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  • M Miszou

    The Mystery Spot[^] The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. Within the Mystery Spot you will be stunned as your perceptions of the laws of physics and gravity are questioned. But don't take our word for it, come and decide for yourself! I visited the Mystery Spot this weekend, and it really is weird. Balls rolling up hill, people leaning at impossible angles without falling over and people changing height according to where they stand on a level surface. Has anyone else been there?


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    Mark Salsbery
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    Is it a coincidence that some of the best weed[^] in the world is grown in that area? I think not.

    Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

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    • M Miszou

      The Mystery Spot[^] The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. Within the Mystery Spot you will be stunned as your perceptions of the laws of physics and gravity are questioned. But don't take our word for it, come and decide for yourself! I visited the Mystery Spot this weekend, and it really is weird. Balls rolling up hill, people leaning at impossible angles without falling over and people changing height according to where they stand on a level surface. Has anyone else been there?


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      leckey 0
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      We have a place in western South Dakota called Cosmos which does the same thing. It's just an illusion.

      _____________________________________________ Flea Market! It's just like...it's just like...A MINI-MALL!

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      • M Miszou

        The Mystery Spot[^] The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. Within the Mystery Spot you will be stunned as your perceptions of the laws of physics and gravity are questioned. But don't take our word for it, come and decide for yourself! I visited the Mystery Spot this weekend, and it really is weird. Balls rolling up hill, people leaning at impossible angles without falling over and people changing height according to where they stand on a level surface. Has anyone else been there?


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        Colin Angus Mackay
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        Sounds a bit like the Electric Brae in Scotland. There are places like this all over the world.


        Upcoming events: * Glasgow: Mock Objects, SQL Server CLR Integration, Reporting Services, db4o, Dependency Injection with Spring ... "I wouldn't say boo to a goose. I'm not a coward, I just realise that it would be largely pointless." My website

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        • C Colin Angus Mackay

          Sounds a bit like the Electric Brae in Scotland. There are places like this all over the world.


          Upcoming events: * Glasgow: Mock Objects, SQL Server CLR Integration, Reporting Services, db4o, Dependency Injection with Spring ... "I wouldn't say boo to a goose. I'm not a coward, I just realise that it would be largely pointless." My website

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          Dan Neely
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          yep. there's supposed to be one about an hour from where I live. I have no plans of ever taking 2hrs of my time and $15-20 worth of gas to see it.

          -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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          • M Miszou

            The Mystery Spot[^] The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. Within the Mystery Spot you will be stunned as your perceptions of the laws of physics and gravity are questioned. But don't take our word for it, come and decide for yourself! I visited the Mystery Spot this weekend, and it really is weird. Balls rolling up hill, people leaning at impossible angles without falling over and people changing height according to where they stand on a level surface. Has anyone else been there?


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            martin_hughes
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            Nope - but I do remember the Mystery Spot from Sam & Max Hit the Road. NBow that was wierd!

            "It was the day before today.... I remember it like it was yesterday." -Moleman

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            • M Miszou

              The Mystery Spot[^] The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. Within the Mystery Spot you will be stunned as your perceptions of the laws of physics and gravity are questioned. But don't take our word for it, come and decide for yourself! I visited the Mystery Spot this weekend, and it really is weird. Balls rolling up hill, people leaning at impossible angles without falling over and people changing height according to where they stand on a level surface. Has anyone else been there?


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              Bassam Abdul Baki
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              Lebanon has a few of those. It gets old quickly. :)


              "There are II kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who understand Roman numerals." - Bassam Abdul-Baki Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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              • M Miszou

                The Mystery Spot[^] The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. Within the Mystery Spot you will be stunned as your perceptions of the laws of physics and gravity are questioned. But don't take our word for it, come and decide for yourself! I visited the Mystery Spot this weekend, and it really is weird. Balls rolling up hill, people leaning at impossible angles without falling over and people changing height according to where they stand on a level surface. Has anyone else been there?


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                Richard Jones
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                We have a site like that right here. http://www.magnetichill.com/[^] Cars roll "up hill".:-D

                "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit..." "There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..."

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                • M Miszou

                  The Mystery Spot[^] The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. Within the Mystery Spot you will be stunned as your perceptions of the laws of physics and gravity are questioned. But don't take our word for it, come and decide for yourself! I visited the Mystery Spot this weekend, and it really is weird. Balls rolling up hill, people leaning at impossible angles without falling over and people changing height according to where they stand on a level surface. Has anyone else been there?


