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On 3/15/2021 at 10:30 AM, sluggard said:

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Two pairs of scissors? If there were three, it would be three pairs. If there were four, it would be four pairs of scissors. Ad infinitum.

 

I mean, when you see two pairs of slacks do you question what to call them? I would just call them two pairs of slacks.

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I have this problem when I am asked how many chopsticks I need. I ask for four and they give me eight.

 

Oh right, image thread... OK:

 

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Northwest corner of Texas

 

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Tristate point of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico

 

If you look closely at a map, you will see that these are two separate points about two miles apart.

 

Edit: the "Texhomex" marker is about 2 meters north, but if you go there and want to see it, you may need to search through the undergrowth and bring a trowel. IMAGES (note: the metal sign isn't there any more)

 

Datasheet for GL1435 from here:

 

PROGRAM = datasheet95, VERSION = 8.12.5.12
Starting Datasheet Retrieval...
1        National Geodetic Survey,   Retrieval Date = MARCH 17, 2021
 GL1435 ***********************************************************************
 GL1435  DESIGNATION -  TEXHOMEX
 GL1435  PID         -  GL1435
 GL1435  STATE/COUNTY-  NM/UNION
 GL1435  COUNTRY     -  US
 GL1435  USGS QUAD   -  RARDIN HILL (2017)
 GL1435
 GL1435                         *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
 GL1435  ______________________________________________________________________
 GL1435* NAD 83(1992) POSITION- 36 30 01.66694(N) 103 00 08.57933(W)   ADJUSTED  
 GL1435* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT -  1436.9   (meters)     4714.    (feet) VERTCON   
 GL1435  ______________________________________________________________________
 GL1435  GEOID HEIGHT    -        -22.561 (meters)                     GEOID18
 GL1435  LAPLACE CORR    -         -5.75  (seconds)                    DEFLEC18
 GL1435  HORZ ORDER      -  FIRST
 GL1435
 GL1435.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
 GL1435.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in December 1993.
 GL1435.
 GL1435.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to
 GL1435.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.)
 GL1435
 GL1435.Significant digits in the geoid height do not necessarily reflect accuracy.
 GL1435.GEOID18 height accuracy estimate available here.
 GL1435
 GL1435.Click photographs - Photos may exist for this station.
 GL1435
 GL1435.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC18 derived deflections.
 GL1435
 GL1435. The following values were computed from the NAD 83(1992) position.
 GL1435
 GL1435;                    North         East     Units Scale Factor Converg.
 GL1435;SPC NM E     -   610,869.928   284,232.906   MT  1.00008419   +0 47 30.4
 GL1435;SPC NM E     - 2,004,162.42    932,520.79   sFT  1.00008419   +0 47 30.4
 GL1435;SPC OK N     -   178,025.787   152,048.839   MT  0.99996225   -2 57 07.7
 GL1435;SPC OK N     -   584,072.94    498,846.90   sFT  0.99996225   -2 57 07.7
 GL1435;SPC TX N     - 1,278,435.540    65,393.789   MT  1.00008941   -0 52 14.5
 GL1435;SPC TX N     - 4,194,333.93    214,546.12   sFT  1.00008941   -0 52 14.5
 GL1435;UTM  13      - 4,041,315.027   678,906.733   MT  0.99999436   +1 11 18.8
 GL1435
 GL1435!             -  Elev Factor  x  Scale Factor =   Combined Factor
 GL1435!SPC NM E     -   0.99977809  x   1.00008419  =   0.99986226
 GL1435!SPC OK N     -   0.99977809  x   0.99996225  =   0.99974034
 GL1435!SPC TX N     -   0.99977809  x   1.00008941  =   0.99986748
 GL1435!UTM  13      -   0.99977809  x   0.99999436  =   0.99977245
 GL1435
 GL1435:                Primary Azimuth Mark                     Grid Az
 GL1435:SPC NM E     -  TEXHOMEX RM 2                            358 27 58.0
 GL1435:SPC OK N     -  TEXHOMEX RM 2                            002 12 36.1
 GL1435:SPC TX N     -  TEXHOMEX RM 2                            000 07 42.9
 GL1435:UTM  13      -  TEXHOMEX RM 2                            358 04 09.6
 GL1435
 GL1435_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 13SFA7890641315(NAD 83)
 GL1435
