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Postage Stamps From the Future

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"Artificial
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Faster-Than-Light Travel Achieved! -- (future postage
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I've taken a gray-scale ASCII-Art version of a B&W
photo of Turing and injected the text of an actual test
conversation into it, and added the title text etc. The
stamp's "value" is 25μ, where I'm imagining that's
shorthand for 25μgAu (25 micrograms of Gold)." (more info)

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in the other
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of this place!

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wishful thinking):

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Mythical
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I give you the future of mail delivery - on the Moon -
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I've never understood stamp collecting. I'll admit some of them
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I think we're one of the few countries in the
world with such a wide range of accents, especially when relative
to our size. We're also one of the few countries in the world that
hates those to the north or south of us.
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I feel sorry for those old-time
stewardesses. They had to spend their working lives in thick
cigarette smoke.
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I certainly can't think of her as
my mother... lol
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Those some really awful hats.
Really, really hideous.
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I miss the old days. I hate the current PC
environment-- it's like they give you the privilege of paying for
the flight instead of appreciating your business. AND, I hate the
PC no-smoking nazis that appear whenever they see something like
this-- as if smoking was the worst thing in the today's world.

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The number 9 pictures are not
stewardesses. There hostesses from expo 67 in montreal.
The
logo gave it away...

Mike
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What about the connection of porn and
stewardesses? The "literature" of this subject is really great.
Check Flight 69, for
example.

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7321905&style=ice

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So ... they issued Aeroflot stews
with pistols?

Don't mess with them.
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I keep looking past the ladies to
the airline seats of old, which seem so more more comfortable than
today's!
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To the person who called me a
Nazi; I am not a member of the Nationalist Socialist Party.

And I did not comment because of any "PC" tendencies; I spoke
up because a friend of mine, a former stewardess, has suffered
multiple lung problems and surgeries since her early
retirement.
Cigarette smoke is poison and you cannot change
that by telling lies about people's motives.
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Sorry, but there has never been a
reliable study proving any link between secondhand smoke and
health risks.
I'm not the individual who called the other one a
Nazi, but I just thought I'd point that out.
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Maybe it's a Fordson
Snowdevil
See it in
action
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=568_1233111054
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I think the boat struck the bridge bringing it
down. The stern is now low in the water beacause of the weight of
the bridge on it.
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That ILM short was actually done
in 2000.
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heres the story with the
ship
http://seawayblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/ship-collapses-bridge.html

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The Jupiter animation was not
made by Cassini. It was made by Voyager 1. ;)
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The second spanish flag, with the
oval shape) it's a pre-republican flag. Used until
1931.

It's followed by the republican tri-color flag and
then by the Franco, the dictator, flag, used until 1977 (2 years
after his dead).

Nowadays, it's strange to see republican
flags (used in some parades against monarchy or government) with
the iconography. Being most in plain tri-color scheme.
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I'm a stamp
collector,specializing in "Dead Countries".I find the
the
everyday paraphernalia of fallen countries fascinating.

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I was so excited to see this article. Being
Hawaiian now living in NYC I thought I might see the Hawaiian
Royal Flag and Arms. Hawaii was a very short but bright Kingdom
and I wish we were still independent. Perhaps next time. Great
article!
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Great post, as always. Just one thing: of the
two flags of Italy, the right one is the royal flag, while the
left one is the (current) flag for the navy.
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I read the DRB whenever I can,
but this article is great, thanks!
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Some more
flags:

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(1569-1795)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Flaga_Rzeczpospolitej_Obojga_Narodow.svg

Belarusian
People's Republic
(1918–1919)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Flag_of_Belarus_1991.svg

East
Germany (1949 –
1990)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg

Third
Reich
(1933–1945)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Flag_of_Germany_1933.svg

Bavarian
Soviet Republic (April – May
1919)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Socialist_red_flag.svg
not
very sofisticated ;-)

Republic of Central Lithuania
(1920–1922)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Flag_of_Central_Lithuania.svg

Free,
Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Kraków, called also The
Republic of Cracow
(1815–1846)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Flag_of_Krakow.svg

Donetsk-Krivoy
Rog Soviet Republic
(1918)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Flag_DKR.svg

Commune
of the Working People of Estonia
(1918–1919)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Estonianworkerscommuneflag.gif

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In many pictures appears the Catalan flag
(four red bars over yellow), which is one of the oldest in Europe
(dating back to 1150) and it is still widely use in the
territories catalans ruled (includings parts of spain, france,
sicily but even athens) until they lost the war against
castilians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senyera

According
to a 14th century legend, the flag dates back from the 9th
century, when the four red bars were drawn, as an act of
gratitude, on Wilfred I the Hairy's (Count of Barcelona) golden
shield by king Charles the Bald's fingers drenched with blood from
the Count's war wounds prior to Wilfred's death in 897 during the
siege of Barcelona by Lobo ibn Mohammed, the moor
governor.

