| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2392 Registered: 8-2001 |
Merida made a political statement simply by displaying a picture without words. The picture did not represent any people, animals, plants, or machines, nor did it have a slash indicating disapproval. What was it????? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 72 Registered: 5-2007 |
Was the picture blank? Did the picture have any symbols on it? Only symbols? Was the statement about a particular politician? Did it express... ...approval of a particular politician? ...disapproval of a particular politician? Was the statement about a particular political issue? If so, was the issue related to... ...taxes? ...government spending? ...economic policy? ...labor policy? ...foreign policy? ...health care? ...the environment? ...welfare? ...immigration? ...emigration? | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 989 Registered: 6-2001 |
Is it relevant where she displayed the picture? In an office? Some other place of work? In her home? Her car? Could I make the same statement by displaying the same picture in any of the above locations? Could anyone? Is it relevant where Merida lives? USA? Arab country? Was the picture a photograph? Could it have been? was it drawn by Merida? Could it have been? | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 1126 Registered: 8-2006 |
YOu said to check this one out, so... Did it have landscape? Did it have to do with Democrats & Republicans? The donkey and Elephant signs relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2394 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alex319 (Alex319) New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 72 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 5:42 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the picture blank? no Did the picture have any symbols on it? that depends on what you count as a symbol. I'd say noish or yope Only symbols?see previous answer Was the statement about a particular politician? no Did it express... ...approval of a particular politician? ...disapproval of a particular politician? Was the statement about a particular political issue? noish If so, was the issue related to... ...taxes? ...government spending? ...economic policy? ...labor policy? ...foreign policy? ...health care? ...the environment? ...welfare? ...immigration? ...emigration? none of those Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 989 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 12:28 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it relevant where she displayed the picture? no In an office? Some other place of work? In her home? Her car? Could I make the same statement by displaying the same picture in any of the above locations? yes Could anyone? yes Is it relevant where Merida lives? no USA? Arab country? Was the picture a photograph? irrel Could it have been? yes was it drawn by Merida? irrel Could it have been? yes | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2395 Registered: 8-2001 |
Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig) New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 1126 Registered: 8-2006 Posted on Monday, June 04, 2007 - 1:57 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) YOu said to check this one out, so... Did it have landscape? yope Did it have to do with Democrats & Republicans? no The donkey and Elephant signs relevant?no | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 991 Registered: 6-2001 |
Is it a political statement that Felicia Nimue agrees with (not that I'm assuming to know what Felicia Nimue thinks, but I have at least some idea)? One that the majority of people agree with? One that would be considered by the majority of the population to be extremist? Unusual? Morally reprehensible? Was it a picture of a place? a city? a specific city? a building? a landmark? If I saw the picture, would I know what it was a picture of? specifically (eg The Empire State Building)? generally (eg a skyscraper)? If I saw the picture, would it be obvious to me what political statement Merida was making? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2400 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 991 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 12:05 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it a political statement that Felicia Nimue agrees with (not that I'm assuming to know what Felicia Nimue thinks, but I have at least some idea)? yes--i.e., it's associated with liberalism but not environmentalism (the one area where I part company with most liberals) One that the majority of people agree with? I'm not sure One that would be considered by the majority of the population to be extremist? no Unusual? no Morally reprehensible? no no Was it a picture of a place? yes a city? a specific city? no a building? no a landmark? no If I saw the picture, would I know what it was a picture of? yesspecifically (eg The Empire State Building)? generally (eg a skyscraper)? specifically If I saw the picture, would it be obvious to me what political statement Merida was making? probably | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 178 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is it a picture of planet Earth from space? a map? of a continent? of a country? of a physical surface feature? Is it a picture of a prison? government building? historical structure? industrial complex? monument? cemetery? other artificial structure? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2402 Registered: 8-2001 |
Emeraldink (Emeraldink) New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 178 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Saturday, June 09, 2007 - 8:30 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it a picture of planet Earth from space? see next answer a map? yes of a continent?yesish of a country? yesish of a physical surface feature? see previous answer Is it a picture of a prison? no government building? no historical structure? no industrial complex? no monument? no cemetery? no other artificial structure? no | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 188 Registered: 4-2007 |
Are borders on this map as accepted by international community now? Are shore lines correct? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2405 Registered: 8-2001 |
Emeraldink (Emeraldink) New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 188 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Monday, June 11, 2007 - 3:44 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are borders on this map as accepted by international community now? yes Are shore lines correct? yes | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 281 Registered: 4-2007 |
did it show a map where two countries bordered? u.s./mexico, perhaps? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2406 Registered: 8-2001 |
