Which continent do you represent?

[Omerta]

New guy here from the USA... just curious to see where everyone else is from!



Thanks!

[Feud]

Ummm...

You do realize that Russia is not a continent, and that you left out Australia, right?

[Omerta]

Yes.

Infact, I almost typed USA instead of NA.



I was trying to use the ingame options




I guess maybe I could just list a few hundred countries.

[Montyphy]

Ingame options? For which game? Uplink? Defcon? Pong?

[martin]

Ingame options? For which game? Uplink? Defcon? Pong?

what kind of a stupid question is that? Pong obviously...

[DueAccident]

I represent Wales, and we are a continent unto ourselves.

[Cooper42]

If Ireland is Europe's outhouse, and Scotland the patio, then Wales is the leaking conservatory...

[Star*Dagger]

EUROPE! The only continent that is CLOSE to becoming a civilization.

S*D

[Masaq]

If Ireland is Europe's outhouse, and Scotland the patio, then Wales is the leaking conservatory...

And together with England (Europe's Sick Man), they form the entity known as... America's Poodle!

[Star*Dagger]

If Ireland is Europe's outhouse, and Scotland the patio, then Wales is the leaking conservatory...

And together with England (Europe's Sick Man), they form the entity known as... America's Poodle!

The US wouldnt qualify to become an EU country 1) human rights 2) death penalty 3) poor economy 4) weak currency 5) questionable financial sector

S*D

[Stewsburntmonkey]

If Ireland is Europe's outhouse, and Scotland the patio, then Wales is the leaking conservatory...

And together with England (Europe's Sick Man), they form the entity known as... America's Poodle!

The US wouldnt qualify to become an EU country 1) human rights 2) death penalty 3) poor economy 4) weak currency 5) questionable financial sector

S*D

The US economy is better than most European economies by a fair bit. . .

[Feud]

If Ireland is Europe's outhouse, and Scotland the patio, then Wales is the leaking conservatory...

And together with England (Europe's Sick Man), they form the entity known as... America's Poodle!

The US wouldnt qualify to become an EU country 1) human rights 2) death penalty 3) poor economy 4) weak currency 5) questionable financial sector

S*D

You forgot a couple others:

6) Racial equality 7) Positive domestic population growth 8 ) Cars that are built for driving and not for burning

In all seriousness though, I would say you are way off base in your assesment. Few other places on earth offer people more rights and freedoms then the USA.

Further, our economy is going great right now. We remain the largest economy in the world, and it is growing at a rate not seen in sixty years. I admit though to not being an economist, but the Professors on the subject at my University are extremly happy and optimistic about the current economic situation and forcast (I would say that it is in far better condition then was Poland's when it joined the EU).

That being said, if the death penalty is not kosher with the EU, then we do strike out there.

It doesn't really matter though since America not only would never want to be a member (the American people, myself included, wouldn't stand for it), and we fall short of the biggest requirment:

We aren't Europeans, nor is our country located in Europe.

[Rkiver]

We aren't Europeans, nor is our country located in Europe.

Hasn't stopped Turkey.....

[MrBunsy]

I was just going to say that dammit!

And is the US economy stronger? The Euro is worth a fair bit more, but I don't quite get economies.

[Feud]

We aren't Europeans, nor is our country located in Europe.

Hasn't stopped Turkey.....

IIRC, Turkey does have some territory in Europe (Istanbul is located on the European side). So, any one born in that part of the country would be European.

I was just going to say that dammit!

And is the US economy stronger? The Euro is worth a fair bit more, but I don't quite get economies.

Currency value is not neccesarily an indication of economic strength. For example, if one Euro is worth 5 American dollars, but the Euro has a 10% inflation rate comapred to an American inflation rate of 2%, then the Ameican currency, though worth less, is doing better at holding it's value.

As for "strength", it all depends on who you ask. The American economy is larger then the combined EU economy, and is growing at a faster rate. However, as the EU grows in experiance, and as the Chinese economy begins to srupass America's (in another decade or so) things may change. For right now I would say that America still has a better economy then Europe, and we have a brighter economic future (right now Europe is suffering froma "brain drain" as more and more highly skilled workers leave to come to the U.S. for work, and unless Europe wants to try to regain the lead in steel mills and ship building, they need to find a way to retain high tech jobs and industries).