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01-15-2008, 01:51 PM
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Somewhere ishways from NWSE?
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01-17-2008, 06:14 AM
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So I'm watching the Star Trek V DVD, and I notice something odd for the first time. The caption says "Yosemite National Park." Are there really still "nations" as such in the 23rd century? The United States ceased to exist in the late 21st century, right?
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01-17-2008, 03:35 PM
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Whilst the nation ceased to exist, it may still exist as an administrative region / they might have been too lazy to rename the landmarks.
Or the captions weren't done by Trekkies, so they used the wrong name - you do see mistakes in them from time to time.
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01-17-2008, 04:20 PM
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There are probably still "state"/"province" and "local" parks as well.
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01-17-2008, 11:21 PM
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Oooh, geography semantics! Gotta love 'em.
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01-29-2008, 01:00 AM
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Why is WWW an abbreviation to World Wide Web when it is easier to say World Wide Web?
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01-29-2008, 02:38 AM
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For that matter, why is it called "double u?" Why not "wuh?"
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01-29-2008, 03:21 AM
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Quote:
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01-29-2008, 04:25 AM
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Quote:
What?
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