Booklover (Booklover) New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 281 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 9:11 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did it show a map where two countries bordered? u.s./mexico, perhaps? Borders are irrel | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 191 Registered: 4-2007 |
Are country names correct? Is this a political map? economical? climate? biological distribution? population? Are colors used for different countries suggestive ( as in red for conflict zones )? Are there some obvious "mistakes"? | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 992 Registered: 6-2001 |
Is it relevant which part of the world is shown? What colour it is? Is it coloured at all? black and white? more than one colour? The part of the world shown - part of North America? South America? Europe? Africa? Asia? Oceania? Antarctica? | ||
| Zenith (Zenith)
New member Username: Zenith Post Number: 411 Registered: 10-2004 |
Is semaphore relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2411 Registered: 8-2001 |
8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 9:43 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Booklover (Booklover) New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 281 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 9:11 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did it show a map where two countries bordered? u.s./mexico, perhaps? Borders are irrel Emeraldink (Emeraldink) New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 191 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 6:30 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are country names correct? yes, if they are present at all Is this a political map? economical? climate? biological distribution? population?irrel Are colors used for different countries suggestive ( as in red for conflict zones )? no Are there some obvious "mistakes"? no Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 992 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 10:44 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it relevant which part of the world is shown? What colour it is? Is it coloured at all? black and white? more than one colour? The part of the world shown - part of North America? South America? Europe? Africa? Asia? Oceania? Antarctica? Zenith (Zenith) New member Username: Zenith Post Number: 411 Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Friday, June 15, 2007 - 8:06 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is semaphore relevant? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2412 Registered: 8-2001 |
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 992 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - 10:44 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it relevant which part of the world is shown? yes What colour it is? no Is it coloured at all? irrel black and white? ditto more than one colour? ditto The part of the world shown - part of North America? South America? Europe? Africa? Asia? Oceania? Antarctica? it's either the western or the eastern hemisphere Zenith (Zenith) New member Username: Zenith | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1016 Registered: 6-2001 |
so she displays either a picture of the western hemisphere or a picture of the Eastern hemisphere? Would either work just as well? For anyone? Would it be the hemisphere she was in? The one she wasn't in? Is there something relevant about the picture apart from the fact it depicts a hemisphere? (what exactly is the Eastern hemisphere? I would have guessed from Greenwich to the International Date Line, but I doubt that's right) | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 22 Registered: 5-2007 |
what exactly is the Eastern hemisphere? I would have guessed from Greenwich to the International Date Line, but I doubt that's right Well, yes and no - you can go east or west from the Greenwich Meridian to the International Date Line, and it is just as far either way. But the eastern hemisphere is generally considered to be that portion of the Earth east of the Greenwich Meridian and west of the International Date Line; that is, all points on the globe whose coordinates of longitude are described in "degrees East". | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 203 Registered: 4-2007 |
The maps of the hemispheres, though, do not use the 0th meridian as divider. The North and South Americas are in one, and Eurasia, Africa, and Australia in the other, with only a small part of Far Eastern Asia cut off. If Greenwich was used, a large portion of Western Africa would have been split off to another map. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2414 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1016 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2007 - 12:21 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) so she displays either a picture of the western hemisphere or a picture of the Eastern hemisphere? yes Would either work just as well? yes For anyone? yes Would it be the hemisphere she was in? irrel The one she wasn't in? irrel Is there something relevant about the picture apart from the fact it depicts a hemisphere? yes (what exactly is the Eastern hemisphere? See answersa from Woubit & Emeraldlink, which surpass what I could give I would have guessed from Greenwich to the International Date Line, but I doubt that's right) | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 205 Registered: 4-2007 |
Would this puzzle work if Merida divided the globe arbitrarily at any meridian and displayed either half? | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1021 Registered: 6-2001 |
Would it work if she showed a map of the Northern or Southern hemispheres? (which are much better defined :-)) Is there anything on the picture apart from the map of the hemisphere? Is the map round? rectangularised? relevant? it's completely irrelevant where she put this picture, right? If I just got my Atlas, and cut out the picture of the Eastern hemisphere, and stuck it on my office wall, would I be able to make the same statement as Merida? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2424 Registered: 8-2001 |
Emeraldink (Emeraldink) New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 205 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 3:05 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Would this puzzle work if Merida divided the globe arbitrarily at any meridian and displayed either half? yes Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1021 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 1:32 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Would it work if she showed a map of the Northern or Southern hemispheres? (which are much better defined :-)) no Is there anything on the picture apart from the map of the hemisphere? no Is the map round?{irrel} rectangularised? irrel relevant? no it's completely irrelevant where she put this picture, right? yes If I just got my Atlas, and cut out the picture of the Eastern hemisphere, and stuck it on my office wall, would I be able to make the same statement as Merida? possibly | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 217 Registered: 4-2007 |