A slightly modified catalan flag with a star is
used nowadays to claim independence for the Catalans.
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Great article!!!

However,
the Byzantine flag with the black double-headed bird on a yellow
background is related to the Orthodox Church specifically.

Though they didn't fly flags in the sense that we do
today, the banner representing the government in Constantinople
was a cross with four betas (pronounced v in Greek), one in each
corner.

The four betas stand for Vasilefs Vasileon,
Vasilevon Vasilevonton - Greek for the "King of Kings, Rules the
People". It was most likely a reference to Christ, though many
contemporary emperors called themselves the king of kings, so we
cannot be 100% sure.

Here is a picture:

http://www.oramaworld.com/images/flags/4b_300.jpg

-Alex

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Here would be an adition as well, a total
different flag for Switzerland, proposed by the French and used in
the "Republique Helvetique" for 5yYears, before Switzerland was
again Swiss and not French
anymore...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetic_Republic

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For Yugoslavia (formerly Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenians), you only showed coat of arms. Actual flag
were simply 3 horizontal stripes: blue, white and red.
And
those stripes stayed for the Yugoslavia till the end in '90. with
addition of a red star.

My point is...if this is wrong, and
I read something about Italian flag too...what else is wrong?

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Fascinating article and pictures.
Thanks, enjoyed it
immensely.

Regards,
Donna
Children’s Author
Donna M. McDine’s
Website
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Thank you all for great additions and info...
the Kingdom of Italy flag was fixed, and we are hoping to include
the rest of great tips into a next article about flags.
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more

Great article though is a shame the inclusion
of that so-called flags from Japan ¿Do this people have always to
do everything copying the west? They have obviously a very poor
meaning compared to the flags above. Flags must have significance
given by history, they must not become a design hobby. I pity
them.
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more

Interesting collection. Just
thought I'd point out you got the Iranian flag wrong, that is the
Imperial standard and not the state flag that
was used up to 1979. The state flag was the Lion and Sun which has a much older history
than the Pahlavi Imperial standard.
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more

Some more flags of non-existing
countries and provintions related to polish history:

Free
City of Gdańsk (under Prussian protection)
[1807-1814]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Gdansk_flag.svg

Kingdom
of Poland (called also Congress Poland, under Russian protection)
[1815-1916]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Flag_of_the_Congress_of_Poland.svg

Grand
Duchy of Posen (under Prussian protection)
[1815-1848]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Flag_of_Wien.svg

The
same flag as above was used by Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien
mit dem Großherzogtum Krakau und den Herzogtümern Auschwitz und
Zator (under Austrian protection, what a name - typisch
österreichisch) [1772-1918]

Flag used during January
Uprising, with symbols of Poland (eagle), Lithuania (racing
knight) and Ukraine (archangel
Michael)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Chor%C4%85giew_powsta%C5%84c%C3%B3w_styczniowych.PNG

And
yet another flag of United Kingdom of Poland
[1320-1386]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Alex_K_Kingdom_of_Poland-flag.svg

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When I was in high school and a rabid fan of
the brand-new "Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD" comic book (which shows
you how long ago it was), I drew a pastiche in which Fury exposes
a world-domination plot by a cadre of disgruntled descendants of
Austro-Hungarians. They dreamed of restoring the True Empire.
Wish I'd had your article for reference.

The interesting
thing about flags is that they, like ethnic or territorial claims,
are attached to specific dates or events. Like those claims they
establish an abstract "year zero" for the flagmaking power. As
long as the flagmaker stays in power he gets to wave the real
flag on behalf of the true country. Examples: USA; claims by
earlier conquerors or the original(?) inhabitants are merely
History. Iran: for the late Shah's die-hard gfans his is the real
flag, regardless of what came before or after. Similarly the
Catalonians can trace their flag to the 12th century, but what was
the flag for the 11+ centuries before?

In the end flags are
expressions of the most artificial of human constructs: the
country, the nation, the empire, the true faith.
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Actually, every town in Japan has
its own flag, not just the cities/wards in the Tokyo era.

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more

Good work on the flags, can't
wait for part 2!
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more

@Jamie
Actually, every town
in Japan has its own flag, not just the cities/wards in the Tokyo
era.

Actually, many cities around the world have it's
flags. I know that every bigger city in Poland has. The same in
Germany. And perhaps the same in most of European countries. Some
of them contains city coat of arms, some just traditional
colors.

