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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhere is Damascus? Can You Find It On A Map With No Lines Drawn On It?
http://toys.usvsth3m.com/damascus/I was within 70 miles - kind of thought I'd do better.
Here's what the last 500 players thought.
You were better than 85% of them. People should ask you for directions!
gopiscrap
(24,180 posts)eissa
(4,238 posts)What's the difference between a smart bomb and an American high school student? A smart bomb can locate Iraq.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)think4yourself
(850 posts)Not bad for a tiny iPhone and fat fingers.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)But how do you stack up against the world? You were better than 97% of them. You're a Grade-A Damascus finder!
Great, I can find it. Still don't want to bomb it. Or anywhere near it.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,813 posts)Hell, probably half the people in Texas couldn't find it.
gopiscrap
(24,180 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)I was closer to Beirut.
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)not that bad for a WAG.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)pokerfan
(27,677 posts)I knew roughly where it was, but without any borders, I was more or less shooting in the dark. Still better than 98%.
Zynx
(21,328 posts)I've studied the maps of that part of the world for a long time so this wasn't too hard.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)HarveyDarkey
(9,077 posts)But still, "You were better than 99% of them. You're a Grade-A Damascus finder!"
HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)Really, you brought up the subject of maps?
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)I don't have any problems but thanks for asking.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)want to be informed about Syria. It's so much easier to be willfully ignorant.
HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)Are you mind reading now about my wanting information about Syria? Maybe I don't want or need it from you. But keep on with your bad kitty self, it is really amusing.
Deep13
(39,156 posts)I was an Anjar last summer and would have been able to see Damascus if the hills had not been in the way.
denbot
(9,912 posts)I could not get the map to zoom.
wandy
(3,539 posts)Heck, I get lost wondering around the Republic of Boulder.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)I would have been closer but I saw a blinding light and fell off my horse.
MineralMan
(147,675 posts)Pops right up.
I could point out its location on an empty map, but I'd be off a bit, I'm sure, as most people would. It doesn't matter. I can get a map, or a satellite view, and zoom in to see individual buildings there.
It is important for people to know generally where Syria is in the Middle East. It is less important for them to be able to put their finger exactly on a map. It's much more useful to call up a map and see it and its relationship to other places on a professionally created map.
NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)Jamastiene
(38,197 posts)Hayabusa
(2,135 posts)Blaukraut
(5,916 posts)Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)and no, I didn't cheat.