Are there any other lines, figures, or symbols on the map except for coastline and borders? Is this a contour map? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2425 Registered: 8-2001 |
Emeraldink (Emeraldink) New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 217 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 6:37 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are there any other lines, figures, or symbols on the map except for coastline and borders? irrel Is this a contour map? huh? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 17 Registered: 6-2007 |
is the picture of the hemisphere meant to represent the entire world? is there a specific way to display the picture in order to make the political statement? wto? nukes? global warming? other global politics? | ||
| Mycroft (Mycroft)
New member Username: Mycroft Post Number: 272 Registered: 10-2003 |
Is there anything unusual about the way the map is depicted or coloured (e.g. does it look like it has a bite taken out of it, or coloured in the flag of a particular country?) | ||
| E20 (E20)
New member Username: E20 Post Number: 314 Registered: 10-2004 |
Did the map show the relative areas of continents in a different way to a "normal" map? Something like this ... http://www.petersmap.com/ | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2430 Registered: 8-2001 |
Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight) New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 17 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 12:46 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is the picture of the hemisphere meant to represent the entire world? no--just half!! is there a specific way to display the picture in order to make the political statement? yes wto? huh? nukes? no global warming? no other global politics? yope Mycroft (Mycroft) New member Username: Mycroft Post Number: 272 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 2:25 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is there anything unusual about the way the map is depicted or coloured (e.g. does it look like it has a bite taken out of it, or coloured in the flag of a particular country?) yesish, it's unusual but not in the ways you suggest E20 (E20) New member Username: E20 Post Number: 314 Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 12:41 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did the map show the relative areas of continents in a different way to a "normal" map?noish | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 62 Registered: 6-2007 |
does the picture look like a globe which has been cut in half? is this achieved by the presence of a saw? knife? cutting action? is there material missing from the picture to give an effect? does the picture make a suggestion about the half of the globe which is not present? does the picture make a statement about world trade? major powers? peace? environment? | ||
| E20 (E20)
New member Username: E20 Post Number: 315 Registered: 10-2004 |
Is the map displayed in an unusual orientation (ie with North not at the top), causing the viewer to look more closely and to challenge previous misconceptions? | ||
| Ostap (Ostap)
New member Username: Ostap Post Number: 48 Registered: 6-2005 |
Was something missing on the map? Is the projection used in the map relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2433 Registered: 8-2001 |
Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight) New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 62 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 3:20 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- does the picture look like a globe which has been cut in half? /{no} is this achieved by the presence of a saw/b{ no}? knife? cutting action? /b{ no} is there material missing from the picture to give an effect?/b{ no} does the picture make a suggestion about the half of the globe which is not present?/b{ no} does the picture make a statement about world trade?/b{ no} major powers?/b{ yope} peace?/b{ no} environment? E20 (E20) New member Username: E20 Post Number: 315 Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 8:32 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is the map displayed in an unusual orientation (ie with North not at the top), causing the viewer to look more closely and to challenge previous misconceptions?/b{ yes!!} Ostap (Ostap) New member Username: Ostap Post Number: 48 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 10:06 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Was something missing on the map?/b{no} Is the projection used in the map relevant?/b{no} /b{ ***SPOILER ******************} /b{ A map of the eastern or western hemisphere made a political statementy by being "upside down," i.e., with the south on top. Please chech out my new puzzle!!!!} | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 1243 Registered: 8-2006 |
Erm... Nimue, you used / instead of \ for all of them | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2438 Registered: 8-2001 |
Sorry--I'm spending the summer teaching in South Korea, & it took me awhile to adjust to the PC's here. (At home I use a Mac.) | ||
| Mosquito (Mosquito)
New member Username: Mosquito Post Number: 404 Registered: 4-2005 |
I don't get it -- what kind of statement is made by posting a map upside down? Would the same or a similar statement be made by posting it sideways? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2441 Registered: 8-2001 |
I don't get it -- what kind of statement is made by posting a map upside down?that THE nORTHERN HEMISPHERE ISN'T REALLY "ON TOP." Would the same or a similar statement be made by posting it sideways?no | ||
| Mosquito (Mosquito)
New member Username: Mosquito Post Number: 405 Registered: 4-2005 |
The conventions of north, south, east and west do not, as far as I am aware, carry any political connotations. So it seems to me as if reversing the directions would likewise have no political meaning. It would, however, make the map very difficult to read, so it seems like an impractical thing to do. | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 244 Registered: 4-2007 |
I do agree that the statement is quasi-political, and more sociological, perhaps. Most of the developed countries are in the Northern hemisphere, so turning the map up-side-down challenges our notion that we are at the top ( as in charge ) of the world. It WOULD be difficult to read such a map -- it would require a change in our point of view... | ||
| Mosquito (Mosquito)
New member Username: Mosquito Post Number: 409 Registered: 4-2005 |
It would require reading upside-down. |
