17th century "myth buster" gets Google doodle

bil...@wildblue.net

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Jan 12, 2012, 12:00:09 AM1/12/12

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David DeLaney

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Jan 12, 2012, 1:53:20 AM1/12/12

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bil...@wildblue.net <bil...@wildblue.net> wrote:
>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/01/
nicolas-steno-geology-pioneer-and-myth-buster-gets-google-doodle.html

Visible, for some reason, only in New Zealand and related zones. ("They never
come up into the _mountains_ after dark!") I checked when a friend alerted
a group of friends that this doodle was there; google.com - nothing;
google.co.nz - layered sections of sea floor...

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Duggy

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Jan 12, 2012, 2:47:35 AM1/12/12

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On Jan 12, 4:53 pm, d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
> bil...@wildblue.net <bil...@wildblue.net> wrote:
> >http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2012/01/
>
> nicolas-steno-geology-pioneer-and-myth-buster-gets-google-doodle.html
>
> Visible, for some reason, only in New Zealand and related zones. ("They never
> come up into the _mountains_ after dark!") I checked when a friend alerted
> a group of friends that this doodle was there; google.com - nothing;
> google.co.nz - layered sections of sea floor...

Is Australia related? We had it yesterday. Default Google logo
today.

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David DeLaney

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Jan 12, 2012, 10:55:41 AM1/12/12

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Duggy <Paul....@jcu.edu.au> wrote:

>d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
>> Visible, for some reason, only in New Zealand and related zones. ("They never
>> come up into the _mountains_ after dark!") I checked when a friend alerted
>> a group of friends that this doodle was there; google.com - nothing;
>> google.co.nz - layered sections of sea floor...
>
>Is Australia related? We had it yesterday. Default Google logo today.

In USAns' minds, at least, NZ is about 50 miles off the shore of AU, so yeah,
related.

Dave "for some reason, neither one is seen as particularly connected with the
Phillipines or Indonesia" DeLaney

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Drew Lawson

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Jan 12, 2012, 4:24:10 PM1/12/12

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meh <y...@mouse-potato.com> writes:

>On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:55:41 -0500, d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
>
>>Duggy <Paul....@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
>>>d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
>>>> Visible, for some reason, only in New Zealand and related zones. ("They never
>>>> come up into the _mountains_ after dark!") I checked when a friend alerted
>>>> a group of friends that this doodle was there; google.com - nothing;
>>>> google.co.nz - layered sections of sea floor...
>>>
>>>Is Australia related? We had it yesterday. Default Google logo today.
>>
>>In USAns' minds, at least, NZ is about 50 miles off the shore of AU, so yeah,
>>related.
>

>MILES? I thought it was meters!

The units are "mi."
Clearly that is milli-inches.

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bil...@wildblue.net

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Jan 12, 2012, 9:52:33 PM1/12/12

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I have a National Geographic globe on my desk, and from Hobart to Snares is about two inches, more or less.

Lon

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Jan 13, 2012, 8:31:29 PM1/13/12

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On 1/12/2012 14:06, meh wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:55:41 -0500, d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
>

>> Duggy<Paul....@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
>>> d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
>>>> Visible, for some reason, only in New Zealand and related zones. ("They never
>>>> come up into the _mountains_ after dark!") I checked when a friend alerted
>>>> a group of friends that this doodle was there; google.com - nothing;
>>>> google.co.nz - layered sections of sea floor...
>>>
>>> Is Australia related? We had it yesterday. Default Google logo today.
>>
>> In USAns' minds, at least, NZ is about 50 miles off the shore of AU, so yeah,
>> related.
>

> MILES? I thought it was meters!
>

Hey, none of them thar gol durned SI unit cuss words here bub!