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Started by jimmy olsen, October 27, 2011, 10:48:23 AM

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Capetan Mihali

#2130
April 10, 2014, 09:41:58 PM
Your folks are out in Carroll County?  I thought they were on the Eastern Shore for some reason.  I've got a good friend who grew up in Carroll County. :) Always had a lot of fun stories about his "free-spirited" youth down there.  His folks moved to Gettysburg a few years back, though.
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CountDeMoney

#2131
April 10, 2014, 09:45:47 PM
Nah, I grew up on the Eastern Shore from age 7 onwards, and we moved up here to Kerrull Kounty when I was 16.  Still in the same house.

Shit around here ain't changed, except for some commuter sprawl.  And the local townies and barflies are still the local townies and barflies, just with smartphones.

katmai

#2132
April 11, 2014, 10:40:31 PM
So shop we are setting up to film in just got one of these in today :lol:
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Syt

#2133
April 16, 2014, 11:45:38 PM
A rather interesting way how Reuters presents this statistic ... :hmm:

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
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Syt

#2134
April 16, 2014, 11:55:38 PM
For reference, a more conventional representation:



It seems the creator of the graphic said she put the deaths below the x-Axis, because she considers all deaths to be negative.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

The Brain

#2135
April 16, 2014, 11:58:49 PM
Real?
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Valmy

#2136
April 17, 2014, 12:11:26 AM
I hope when I die it is a negative death.
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DGuller

#2137
April 17, 2014, 12:29:57 AM
Quote from: Syt on April 16, 2014, 11:55:38 PM
It seems the creator of the graphic said she put the deaths below the x-Axis, because she considers all deaths to be negative.
:rolleyes: Journalists should stick to reporting the facts, and leave the value judgments to their readers.

celedhring

#2138
April 17, 2014, 04:23:59 AM
But who created the graphic, Reuters or Florida's Law Enforcement Department?

Syt

#2139
April 17, 2014, 05:10:09 AM
Reuters. She says she was inspired by this graphic. Somehow the Florida Stand Your Ground one doesn't seem quite as poignant.

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

celedhring

#2140
April 17, 2014, 06:13:53 AM
That one works, mostly because it's red bars and thus they give the impression of blood dripping. Using a vector makes it look like the Stand Your Ground law actually reduced violent deaths if you don't stop and read the graphic carefully.

Anyway, was interested in knowing if it was Florida's Law Department the ones who were trying to fudge the graphic, but if it's just a journalist is less serious.

derspiess

#2141
April 17, 2014, 08:43:28 AM
Quote from: katmai on April 11, 2014, 10:40:31 PM
So shop we are setting up to film in just got one of these in today :lol:


:bleeding:
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derspiess

#2142
April 21, 2014, 09:50:03 AM
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

The Brain

#2143
April 21, 2014, 10:20:33 AM
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
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CountDeMoney

#2144
April 21, 2014, 12:00:39 PM
Who's faster than a speeding bullet?  Certainly not Caliga's foot or dermisfire's kitchen wall.
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