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Comment Re: I do not understand (Score 1) 538

Next you'll be telling me that Pluto isn't a planet. I go by what I was taught: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, Antarctica. Going by connected landmasses, and ignoring artificial separators like Panama and Suez canals, it should be four: America, Eurafriaisa, Australia, and Antarctica. But Australia the nation still uses the name for Australia the continent. Doesn't get my blood boiling.

Comment Re: I do not understand (Score 1) 538

There is no continent named "America". Americans are North American. Central Americans are North American. South Americans are South American. All of these people are from the Americas, but not America. To answer your question: Australia. Even the European Union works better for your example, despite not being a nation.

Comment Re:bah (Score 3, Insightful) 261

Give me an office with a door, and coworkers who understand that a closed door means "do not disturb unless it's an emergency". I can't count the number of times that someone has distracted me from thought experiments just to ask my progress on the task that I'm thinking about. Almost every developer or IT person would benefit from an office with a door, no matter how small or how far underground.

Comment Smarter isn't the same as knowledgeable (Score 1) 227

One involves the use of information, and the capacity to learn quickly, the other involves the recall of information. Einstein was smart. Billy Quizboy is knowledgeable. Search engines let everyone be Billy Quizboys. Applying that recalled knowledge correctly (especially in new ways) is what separates a smart Billy Quizboy from the pack.

Comment Re:Know what's worse? Cleartext. (Score 1) 132

he pulled an app off a public website, got it running on my computer in minutes and before we were done with dinner he had my wifi password

Presumably something you had recently typed and was in memory, had stored in a file, or had typed while the program was running. Your friend showed you a magic trick. "Look over here at my right hand while it does something awesome. Now look in my left hand to see what my right hand did!" It was his left hand all along.

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