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Richard
28th July 2005, 06:00 PM
Can someone confirm this as the location of the JREF?

Google Earth:

20 06'28.04 N

80 08'70.00 W
Ririon
28th July 2005, 06:12 PM
Entering "201 E Davie Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316" into maps.google.com gives you a nice map/satellite image of the area. But you'll NEVER find The Amazing Island, Randi's secret lair in a hollowed out volcanic island somwhere in the tropics. ;)
Red Siegfried
31st July 2005, 01:07 AM
Ha, that's all the information I need! The Amazing's Secret Lair! To adventure!!!!
pmycrackin
3rd August 2005, 10:09 PM
@Richard,

your coordinates are a little out. JREF is located at

26° 6'28.38"N
80° 8'26.85"W

Here is a snapshot from Google Earth

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a163/dghfdh546546/jref.jpg

If you would like the KMZ file I would be more than happy to email it to you.
Batman Jr.
3rd August 2005, 11:06 PM
Google Maps at this point in its development is obviously a very amazing technology with a lot of potential, but it's nonetheless riddled with an unbelievable number of mislabeled locations. From my experience with testing it by searching for places I'm familiar with, it seems that it actually gets the location wrong the majority of the time. There are also glaring omissions from its searchable catalogue. For instance, I asked it to find the Eiffel Tower, and the results were zilch. You can get Paris, but not the Eiffel Tower. Sheesh!
Richard
3rd August 2005, 11:21 PM
Originally posted by pmycrackin
@Richard,

your coordinates are a little out. JREF is located at

26° 6'28.38"N
80° 8'26.85"W

Here is a snapshot from Google Earth

If you would like the KMZ file I would be more than happy to email it to you.

Thanks, but I see it now! Wow, gotta love it. JREF is only 9,345 miles from my place!
Brown
3rd August 2005, 11:26 PM
That shiny spot near the building ... is that Randi?
pmycrackin
4th August 2005, 08:04 AM
^^^ :) I think you may be right there! - And that car in the parking lot! - Well thats' mine I was sorting out Randi's computer spyware when this picture was taken :dr:
Diamond
5th August 2005, 02:15 AM
I've been there. To be truthful, the JREF building inside feels like a "house church", except there's no ministers, and the Asimov library is full of pseudoscientific junk.

I had a good look at a Scientology e-meter in there. I was not impressed.

Randi is a lovely person to meet. I encourage everybody to go meet him. Actually having met him, I challenge anyone to honestly characterise him as a "cult leader"