 GL1435|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 GL1435| PID    Reference Object                     Distance      Geod. Az  |
 GL1435|                                                           dddmmss.s |
 GL1435| GL1439 BOUNDARY COR OK NM TX                 2.071 METERS 17953     |
 GL1435| GL1467 CLAYTON MUNICIPAL TANK              APPROX.17.4 KM 2500200.3 |
 GL1435| CM9339 TEXHOMEX RM 1                        25.042 METERS 26957     |
 GL1435| GL1437 BOOSTER STA BLACK WATER TK          APPROX. 6.4 KM 2812033.6 |
 GL1435| GL1436 KIDDER ASTRONOMIC STATION           200.057 METERS 28849     |
 GL1435| CM9340 TEXHOMEX RM 2                                      3591528.4 |
 GL1435|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 GL1435
 GL1435                          SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
 GL1435
 GL1435  NAD 83(1986)-  36 30 01.67619(N)    103 00 08.57476(W) AD(       ) 1
 GL1435  NAD 27      -  36 30 01.58200(N)    103 00 06.83500(W) AD(       ) 1
 GL1435  NGVD 29 (07/19/86) 1436.2    (m)         4712.     (f) VERT ANG       
 GL1435
 GL1435.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
 GL1435
 GL1435.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
 GL1435.See file dsdata.pdf to determine how the superseded data were derived.
 GL1435
 GL1435_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK
 GL1435_SETTING: 9 = SET IN PREFABRICATED CONCRETE POST IMBEDDED IN GROUND
 GL1435_STAMPING: TEXHOMEX 1931
 GL1435_MARK LOGO: CGS
 GL1435_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
 GL1435_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
 GL1435+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - October 10, 2007
 GL1435
 GL1435  HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Report By
 GL1435  HISTORY     - 1931     MONUMENTED       CGS
 GL1435  HISTORY     - 1966     GOOD             USGS
 GL1435  HISTORY     - 1968     GOOD             CGS
 GL1435  HISTORY     - 1970     GOOD             USGS
 GL1435  HISTORY     - 20071010 GOOD             INDIV
 GL1435
 GL1435                          STATION DESCRIPTION
 GL1435
 GL1435'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1931 (CIA)
 GL1435'STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN A RED SANDSTONE POST
 GL1435'PROJECTING ABOUT 6 INCHES ABOVE GROUND AT POINT COMMON TO THE
 GL1435'THREE STATES, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA AND NEW MEXICO.  IT IS 10.6
 GL1435'METERS (34.8 FEET) S OF CENTER LINE OF ROAD, 13.66 METERS
 GL1435'(44.8 FEET) W OF CORNER OF FENCE, AND 0.3 METER (1 FOOT) N
 GL1435'OF FENCE LINE.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'REFERENCE MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS SET IN BLOCK OF
 GL1435'CONCRETE.  REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 PROJECTS ABOUT 6 INCHES ABOVE
 GL1435'GROUND, IS 8.2 METERS (26.9 FEET) S OF CENTER LINE OF ROAD,
 GL1435'0.35 METER (1.1 FEET) N OF FENCE LINE, AND 25.53 METERS
 GL1435'(83.8 FEET) FROM STATION.  REFERENCE
 GL1435'MARK NO. 2 PROJECTS ABOUT 4 INCHES ABOVE GROUND, IS 15.4 METERS
 GL1435'(50.5 FEET) W OF CENTER LINE OF ROAD, 0.23 METER (0.8 FOOT) E
 GL1435'OF FENCE LINE AND APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILE FROM STATION.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'OTHER BEARINGS FROM THE STATION ARE--CLAYTON, MUNICIPAL
 GL1435'WATER TANK, FINIAL, S 70 DEG 02 MIN W.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'TO REACH STATION FROM TEXLINE GO WESTWARD 2 BLOCKS FROM FLAGPOLE
 GL1435'AND STREET LIGHT, TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW ROAD TO NE, AND N FOR
 GL1435'8.5 MILES TO WHERE ROAD TURNS E ALONG N BOUNDARY OF TEXAS,
 GL1435'THEN E 1.1 MILES TO STATION.
 GL1435
 GL1435                          STATION RECOVERY (1966)
 GL1435
 GL1435'RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1966 (JFS)
 GL1435'STATION FOUND UNDER ABOUT 2 IN. OF SAND.  TABLET WAS IN GOOD
 GL1435'CONDITION,.  POST IS MUTILATED ON TOP.  BOTH REF. MKS. AND
 GL1435'KIDDER ASTRO STATION FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION.  MEASUREMENTS
 GL1435'TO R.M. 1 AND KIDDER ASTRO. WERE FOUND TO BE 1.65 FT. AND 1.00
 GL1435'FT. SHORT RESPECTIVELY.  THE STATION HAS APPARENTLY BEEN MOVED
 GL1435'SLIGHTLY.
 GL1435
 GL1435                          STATION RECOVERY (1968)
 GL1435
 GL1435'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 (LFS)
