X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,4337e343baaa291d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-19 07:35:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Richard James Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 305 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: <374oa-dmp.ln1@rander.dk> Lines: 36 User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit Message-ID: <5mldra.gvj.ln@server.techdrive.foo> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:35:02 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.51.217.225 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1037720102 203.51.217.225 (Wed, 20 Nov 2002 02:35:02 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 02:35:02 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:20753 ABCGi wrote: > "Joaquim G�ndara" wrote in news:arbtfe$h413a$1@ID- > 102694.news.dfncis.de: > >> http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Geography/Original/g00010d.html >>> What is the biggest island in the world? >>> >>> Greenland covers 2175000 square kilometres. Australia is bigger, but it >>> is usually regarded as a continental land mass, not an island. >> >> http://www.didyouknow.cd/islands.htm >> >> Well, at least you can boast your unique plant and animal life. :) > > I live in Australia and I think over here we claim to be the world's > largest island and a continent to boot :-) Not even the dictionary bears > that out as an island is a landmass entirely surrounded by water (but > smaller than a continent). I don't care either way 8) > > But then some history books over here say we had the worlds only > "peaceful" settlement of a native population... by the English - which is > a load of bollocks! > Do I know you from around the net? GameArena News:comp.games.development.* Richard :) -- Will kill for Documentation. A Vic 20 is faster than a C64: 8bit roxs http://dogmilk.homelinux.com/