Berlin, Chełm, Wrocław, Warszawa, Kraków, Gdańsk, Wrocław
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lots of incorrect historical
data...
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http://www.dubrovnik-guide.net/pics/thumbs/libertas%20flag.gif

flag
of free state of Dubrovnik, which played important role as one of
the biggest mediterian trading harbours in 12th to 18th century,
then taken by Napoleon and lost its soverenity.
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The double eagle motif was also used in the
flag of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick...the fictional country in the
novel & film "The Mouse that Roared"
Johnleemedia
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That's pretty cool. I love
flags!

As for the last part showing the Tokyo city flags,
they do that in Peru to. They have a flag for every department,
province, district and town.
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I'm a stamp
collector,specializing in "Dead Countries".I find the the

everyday paraphernalia of fallen countries fascinating.

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I was so excited to see this article. Being
Hawaiian now living in NYC I thought I might see the Hawaiian
Royal Flag and Arms. Hawaii was a very short but bright Kingdom
and I wish we were still independent. Perhaps next time. Great
article!
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Great post, as always. Just one thing: of the
two flags of Italy, the right one is the royal flag, while the
left one is the (current) flag for the navy.
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I read the DRB whenever I can,
but this article is great, thanks!
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Some more
flags:

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(1569-1795)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Flaga_Rzeczpospolitej_Obojga_Narodow.svg

Belarusian
People's Republic
(1918–1919)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Flag_of_Belarus_1991.svg

East
Germany (1949 –
1990)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg

Third
Reich
(1933–1945)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Flag_of_Germany_1933.svg

Bavarian
Soviet Republic (April – May
1919)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Socialist_red_flag.svg
not
very sofisticated ;-)

Republic of Central Lithuania
(1920–1922)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Flag_of_Central_Lithuania.svg

Free,
Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Kraków, called also The
Republic of Cracow
(1815–1846)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Flag_of_Krakow.svg

Donetsk-Krivoy
Rog Soviet Republic
(1918)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Flag_DKR.svg

Commune
of the Working People of Estonia
(1918–1919)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Estonianworkerscommuneflag.gif

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Fascinating article and pictures.
Thanks, enjoyed it immensely.

Regards,
Donna

Children’s Author
Write What Inspires You Blog
Donna M. McDine’s Website
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Last picture is from guild wars
expansion :)
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^^ ... Which makes sense since
Daniel Dociu was the lead artist on Guild Wars: Factions -- as well
as the other games in the series. (Actually all of the images
posted here for him are from Guild Wars: Factions concept art, not
just the last one.)

(And not to get pedantic or anything,
but some of those those aren't moving cities... Maybe the
Leviathans can be called that although they're more like war
vessels, but the other images are just normal cityscape in the
game. You can even see it's anchored to rock in the seaside
picture.)
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I was going to mention Guild Wars too, and
Daniel is a major reason why it's one of the most beautiful games
out there. I have the "Eye of the North" expansion which is just
gorgeous. Immense architecture, sprawling winter landscapes, and
that on a really old PC with graphics on "medium-low". Crank up
the graphics, you can walk your character around the North with
your jaw on your lap.
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Okay, so I'm not crazy...I
thought those Daniel Dociu pics looked like artwork from Guild
Wars: Factions.
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i would suggest yoshitaka amano's
art for final fantasy 6. very steampunky.

check it out.

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Fantastic artwork.
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We ran an interview with Keith
Thompson about his artwork last month. You can check it out at http://www.dieselpunks.org/forum/topics/interview-keith-thompson.
He really is crazy talented.

~Tome
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Great interview, thank you Tome

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The pic with the Praktica SLR shout be at the
technical museum, Dresden, Germany. it is the old factory of
Praktika and displays some touchable models like this.
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Dude those are some of the
coolest images I have ever seen!
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IIRC the cat with the
photographers is Socks Clinton.
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so interesting
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heres an addition to your animals
and cameras
http://pix.ie/muineach/393009

its an irish
red fox cub who got a bit cheeky :)
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top photo is actually a goal
celebration.
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I can't recall the Bertin
Aerotrain to be seen in Truffaut's Fahrenheit.

But there's
for sure a futuristic suspended train in this movie, the SAFEGE
prototype (see
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Orbit/1061/safege/ for
instance). Sadly enough, both projects were abandoned, without
much consideration, and left to rot in remote hanger (the SAFEGE
firm has patented a kind of monorail system,
anyway).

Greets from France !
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The first link - to the film -
crashes my computer. FireFox under W2k.
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It should be just an embedded
QuickTime movie - maybe try it in another browser.
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Would love to have that film from
the first link as a screensaver
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Brutalist Architecture is a term
as is a Modernest Brutalist but as a
classic?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernist_architecture

see:
forex Trellick Tower
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The monorail in 451 was an
underslung model, see
here:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Orbit/1061/safege/safege.html
The
Aerotrain would have been much more interesting, though it would
not have fit into the mundane landscape quite as well as the more
utilitarian one actually used.
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