 GL1435'STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 (AZIMUTH MARK), REFERENCE
 GL1435'MARK NO. 1 AND KIDDER ASTRO. STATION WERE RECOVERED AND FOUND
 GL1435'IN GOOD CONDITION.  A CHECK WAS MADE OF THE DISTANCE AND
 GL1435'DIRECTION TO THE MARKS AND THE ANGLE MEASUREMENTS VARIFIED
 GL1435'THE 1931 OBSERVATIONS.  A DIFFERENCE OF 1.63 FEET WAS FOUND
 GL1435'IN THE DISTANCE TO R.M. NO. 1 AND A DIFFERENCE OF 0.81 FEET
 GL1435'WAS FOUND IN THE DISTANCE TO KIDDER ASTRO. STATION.  THE
 GL1435'DISTANCE TO KIDDER ASTRO STATION WAS MEASURED WITH A 300 FOOT
 GL1435'TAPE.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'FOLLOWING IS A NEW DESCRIPTION.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY NOS. 56, 87 AND 64 IN
 GL1435'CLAYTON, NEW MEXICO, GO NORTHEAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 56 FOR
 GL1435'11.7 MILES TO CROSSROADS.  TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH ON GRAVELED
 GL1435'ROAD FOR 1.0 MILE TO AZIMUTH MARK ON WEST SIDE OF ROAD.
 GL1435'CONTINUE SOUTH FOR 0.5 MILE TO STATION ON LEFT AT A CURVE
 GL1435'IN THE ROAD.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'STATION IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED TEXHOMEX 1931, SET IN THE
 GL1435'TOP OF A RED SANDSTONE POST WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND.
 GL1435'IT IS 59 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, 45 FEET
 GL1435'WEST OF A CORNER FENCE POST, 1 FOOT EAST OF A METAL WITNESS
 GL1435'POST, AND 0.5 FOOT NORTH OF THE FENCELINE.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1, A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A
 GL1435'SQUARE CONCRETE POST AND STAMPED TEXHOMEX NO 1 1931 IS FLUSH
 GL1435'WITH THE GROUND.  IT IS 127 FEET WEST OF CORNER FENCE POST,
 GL1435'26 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF EAST-WEST ROAD AND 1
 GL1435'FOOT NORTH OF THE FENCELINE.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 (AZIMUTH MARK), A STANDARD DISK STAMPED
 GL1435'TEXHOMEX NO 2 1931 IS SET IN THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE
 GL1435'POST WHICH PROJECTS 2 INCHES.  IT IS 0.25 MILE SOUTH OF
 GL1435'RANCH BUILDINGS, 52 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF ROAD AND
 GL1435'25 FEET WEST OF METAL WITNESS POST AND FENCELINE.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'KIDDER ASTRO. STATION IS A CONICAL SHAPED CONCRETE MONUMENT
 GL1435'WHICH PROJECTS 2 FEET.  IT IS 200.101 METERS NORTHWEST OF THE
 GL1435'STATION AND HAS 36 DEG 30 MIN NL 103 DEG WL 1903.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'U.S. GENERAL LAND SURVEY MARK, A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP
 GL1435'OF A CONICAL SHAPED CONCRETE MONUMENT IS STAMPED T26N T1S
 GL1435'R37E R1E S8 S6 TEXAS.  THE MARK PROJECTS 2.56 FEET.
 GL1435
 GL1435                          STATION RECOVERY (1970)
 GL1435
 GL1435'RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1970 (WC)
 GL1435'THE FOLLOWING DISTANCES DIFFERED FROM THOSE IN THE LISTING
 GL1435'(QUAD 361031 STA. 1015)--FENCE CORNER TO STATION MARK = 13.868
 GL1435'METER.  STATION MARK AND R.M. NO. 1 ARE NOW 0.1 FOOT UNDERGROUND.
 GL1435
 GL1435                          STATION RECOVERY (2007)
 GL1435
 GL1435'RECOVERY NOTE BY INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS 2007 (SGK)
 GL1435'FOUND STATION MARK IN GOOD CONDITION. 45.5 FEET WEST OF A FENCE
 GL1435'CORNER, 28 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF A EAST-WEST GRAVEL ROAD, 1.25
 GL1435'FEET NORTH OF A EAST-WEST FENCELINE, 1.6 FEET BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE
 GL1435'GROUND, AND 1 FOOT NORTHWEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'REFERENCE MARK 1 FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION 27 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER
 GL1435'OF A EAST-WEST GRAVEL ROAD, 1.7 FEET NORTH OF A EAST-WEST FENCELINE,
 GL1435'AND 0.7 FEET BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND.
 GL1435'
 GL1435'REFERENCE MARK 2 WAS NOT FOUND. AT THE LOCATION OF THIS REFERENCE
 GL1435'MARK, THE METAL WITNESS POST WAS LOCATED 27 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER OF
 GL1435'A NORTH-SOUTH GRAVEL ROAD. THE GROUND LEVEL 25 FEET WEST OF THE
 GL1435'WITNESS POST IS NOW 5.8 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE GRAVEL ROAD. THIS
 GL1435'IS NOW THE TOP OF AN EMBANKMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF A LARGE LAGOON.

