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Valkyrie
PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:41 am 
See how far you can "throw" a paper airplane:

http://flightsimx.archive.amnesia.com.au/

See how well you do in this geography quiz:

http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq


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i swear.... the paper has lead in it!! i've crashed & burned everytime!!

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77.682 meters....? That's a good paper plane.....

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That $#@!%&* ceiling fan :evil:

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61 Meters. Ceiling fan? No, its that darn ceiling!

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74.079 meters.......

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woo hoo 88.858!

this is a great way to kill a slow afternoon at work.

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Roger Cain
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Crap, wasted a few hours, but got to 114.681 meters.

Trick is to start at the very top left corner, drag you pointer around the operating section of the display, and bring your pointer back in on the right side, somewhere just below the middle of the operating area. Now were talking distance and speed............

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yeah, that's the trick, but I can't get past 114.385. Some folks on the blog linked to the upper right on the page claim to be getting into the 145's but I don't see how yet.



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I found the black void, but was unable to recover..........

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Got up to 125.776 and a rank of 462...of course, I am probably tied with 1000 people. If you go to the "blog" at the top and find the post from Sept. 21, it gives you some more specifics about avoiding the "black" and pulling back right before you go into it. It also suggests that somewhere just shy of 126 appears to be the limit.
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I'm a individual of questionable judgement on the Geo quiz 261,854
Africa and East Indies killed me

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I got the plane out of the window and hit the chimney, but I didn't check the distance.
Got 210,000 on Geo.
Can they make the map a little smaller?
It might be easier if they did!!!!! :lol:
1/32 of an inch off and you're 500 miles from your location!
Not very fair if you ask me. :lol:
Closest I got to any correct location was 15KM.
I could do better with a larger map.
It's fun, though!
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454132 on the world geo quiz...I think I had a lot of luck on that one though!
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