Comments on: Global arms transactions, visualized in interactive map http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 15:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mshaneen http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118289 mshaneen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118289 makes me think of the artist Mark Lombardi's work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lombardi makes me think of the artist Mark Lombardi’s work

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lombardi

]]> By: James David http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118095 James David Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118095 This is an amazing datavisualization. <a href="http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2008/02/01/they-rule/">They Rule</a> is a similar one that links up the corporations that produce the ammunition with other powerful leaders... pretty interesting to see the who's who of that world. Also, I noticed that fans of the Armsflow project can <a href="http://www.armsflow.org/about">lend their support</a> by funding server costs. (Look for the "CLICK HERE" link at the end of the write-up.) This is an amazing datavisualization. They Rule is a similar one that links up the corporations that produce the ammunition with other powerful leaders… pretty interesting to see the who’s who of that world. Also, I noticed that fans of the Armsflow project can lend their support by funding server costs. (Look for the “CLICK HERE” link at the end of the write-up.)

]]> By: dainel http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118101 dainel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118101 I'm pretty sure, those arms from the US to Australia / Taiwan / Japan flew across the Pacific. This will remove some of the red lines over Europe and makes some of the lines clearer. I’m pretty sure, those arms from the US to Australia / Taiwan / Japan flew across the Pacific. This will remove some of the red lines over Europe and makes some of the lines clearer.

]]> By: naggs http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118103 naggs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118103 we're #1!(?) we’re #1!(?)

]]> By: searconflex http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118107 searconflex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118107 Confused by Canada's lines being drawn to Yellowknife... of all places? Confused by Canada’s lines being drawn to Yellowknife… of all places?

]]> By: zjmna http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118887 zjmna Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118887 Cool, although the 2D flat world is a little misleading... lies and damned lies, I guess... I would like to see the same information represented in 3 dimensions, but I guess I'm just being picky... Cool, although the 2D flat world is a little misleading… lies and damned lies, I guess… I would like to see the same information represented in 3 dimensions, but I guess I’m just being picky…

]]> By: alexsanmiguel http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118656 alexsanmiguel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118656 Thanks,but do not see links to Mexico and Central America ... Thanks,but do not see links to Mexico and Central America …

]]> By: James David http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118402 James David Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118402 @#10 Thanks, I'd never heard of Mark Lombardi before... interesting stuff! @#10 Thanks, I’d never heard of Mark Lombardi before… interesting stuff!

]]> By: Brok Enlish http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118205 Brok Enlish Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118205 this is art. sublime! brokenglish.blogspot.com this is art. sublime!
brokenglish.blogspot.com

]]> By: Dustin Driver http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118226 Dustin Driver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118226 @#4 Yeah, Yellowknife? A remote place for arms trading? A manufacturing center, perhaps? @#4 Yeah, Yellowknife? A remote place for arms trading? A manufacturing center, perhaps?

]]> By: RyanH http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118232 RyanH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118232 It looks like they just picked a middle point for each country and that's where the lines run to. Or rather, they defined the geography and let the program decide what the middle point was. As long as you include Alaska and all the northern islands in the Canada land mass, the spot the lines are running to looks to be right smack dab in the middle if you chopped it in half north/south and east/west. The other countries look similar. The line for Mexico actually terminates in the ocean. It looks like they just picked a middle point for each country and that’s where the lines run to. Or rather, they defined the geography and let the program decide what the middle point was. As long as you include Alaska and all the northern islands in the Canada land mass, the spot the lines are running to looks to be right smack dab in the middle if you chopped it in half north/south and east/west. The other countries look similar. The line for Mexico actually terminates in the ocean.

]]> By: Domster http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118253 Domster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118253 @#4 New Zealand's arms, meanwhile, seem to have been dumped in the ocean a few hundred kilometres off the East coast. @#4 New Zealand’s arms, meanwhile, seem to have been dumped in the ocean a few hundred kilometres off the East coast.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/01/global-arms-transact.html#comment-118257 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-118257 bloody kiwis, just can't trust them. Remember the bloke that built a GPS controlled jet powered cruise missile in his garage? bloody kiwis, just can’t trust them. Remember the bloke that built a GPS controlled jet powered cruise missile in his garage?

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