 *** retrieval complete.
 Elapsed Time = 00:00:02

 

Texhomex marker (I did not take this picture):

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12 hours ago, Rince-wind said:

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Seeing "Soul Patch Hitler" is frying my brain.

 

Also, what the fuck is up with that GameBoy Advance version? 

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On 3/15/2021 at 8:55 AM, Swordofdanu said:

Great game, I also love the original Karnov, it was something different at the time to the usual platformers. Data East games are one of my favourite publishers from back then. 

 

By the way, several Data East games are now on GOG:

 

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/8_arcade_classics_are_here_to_bring_you_loads_of_retro_fun_a04ad

 

Sadly, Karnov is not one of them, but I did start a wish for Karnov's Revenge:

 

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/karnovs_revenge

Edited by Master O

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On 3/17/2021 at 3:14 PM, Ar_e_en said:

Seeing "Soul Patch Hitler" is frying my brain.

 

Also, what the fuck is up with that GameBoy Advance version? 

It's Wilhelm Strasse from RTCW, he returned in Wolfenstein 2009, The New Order, and The Old Blood. He's also known as Totenkopf, or Deathshead. Essentially he's Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler, Josef Mengele, and Joseph Goebbels all rolled into one.

 

Yeah the poorly done pixel art looks like ass. But that's who it is, if anyone is wondering.

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