I don't know if your post deserves +1 Funny, +1 Interesting, +1 Insightful or what...
But you really deserve some modding up!
OTOH, there are certain aspects of bluffing or tactics on certain dice games, and so on...
On the other hand, i have the duty to correct you. First of all, you refer to Australia as a continent, but you're wrong. Australia is a country, the continent associated is called Oceania (or Oceanica).
Then you say, America is not a country, but N and S America are. I have to tell you that, first, even on the english language, the question about America being a continent, or the Americas being 3 continents (north, south and central), is not clear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America). But... in every other language that wikipedia has,and is written with a western alphabet, you see America as one continent. That includes french and spanish (Amerique and América)... So i don't think you can tell me straight ahead that: "I'm wrong".
. Finally, I have to admit i wasn't clear enough about "Your attitude". My comment was based on the precept that the US are a democratic nation, and therefore, the decisions made by the US government are an extension on the positions maintained (did i write that ok?) by the US people. If that's not the case, you should really make a judgment about how your government is operating, because that's how you're seen by the rest of the world.
Considering you're the only nation (AFAIK) who includes their continent in your name, it sounds logical and respectful to the other people who inhabit America (or The Americas, if you prefer), to call you US citizens, or something which distinguish you in an unique way. It's clearer, and it actually respects the identities of the rest of the continent.
I guess one of the pitfalls is that there still exists management who believes it's all about turning the right kind of switch and everything will get fixed auto-magically.
It's actually more about identity. I hope you don't take it as a "US Hating" comment, but it's about the attitude the US has had about America.
Being myself from South America, the feeling we get when we see US citizens calling themselves "Americans", is the same feeling we get when we witness "democratic interventions" of the US into our culture, which i will not name because i think we all know what they are about and this post isn't intended as flamebait.
The discussion about America being a continent and not a country, is a discussion about people from America not wanting the US to keep depreciating and subjugating our cultures.
You know, different meanings in different contexts and stuff =)
In Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Costa Rica, Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala..etc....etc...etc; the sport you call "soccer" is called Football.
and guess what? They're all americans.
[BTW, saying "what the fuck is steak mince" makes you sound like an arrogant American.]
Makes him sound like an arrogant US citizen. America is a continent, not a damn country...
But then again, cyberattacks are of a completely different nature than bombing a hospital.+Ã
The one danger of malware and viruses, is that they can really get out of hand. Call me alarmist, but i think there are more chances of critical equipment of an hospital causing deaths because of a malware attack that got out of hand (you really dont know how much USB thumbdrives get into places they shouldnt), than say a terrorist bombing the place a-là Joker.
PS: Why the hell is the preview function so goddamn slow!
365 Days of drinking Lo-Cal beer. = 1 Lite-year