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                  carbonbaseone
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                  "Some speculate that cones of metal were secretly brought here and buried in our earth as guidance systems for their spacecraft." Cones of metal... mmm, I have some of those... Seriously though I have been there and parts of the structure are sitting at odd angles, nothing is level, therefore the illusion when inside with little perspective of the outside. Like trees, the sky, etc...

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                    We have a place in western South Dakota called Cosmos which does the same thing. It's just an illusion.

                    _____________________________________________ Flea Market! It's just like...it's just like...A MINI-MALL!

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                    Matt Newman
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                    I was just gonna say that, but you beat me by over an hour :)

                    -Matt Newman

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                      "Some speculate that cones of metal were secretly brought here and buried in our earth as guidance systems for their spacecraft." Cones of metal... mmm, I have some of those... Seriously though I have been there and parts of the structure are sitting at odd angles, nothing is level, therefore the illusion when inside with little perspective of the outside. Like trees, the sky, etc...

                      next2friends (^)

                      Free new laptop giveaway ever 30 days. No strings, no spam... For legitimacy concerns, some of the people behind next2friends reside at Genetibase (^)

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                      Matt Newman
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                      carbonbaseone wrote:

                      next2friends (^) Free new laptop giveaway ever 30 days. No strings, no spam... For legitimacy concerns, some of the people behind next2friends reside at Genetibase

                      Please don't post scams in the forums.

                      -Matt Newman

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                        carbonbaseone wrote:

                        next2friends (^) Free new laptop giveaway ever 30 days. No strings, no spam... For legitimacy concerns, some of the people behind next2friends reside at Genetibase

                        Please don't post scams in the forums.

                        -Matt Newman

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                        carbonbaseone
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                        It's not a scam... Read the entire signature. (And signatures are just that signatures) Do you really think I would pass a "scam" in the forum. I can't decide which is more idiotic, that notion or you commenting on it. If it was a scam I don't think I would give the link to my primary company in the signature itself. (Phone, address, names etc.) Thanks for policing though.

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                        • M Matt Newman

                          carbonbaseone wrote:

                          next2friends (^) Free new laptop giveaway ever 30 days. No strings, no spam... For legitimacy concerns, some of the people behind next2friends reside at Genetibase

                          Please don't post scams in the forums.

                          -Matt Newman

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                          carbonbaseone
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                          You can contact me here. a.nystrom@genetibase.com http://www.genetibase.com Please fix your post. As it is not a scam, and the nature of signatures are free to express whatever. By fixing your post I do mean correcting yourself as giving people the impression that I am scamming them is insulting and inaccurate!

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                            It's not a scam... Read the entire signature. (And signatures are just that signatures) Do you really think I would pass a "scam" in the forum. I can't decide which is more idiotic, that notion or you commenting on it. If it was a scam I don't think I would give the link to my primary company in the signature itself. (Phone, address, names etc.) Thanks for policing though.

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                            stevepqr
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                            If its not a scam its a most certainly a marketing ploy - 'pre-register for free and win' being the giveaway...

                            Apathy Rules - I suppose...

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                              If its not a scam its a most certainly a marketing ploy - 'pre-register for free and win' being the giveaway...

                              Apathy Rules - I suppose...

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                              You know what, it's really simple... Of course it is marketing. And it is free... Ploy??? ploy (ploi) n. An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver: "A typical ploy is to feign illness, procure medicine, then sell it on the black market" Jill Smolowe. Give me a break! Your email address for chance to win laptop every 30 days. What is wrong with that. If you don't like it don't give your email. Again it is a signature in the post... Don't hack on it. That is why in the signature itself is a link to my primary company... "for legitimacy concerns" Seriously, what is the issue. Stop making them up! -- modified at 13:23 Monday 13th August, 2007

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                                It's not a scam... Read the entire signature. (And signatures are just that signatures) Do you really think I would pass a "scam" in the forum. I can't decide which is more idiotic, that notion or you commenting on it. If it was a scam I don't think I would give the link to my primary company in the signature itself. (Phone, address, names etc.) Thanks for policing though.

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                                Matt Newman
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                                Looks like one, smells like one. Even if it isn't, you are advertising on codeproject in a non-sanctioned way. If you want to advertise go here[^]

                                -Matt Newman

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                                • M Miszou

                                  The Mystery Spot[^] The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. Within the Mystery Spot you will be stunned as your perceptions of the laws of physics and gravity are questioned. But don't take our word for it, come and decide for yourself! I visited the Mystery Spot this weekend, and it really is weird. Balls rolling up hill, people leaning at impossible angles without falling over and people changing height according to where they stand on a level surface. Has anyone else been there?


