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1. ektor says:

   2010/10/01 at 2:21 am

   The one made out of coins and 100yuan note is the best one. It represents perfectly modern China: the biggest star is MONEY, the smaller ones MORE MONEY.
   R.I.P Grandpa Mao

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   • o.m.g. says:

     2010/10/01 at 4:22 am

     顶

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2. john digmeme says:

   2010/10/01 at 6:11 am

   I liked the one made out of crackers and what looks like phone cards. Low budget pride.

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3. Gary says:

   2010/10/01 at 9:00 am

   Some of these seem rather flippant and disrespectful. The one on the chair seat especially. What does it say that you want to plant your butt on your national flag? Put it on the back of the chair so at least it isn’t covered.

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4. Al says:

   2010/10/01 at 1:07 pm

   I like the one on the building and the tea cup ones.

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5. Wang Er says:

   2010/10/01 at 2:39 pm

   The one with scrambled eggs and tomatoes is my favorite. Yummy!

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6. BlackSugarDaddy says:

   2010/10/01 at 5:05 pm

   used to hump with 5 star red flag

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7. Давид says:

   2010/10/02 at 1:24 pm

   Yes, another holiday to celebrate one year closer to the end of the current regime.

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8. Wong says:

   2010/10/03 at 9:40 pm

   red代表communism，我觉得中国是不是该考虑 change the color of the national flag？
   because it is not a real communist country here in china.

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9. georgeson says:

   2010/10/04 at 11:33 am

   If you know Matlab, try copy the two functions below to the same folder then run the first function in Matlab. You will get a nice five-star red flag.

   function paintFiveStarRedFlag(flag_dimension_in_pixel)

   %% Constants

   if nargin < 1

   flag_dimension_in_pixel = [600 400];

   end

   figure_leftbottom_pos = [100 100];

   bkg_color = [1 0 0];

   star_color = [1 1 0];

   flag_horiz_units_num = 30;

   flag_verti_units_num = 20;

   star_vertices_x = zeros(10, 5);

   star_vertices_y = zeros(10, 5);

   stars(5).center_pos = [];

   stars(1).center_pos = [5 15];

   stars(1).radius = 3;

   stars(1).orientation = 0;

   stars(2).center_pos = [10 18];

   stars(2).radius = 1;

   stars(2).orientation = 0;

   stars(3).center_pos = [12 16];

   stars(3).radius = 1;

   stars(3).orientation = 0;

   stars(4).center_pos = [12 13];

   stars(4).radius = 1;

   stars(4).orientation = 0;

   stars(5).center_pos = [10 11];

   stars(5).radius = 1;

   stars(5).orientation = 0;

   for i = 2:5
   dists = deal(stars(i).center_pos – stars(1).center_pos);
   stars(i).orientation = atan(dists(2)/dists(1)).*180/pi + 90;
   end

   %% Prepare the background

   flag_figure = figure('Units', 'pixels', …
   'Position', [figure_leftbottom_pos, flag_dimension_in_pixel]);

   flag_axes = axes('Parent', flag_figure, 'Units','pixels', …
   'Position', [1 1 flag_dimension_in_pixel], 'Color', [1 0 0]);

   set(flag_axes, 'XLim', [0 flag_horiz_units_num], 'YLim', [0 flag_verti_units_num]);

   rectangle('Position', [0 0 flag_horiz_units_num flag_verti_units_num], …
   'FaceColor', bkg_color ,'EdgeColor' ,bkg_color);

   set(flag_axes, 'Visible','off');

   %% Get the Star's Vertices

   for i = 1:5
   [star_vertices_x(:, i) star_vertices_y(:, i)] = …
   GetPentagramVertices(stars(i).center_pos, …
   stars(i).radius,stars(i).orientation);

   end

   star_handles = patch(star_vertices_x, star_vertices_y, star_color);

   set(star_handles, 'EdgeColor', star_color);

   % flag_image = frame2im(getframe(flag_figure));
   %
   % [filename, pathname, filterindex] = …
   % uiputfile('*','Save the Nation Flag as…')
   %
   % imwrite(flag_image, [pathname filename]);

   function [x y] = GetPentagramVertices(centerPos, radius, orientation)

   Rad_ext = radius .* ones(1,5);
   Ori_ext = ([0:72:359] + 90 +orientation).* pi/ 180;

   Rad_int = radius .* sind(18)./sind(126) .* ones(1,5);
   Ori_int = ([0:72:359] – 90 +orientation).* pi/ 180;
   Ori_int = Ori_int([4 5 1 2 3]);

   Rad_all = zeros(1,10);
   Ori_all = zeros(1,10);

   Rad_all([1:2:10 2:2:10]) = [Rad_ext Rad_int];
   Ori_all([1:2:10 2:2:10]) = [Ori_ext Ori_int];

   [x y] = pol2cart(Ori_all, Rad_all);

   x = x + centerPos(1);
   y = y + centerPos(2);

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   • georgeson says:

     2010/10/04 at 11:35 am

     Important note: These codes were made by Spiegel in bbs.ustc.edu.cn

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     • AlleyCat says:

       2010/10/05 at 1:48 am

       less important note: Spiegel is either dutch or german. It means ‘mirror’.

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10. eric says:

    2010/10/06 at 3:20 pm

    ohh yes… make a flag and perpetuate nationalism (aka FASCISM)! Real friggin’ intelligent!

    statism is dead morons!

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11. bayrak says:

    2010/10/12 at 6:05 am

    kolbay@mynet.com

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