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If you look at a map of the United States of America you'll notice a couple of states

that are boring rectangles.

It seems the shape of Wyoming and Colorado are the most boring in the union.

But what if we take a closer look at one of these?

Is, for example, the shape of Colorado as boring as it first appears?

While the borders of most other states were defined by geographic features such as rivers and mountains,

the borders of Colorado were defined by the 36th Congress in 1876

when establishing the new Territory of Colorado as being between 37 and 41 degrees north of the equator,

and 25 and 32 degrees west from Washington, DC.

Because in measuring the Prime meridian from Greenwich was just a little too British for the Americans;

although, to be fair, we had not yet had the 1884 International Meridian Conference

selecting Greenwich as the international standard.

So far everything looks rather like a rectangle;

the great state of Colorado being defined by straight lines running north-south and east-west.

However, while the lines of latitude are parallel,

the lines of longitude, when overlaid on a spherical earth converge as you reach the polls.

The shape of Colorado therefore is some kind of weird trapezoid,

with two subtly curved sides, and on a curved surface.

The northern border, being closer to the north poll is therefore shorter than the southern border

by about 21.2 miles.

However, while nice looking lines on maps are great, on the ground we need to know what

bits of desert are in Colorado and what bits are in Utah.

So in 1879 a team of surveyors began at the Four Corners,

the only point in the United States where four states meet,

and travelled northwards making the border at one mile increments as they travelled.

Despite being equipped with the latest 19th century surveying technology

including the compass, the chronometer and the theodolite

and giving the task their best effort

their measurements and calculations were slightly off,

and they arrived about one mile west of where they expected

Later surveys in 1885 and 1893 discovered the sites of minor errors.

The largest near the ominously named town of Paradox, Colorado

shows the survey team drifted west by more than a mile across an eight mile stretch.

Similar errors exist all along the border too, and are evident in the borders of other states

with similar straight line borders such as Wyoming.

But it was all too late.

The border had been marked and everyone had agreed that that was the border

and changing it would now require the agreement of both states legislatures and congress

it simply wasn't going to happen.

Colorado's shape would be forever a polygon with hundreds of sides

that approximates a rectangle and is possible the most interesting shape a state could be

but let me know what you think in the comments below.

And speaking of interesting, I actually heard of this topic in an episode of H.F.S

– the science podcast that's not for kids from the people over at SciShow,

I'll leave a link to the show in the description below. And it's appropriate

that this particular video was inspired by a topic coved by Hank Green on the podcast

as this video is brought to you with the support of the Vlogbrothers

so a huge thankyou to Hank and John Green for their support

and to all those who support the channel.

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ICE Founder Warns Build The Wall NOW, Even If A Government Shut Down Is The Price - Duration: 23:29.

ICE Founder Warns Build The Wall NOW, Even If A Government Shut Down Is The Price

One of the founders of ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has a serious message

for Americans and he is speaking out about it with a warning that even liberals can't

deny.

Lou Di Leonardo served as a founding member of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

(ICE).

On Tuesday, Leonardo published a piece he wrote for Fox News with a serious warning:

"Build the wall now – even if government shutdown is the price."

His warning goes in detail to clearly explain why Trump's border wall is necessary and

exactly why it is so urgent that we rally up support and get the wall built sooner than

later.

Leonardo provides a sobering argument and several great points ranging from the influx

of illegal labor disrupting our economy and costing American citizens their jobs, to the

violence and devastation caused by drug trafficking cartels.

Leonardo writes:

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL SHUT DOWN UNLESS CONGRESS AGREES ON A SPENDING BILL BY DEC.

8 — OR DEC. 22 IF AN EXPECTED EXTENSION IS PASSED.

A COMPROMISE LOOKS INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY.

PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS THE BILL TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR A BORDER WALL.

IN THEIR DRAFT SPENDING BILLS, HOUSE AND SENATE REPUBLICANS HAVE BOTH ALLOCATED $1.6 BILLION

TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THE BARRIER.

BUT DEMOCRATS VOW TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN FUND THE WALL.

LEAVING OUR BORDER UNSECURED ANY LONGER IS NOT AN OPTION.