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                                  El Corazon
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                                  Miszou wrote:

                                  The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California. It is a circular area of effect around 150 feet or 46 meters in diameter. Within the Mystery Spot you will be stunned as your perceptions of the laws of physics and gravity are questioned. But don't take our word for it, come and decide for yourself!

                                  In the immortal words of (most probably) Joseph ("Paper Collar Joe") Bessimer, "There's a sucker born every minute...and two to take 'em."

                                  _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                    You know what, it's really simple... Of course it is marketing. And it is free... Ploy??? ploy (ploi) n. An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver: "A typical ploy is to feign illness, procure medicine, then sell it on the black market" Jill Smolowe. Give me a break! Your email address for chance to win laptop every 30 days. What is wrong with that. If you don't like it don't give your email. Again it is a signature in the post... Don't hack on it. That is why in the signature itself is a link to my primary company... "for legitimacy concerns" Seriously, what is the issue. Stop making them up! -- modified at 13:23 Monday 13th August, 2007

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                                    stevepqr
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                                    The fact that it is in your signature makes no difference its still a freebie advertisement/marketing ploy/scam call it whatever. The same link posted in an email would be called spam - there's another name for it!

                                    Apathy Rules - I suppose...

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                                      Sounds a bit like the Electric Brae in Scotland. There are places like this all over the world.


                                      Upcoming events: * Glasgow: Mock Objects, SQL Server CLR Integration, Reporting Services, db4o, Dependency Injection with Spring ... "I wouldn't say boo to a goose. I'm not a coward, I just realise that it would be largely pointless." My website

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                                      Frank Kerrigan
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                                      I've been there its more Static than eletrice

                                      Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]

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                                      • M Matt Newman

                                        Looks like one, smells like one. Even if it isn't, you are advertising on codeproject in a non-sanctioned way. If you want to advertise go here[^]

                                        -Matt Newman

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                                        Interestingly I ran an analysis last night on the lounge posts... 59% of signatures either point to a product for download that is free, for sale, a blog which talks about products for free and for sale and more, if you would like to see it. In fact, let’s look at one of CP's most prolific writers and posters. http://www.codeproject.com/lounge.asp?msg=2182543#xx2182543xx Are you planning on telling Mark that one of his links in his signature is to a page that sells a product? And that it is technically spam. Maybe you should forward the Media Kit link to him. In summation I think it is the content you don't like. My posts are relevant to the topic, and are free form. My signature points to a free service. If someone was to simply put an advertisement in a post response with no actual relation to the post, that I would define as spam. If you look at my posts in the lounge, all are related and generally received well. You should do some checking on your own before flaming me. Rather than just being a jerk. I would have thought being a developer yourself you may actually do a little analysis for yourself rather than just spout off. I was about to just let it go, but after some thought, it is clear you are just making an issue out of nothing! And I don't understand why exactly. Maybe when you create your own CP like or forum you can outlaw those signatures you would prefer to sensor.

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                                        • S stevepqr

                                          The fact that it is in your signature makes no difference its still a freebie advertisement/marketing ploy/scam call it whatever. The same link posted in an email would be called spam - there's another name for it!

                                          Apathy Rules - I suppose...

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                                          Interestingly I ran an analysis last night on the lounge posts... 59% of signatures either point to a product for download that is free, for sale, a blog which talks about products for free and for sale and more, if you would like to see it. In fact, let’s look at one of CP's most prolific writers and posters. http://www.codeproject.com/lounge.asp?msg=2182543#xx2182543xx Are you planning on telling Mark that one of his links in his signature is to a page that sells a product? And that it is technically spam. Maybe you should forward the Media Kit link to him. In summation I think it is the content you don't like. My posts are relevant to the topic, and are free form. My signature points to a free service. If someone was to simply put an advertisement in a post response with no actual relation to the post, that I would define as spam. If you look at my posts in the lounge, all are related and generally received well. You should do some checking on your own before flaming me. Rather than just being a jerk. I would have thought being a developer yourself you may actually do a little analysis for yourself rather than just spout off. I was about to just let it go, but after some thought, it is clear you are just making an issue out of nothing! And I don't understand why exactly. Maybe when you create your own CP like or forum you can outlaw those signatures you would prefer to sensor.

                                          next2friends (^)

                                          Free new laptop giveaway ever 30 days. No strings, no spam... For legitimacy concerns, some of the people behind next2friends reside at Genetibase (^)

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