How Connected We Are
I came across this nifty analysis from the New Scientist (not an endorsement as they’re Global Warming coverage seems a bit biased). Click on the graphic for a larger view – the darker the color of the land, the more “remote” the location is. The study included various modes of transportation including rivers (why the Amazon isn’t as remote as one might think), rails, roads, etc. and how far it would be to a “major” city – defined as one with a population of 50,000 people or more.
GorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the Gormogons’ bills, including subsidizing this website. Some of the products he has introduced from the future include oven mitts, the Guinness widget, Oxy-Clean, and Dr. Pepper. Due to his immense cybernetic brain, GorT is able to produce a post in 0.023 seconds and research it in even less time. Only ’Puter spends less time on research. GorT speaks entirely in zeros and ones, but occasionally throws in a ڭ to annoy the Volgi. He is a massive proponent of science, technology, and energy development, and enjoys nothing more than taking the Czar’s more interesting scientific theories, going into the past, publishing them as his own, and then returning to take credit for them. He is the only Gormogon who is capable of doing math. Possessed of incredible strength, he understands the awesome responsibility that follows and only uses it to hurt people.