florida from this area...

They keep telling me how cold it got when it dropped into the 60s last night...

you can always tell the snowbirds by the shorts they wear in winter..

Vitalt

>Jan, speaking of moves, my parents recently moved to Florida
>from this area...
>
>They keep telling me how cold it got when it dropped into the
>60s last night...

Hi Wakko, "isn't that just too bad"! lol As if you and I really want to hear that and for them to expect us to take pity on them.
hehe Phooey on that , I don't think so! To be so lucky.... I have friends in Florida that tell me the same thing, well I'll sure trade with them come about January when we are looking at 10-15 degrees below zero with the windchill and snow up the gazoo!!

Isn't that right, don't ya think? *smiles*

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Btw, where are all these Missourians that have marked their spot?? Come around and say Hi!

Oh sez Hi!
Lou sez Hi!
Lil Joe sez Hi!
. sez Hi!
Me sez Hi!

LilJoe

Me, Too!

Neat idea. It looks like you have to pretend that the point of the arrow is about right where this red mark is.

Have you noticed that most of the red dots (females) are anonymous, whereas most of the blues have some kind of name listed?

Dave

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Do you think we (females) are silly enough to let you all know too much about us? Just razzin' ya! And yes, I did notice. *grins*

And hey there Lil' Joe, glad to see all of you came to say Hi!

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I found that my French London dot had disappeared so tried again using TeLo's idea and have now ended up even further into France. Londoners are not going to like this at all, being shifted about is bad enough but into France of all places! BTW I thought that I saw a dot on the west coast of Australia earlier and it's not there now, was I imagining it?

Hi Noreen, no you're not imagining unless I am too! Actually it was there and it was Mickoz but for some reason he has disappeared. Maybe he decided to move too!

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looks like home is where you hang your dot at any given time ...

Vitalt

>looks like home is where you hang your dot at any given time
>...


Hey there Vitalt, ain't that truth. "Lucky you, I see you have a few homes out there, hehe....you parkin' it in Florida or Virginia, as I see ya got a place up there too!! Is that where you head out to when you wanna change sex also, as you be lookin' like the only lady in Virginia!! Or is that your home away from home?? *grins* I just had to razz ya... *winks*

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ooops...forgot the gender thing...LOL...actually i was checkin to see if it would let you put multiple places under one name...I got tired of that VA traffic and weather and moved to Florida.

Vitalt

>ooops...forgot the gender thing...LOL...actually i was
>checkin to see if it would let you put multiple places under
>one name...I got tired of that VA traffic and weather and
>moved to Florida.
>
>Vitalt
>

I wanna go.



PW

>Hi Noreen, no you're not imagining unless I am too!
>Actually it was there and it was Mickoz but for some reason he
>has disappeared. Maybe he decided to move too!
Or go swimming. I have heard it is awful hot there

" Arlene
Life is a journey... not a destination. Enjoy the trip!

Melbourne disappeared too! When I put it back I found I was a different sex.


Malcolm

OK I am working on finding a better MAP. This one has to many bugs, as we have found out So I will find a better map and post it and then maybe we can have some luck. Now if any of the programers out there want to design a map that would be nice to

Ahw Mac don't worry, it's been great fun...at least for me! It doesn't take much to amuse this girl. hehe


>ooops...forgot the gender thing...LOL...actually i was checkin to see if it would let you put multiple places under one name...I got tired of that VA traffic and weather and moved to Florida.

Ahwww I see, wised up, eh? Can't beat Florida!! *smiles* Here I thought you were just roamin' the country.

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You're near me? This time I got in the right place but I'm female.

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>You're near me? This time I got in the right place but I'm
>female.

We always knew that about ya Myk!! Just kidding, just kidding, just havin' a little fun!


And God help us, we lost Shelly!! *sigh* LOL I see he has dropped off the map!


Mac, I will be happy to donate a little something if Jason likes the idea!

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I will donate to, if the idea goes. The first map seems to loose everyone I think it has a time limit on it or something. I have searched all over the web for other guestmaps and cannot find any or any code on it. but I will keep looking and maybe I will get lucky.........

NO Noreen you are right. I put it there yesterday and it has been dropped. OH well us West Aussies are used to being ignored and forgotten.

Very Cool idea. I've thought of doing something similar from time to time but could never quite figure out how to do it.

Hey jason there is a site that has a nice map on it but the free part of it only lets you have 100 marks on the map. The purchase part of it lets you have 1000. It cost $99.95. Maybe everyone donate a dollar or 2 and you could get it for this site. I am gonna post a free map of the one I am talking about on here for you to see.

What here is the map that cost.

The better Map

http://www.bravenet.com

I think time travel is here.I marked my spot in the San Jose, Ca area and wound up north of San Francisco.Good idea but something's not kosher

81 Newbee

The new map is much better (so far) at least I'm in the right country now! I think it a very good idea, helps to show how international PC Q&A is but at the same time draws us together. On a personal note now I can see where some of the American members live, previously the place names meant little to me. BTW Ethan, now that we've got London settled down it looks as though Eilat has "gone walkies".

The site of the "new map" is in my IE's Restricted Sites Zone. I'm not sure why at the moment, but being in this zone it doesn't display.

I placed it (temporarily) in the Trusted Sites Zone but the map still won't display although the controls to adjust the map do.

Jim.

EDIT: This site - http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm - lists bravenet.com as a "Tracking Service" and includes it in a downloadable Hosts file used to block "known" "parasites, hijackers and unwanted Search Engines sites."

THNX KJT I will do some resaerch on that. We got the whole world covered

Hi All, couldn't resist marking my spot! I'm not THAT close to Noreen - honest!
Sincerely,
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Marked my spot.

Neat idea, but the multiple popups are annoying!

What pop ups? I get no stinking pop ups!

Shelly

Hi,
I'm an avid reader of the forum but rarely post.
Have added my mark in Thailand.
Sawadii Krap to you all.
Best regards,
Tiger.

Odd how every button on the new one works but the post button.

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Worked for me.

Shelly

Ethan, How do you do diving in northern Iraq?

>Ethan, How do you do diving in northern Iraq?

I don't know if it is continental drift or "manifest destiny" but I don't know how I got there. I think any american soldier will tell you though that dust diving is a popular sport there.

Ethan

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
"Why shouldn't the American people take half my money from me? I took it all from them." - Edward Filene