Linkfest — 04-25-2009

Posted Sat Apr 25, 2009 in Links

For this week, I bring you…

• BMW R1200RT is a neat site with lots of information about Windfola — generic of course! :)
• The Four Corners Marker is located in the wrong place. It figures, doesn’t it?
• Supply Chain Management 101 is a fascinating look at the current shortage in ammunition. The tag at the end of the essay is what scares me — literally.
• This wine glass is an interesting design.
• While searching for Dr. Bob I came across the Muppet Wiki.
• The Sound of Music Meets Antwerp Railway Station is wonderful. It made my day.
• Real Live Gunfighter is a bit that is worth watching. The mindset is well-worth understanding.

1. (with respect to the four-corners monument)Well, it kinda depends on what you mean by “the wrong place”. It is apparently NOT at the intended lat/long conjunction, but by legal boundary survey principles of monumentation, it IS at the common corner of those four states. Natural monuments take precedence over manmade monuments, manmade monuments over calls for location, etc. Once the monument was placed, it became the true location of the corner. To bad it was so far off of the intended location.

   — Dazed n Confused    26 April 2009, 07:51    #
   
   

2. You are correct… It is where it is, which is where it was placed. It is not at the intended location, but that also happens all the time. :)

   — ruminator    26 April 2009, 17:30    #