THE INFLUX OF ILLEGAL LABORERS INCREASES THE SUPPLY OF WORKERS.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY AT LEAST 8 MILLION ILLEGAL LABORERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

OVER HALF CROSSED THE BORDER ILLEGALLY AND THE REST OVERSTAYED THEIR TEMPORARY VISAS.

THE ILLEGAL WORKERS COMPETE AGAINST LESS-EDUCATED AMERICANS FOR THE SAME MANUAL LABOR AND SERVICE-SECTOR

JOBS, ESPECIALLY IN INDUSTRIES LIKE CONSTRUCTION AND LANDSCAPING.

THANKS TO THIS POOL OF CHEAP ILLEGAL LABOR, CORPORATIONS FEEL LITTLE NEED TO RAISE WAGES

AND ATTRACT AMERICAN WORKERS.

U.S.-BORN WORKERS LOSE UP TO $118 BILLION A YEAR DUE TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, ACCORDING

TO GEORGE BORJAS OF HARVARD'S KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT.

THE SUPPLY OF ILLEGAL LABOR HAS DEVASTATED WORKING-CLASS AMERICANS' ECONOMIC PROSPECTS

AND MADE IT HARDER FOR VULNERABLE AMERICANS TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

ONE IN SIX AMERICAN HIGH-SCHOOL DROPOUTS IS UNEMPLOYED OR HAS LEFT THE LABOR MARKET ENTIRELY.

LESS-EDUCATED AMERICANS LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND JOBS HAVE SEEN THEIR PAY SHRINK OR STAGNATE.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION COSTS THE AVERAGE U.S.-BORN WORKER WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ABOUT

$800 A YEAR IN LOST WAGES.

SIMPLY PUT, THE FAILURE TO ENFORCE AMERICA'S IMMIGRATION LAWS HAS DEALT A MAJOR ECONOMIC

BLOW TO AMERICA'S MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS.

STRENGTHENING BORDER SECURITY WOULD PUT THE INTERESTS OF WORKING AMERICANS AHEAD OF ILLEGAL

IMMIGRANTS AND EMPLOYERS WHO FLAGRANTLY DISREGARD LABOR LAWS.

MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR POROUS BORDER.

LAX BORDER SECURITY ENABLES THE CARTELS TO SMUGGLE DRUGS THAT KILL TENS OF THOUSANDS

OF AMERICANS ANNUALLY INTO OUR COUNTRY.

NEARLY ALL OF THE HEROIN AND MUCH OF THE FENTANYL ON U.S. STREETS COMES FROM MEXICO, ACCORDING

TO THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.

THOSE TWO DRUGS ALONE KILLED ALMOST 20,000 AMERICANS IN 2015.

CARTELS EARN ABOUT $64 BILLION ANNUALLY TRAFFICKING DRUGS ACROSS OUR BORDER.

DRUG TRAFFICKERS ARE BRUTALLY VIOLENT.

IN RECENT YEARS, CARTELS HAVE MURDERED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN MEXICAN BORDER CITIES

AND THAT VIOLENCE HAS SPILLED OVER INTO AMERICAN TERRITORY.

MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF FEDERAL CRIMINAL CASES FILED IN 2013 WERE IN DISTRICTS ALONG THE

U.S.-MEXICO BORDER, ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

A BORDER WALL WOULD IMPROVE SAFETY IN THESE REGIONS.

JUST LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE FROM ARIZONA'S YUMA BORDER PATROL SECTOR, ONCE THE MOST VIOLENT

AREA ALONG AMERICA'S SOUTHWEST BORDER.

IN 2006, AN INITIATIVE KNOWN AS OPERATION JUMP START DRAMATICALLY INCREASED SECURITY

PERSONNEL AND BUILT NEW FENCING ALONG PARTS OF THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER, INCLUDING IN YUMA.

WITHIN A YEAR, THE NUMBER OF VIOLENT ATTACKS IN THE YUMA BORDER PATROL SECTOR WENT FROM

AROUND 200 TO ZERO.

INSTANCES OF SO-CALLED "DRIVE-THROUGHS" IN WHICH SMUGGLERS DRIVE CONTRABAND AND ILLEGAL

IMMIGRANTS OVER THE BORDER IN VEHICLES FELL FROM MORE THAN 2,700 TO SIX.

TWO YEARS AFTER THE FENCE WENT UP, ARRESTS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND BORDER-CROSSING HAD

FALLEN FROM 138,000 TO 8,363.

AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID, A WALL WOULDN'T NEED TO SPAN THE ENTIRE BORDER.

MUCH OF THE BORDER IS IMPASSABLE ANYWAY DUE TO RIVERS AND ROUGH TERRAIN.

THAT'S WHY THE HOUSE'S $1.6 BILLION PROVISION EARMARKED THE FUNDS FOR ONLY 76 MILES OF ADDITIONAL

FENCING IN HIGH-TRAFFIC AREAS IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND SAN DIEGO.

OF COURSE, A BORDER WALL ALONE WON'T FULLY SOLVE THE MANY PROBLEMS STEMMING FROM ILLEGAL

IMMIGRATION.

AUTHORITIES ALSO NEED TO CRACK DOWN ON BUSINESSES THAT KNOWINGLY EMPLOY ILLEGAL ALIENS.

ALL EMPLOYERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO USE E-VERIFY, A FREE, ONLINE VERIFICATION SYSTEM, TO CONFIRM

THAT PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES CAN LEGALLY WORK IN THE UNITED STATES.

A MANDATORY E-VERIFY POLICY WITH A $10,000 FINE FOR EACH VIOLATION WOULD ELIMINATE THE

LURE OF CHEAP LABOR THAT SOME AMERICAN EMPLOYERS FIND SO IRRESISTIBLE.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT COMPETITION FROM ILLEGAL BORDER-CROSSERS COSTS AMERICAN WORKERS TENS

OF BILLIONS IN LOST WAGES EVERY YEAR AND DRUGS FLOWING ACROSS THE BORDER CLAIM TENS OF THOUSANDS

OF AMERICAN LIVES.

A BORDER WALL WOULD HELP BRING THIS "CARNAGE," AS PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED IT IN HIS INAUGURAL

ADDRESS, TO AN END.

Do you think we need to build the border wall even if it means a government shut down?

We want to hear your

thoughts about this folks!

Please leave a comment below:

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Why Windows millennium edition is AWESOME! - Duration: 3:07.

welcome back to the adventure this is Adam and today we're talking about why

Windows millennium edition is awesome we will get started right after this

Windows millennium edition has a reputation for being awful and very

possibly holds a place on everyone's worst of lists however there are some

truly great features that were introduced in the operating system let's

start by talking about automatic updates this seems like a trivial feature now

but previous to millennium edition you would have to visit the Windows Update

website and check for new updates this was a time before Patch Tuesday was

formalised chances are the average user did not know when new updates would be

available by extension some users would miss critical patches thanks to the

advent of automatic updates our computers are a little safer we have one

less thing to worry about because the updates can be done overnight and I have

made at least two videos on the topic which can be found in the card above I

worked in a call center for six years doing phone tech support from experience

I can tell you System Restore is an invaluable tool a tool that was

introduced with millennium Edition even with modern operating systems like

Windows 10 System Restore is available exactly where it should be in the

recovery options there simply isn't an alternative program that works like an

undo button when something goes wrong from a misbehaving new program or driver

to startup issues or even a virus infection

System Restore has you covered next we have the windows image acquisition this

API allows software to communicate with imaging hardware like scanners mspaint

for example has an option called from scanner or camera that can acquire an

image from a scanner some users may never have found the need to scan a

document or picture to their computer with digital cameras that say pictures

to SD cards and multifunction printers that can email and scan documents or

save them flash drives this feature may seem antiquated and obsolete however it

is still in modern operating systems and was first introduced in millennium

edition then there was Windows Movie Maker a basic video editing program

bundled with Windows for simple tasks like jump cuts adding music or joining

clips together Movie Maker was great I actually used Movie Maker to edit

YouTube videos before migrating to Premiere let's talk about native support

for USB mass storage devices a personally loved Windows 98 second

edition and used it for several years before eventually switching to Windows

2000 however it had huge shortcomings support for USB devices of any kind was

casually referred to as plug and pray due to the unpredictable outcome of

connecting the device to your computer in fairness there was eventually a

generic Mass Storage driver for Windows 98

but millennium Edition had you covered from the start some code sharing was

done between the millenium and Neptune teams at Microsoft follow the card above

to check out the never released Windows Neptune subscribe for more videos on

retro tech and legacy software every Thursday thanks for stopping by see you

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