Comments on: Great Visualizers: Michael Paukner http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/great-visualizers-michael-paukner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-visualizers-michael-paukner Ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visualized! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:11:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Garry Lockwoodhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/great-visualizers-michael-paukner/comment-page-1/#comment-21748 Garry Lockwood Wed, 19 May 2010 06:36:03 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=650#comment-21748 That circle containing the wonders of the ancient world isn't a great circle either, I'm afraid. A great circle is formed by the intersection of a plane, passing through the centre of the Earth, and the surface of the Earth. If you extend that circle inwards, you won't meet at the centre of the Earth. It appears to be a circle on the Earth, which is formed when any old plane passes through the Earth. Still remarkable though, if true. That circle containing the wonders of the ancient world isn’t a great circle either, I’m afraid. A great circle is formed by the intersection of a plane, passing through the centre of the Earth, and the surface of the Earth. If you extend that circle inwards, you won’t meet at the centre of the Earth. It appears to be a circle on the Earth, which is formed when any old plane passes through the Earth. Still remarkable though, if true.

]]> By: Space Yugahttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/great-visualizers-michael-paukner/comment-page-1/#comment-20129 Space Yuga Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:39:28 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=650#comment-20129 Interesting stuff.. this guy is a genius Interesting stuff.. this guy is a genius

]]> By: gifts for menhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/great-visualizers-michael-paukner/comment-page-1/#comment-3884 gifts for men Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:14:31 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=650#comment-3884 I basically squeal with delight every time Michael Paulkner posts a new image. I don’t know what deep vein in my psyche his work is mining but the man knows what I like. I basically squeal with delight every time Michael Paulkner posts a new image. I don’t know what deep vein in my psyche his work is mining but the man knows what I like.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/great-visualizers-michael-paukner/comment-page-1/#comment-3372 Anonymous Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:20:00 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=650#comment-3372 I LOVE your work and the entire collection you’ve presented! What a fantastic collage of the mess we’ve created, here on planet earth… Impossible to single any one of them out, they’re all terrific and terribly revealing. …Uh-oh, at the moment I think I’m overdue for work on my Soul rendition! I LOVE your work and the entire collection you’ve presented! What a fantastic collage of the mess we’ve created, here on planet earth… Impossible to single any one of them out, they’re all terrific and terribly revealing. …Uh-oh, at the moment I think I’m overdue for work on my Soul rendition!

]]> By: speed dating londonhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/great-visualizers-michael-paukner/comment-page-1/#comment-3211 speed dating london Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:14:43 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=650#comment-3211 It's really nice reading it as it made me aware of completely unknown facts. And it increase my knowledge to bit. Thanks for sharing such informative post. It’s really nice reading it as it made me aware of completely unknown facts. And it increase my knowledge to bit. Thanks for sharing such informative post.

]]> By: Smoke_Jaguar4http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/great-visualizers-michael-paukner/comment-page-1/#comment-2575 Smoke_Jaguar4 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:50:44 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=650#comment-2575 The Mayan Star map is beautiful, but it does have one curiosity. Were the Mayans really aware of <i>greek</i> letters? I also wouldn't over-read it to the Kabbalah, Chakras, etc. into it. It's just an interconnected grid, for example you could draw the same with major roads in Manhattan, it doesn't mean that Wall Street is Crystal Earth and SOHO is the OmniGalactic Source! The Mayan Star map is beautiful, but it does have one curiosity. Were the Mayans really aware of greek letters? I also wouldn’t over-read it to the Kabbalah, Chakras, etc. into it. It’s just an interconnected grid, for example you could draw the same with major roads in Manhattan, it doesn’t mean that Wall Street is Crystal Earth and SOHO is the OmniGalactic Source!

]]> By: TweetDeckTVhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/great-visualizers-michael-paukner/comment-page-1/#comment-2244 TweetDeckTV Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:03:04 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=650#comment-2244 Especially since the earth's axis has shifted (shifting of the continents within the timeframe of mankind is negligible), it might seem that climate played a larger part in the location of civilization's ancient wonders than a geometric alignment. Especially since the earth’s axis has shifted (shifting of the continents within the timeframe of mankind is negligible), it might seem that climate played a larger part in the location of civilization’s ancient wonders than a geometric alignment.

]]> By: Pat Jhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/great-visualizers-michael-paukner/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 Pat J Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:44:41 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=650#comment-2152 <em>A key idea in the current Mayan 2012 end-of-the-world meme is that December 21st, 2012 coincides with the end of the Precession of the Equinox</em>Given that it's a <em>cycle</em>, I can define tomorrow as the "end of the Precession of the Equinox". December 21st, 2012, will be a busy shopping day, not the end of all things. A key idea in the current Mayan 2012 end-of-the-world meme is that December 21st, 2012 coincides with the end of the Precession of the Equinox

Given that it’s a cycle, I can define tomorrow as the “end of the Precession of the Equinox”. December 21st, 2012, will be a busy shopping day, not the end of all things.

]]> By: macanovahttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/great-visualizers-michael-paukner/comment-page-1/#comment-2106 macanova Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:19:32 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=650#comment-2106 interesting considering that the continental plates have been moving all the time. interesting considering that the continental plates have been moving all the time.

]]> By: Fnarfhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/great-visualizers-michael-paukner/comment-page-1/#comment-1805 Fnarf Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:20:28 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=650#comment-1805 It looks to me like he has cherry-picked his "wonders" to fit his theory. Why Egyptian pyramids and not Mayan ones, or Teotihuacan? It looks to me like he has cherry-picked his “wonders” to fit his theory. Why Egyptian pyramids and not Mayan ones, or Teotihuacan?

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