Time for a new Political Debate

[ColinEssex]

Nice one Stoat

Col

 

[ColinEssex]

1851 - Squadron fleet 0-1 America

John Cox Stevens, first Commodore and founder of the NYYC, travelled across the Atlantic with the express intention of denting British seafaring pride.

Like some Yank in a little boat wanting a race would do that?

Jo, even the Spanish armada couldn't do it, so some Yankee geezer doesn't stand a chance

Col

 

[The Stoat]

PS

This site

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0908742.html

says that of 15,927,987 enrollments for all degree types in the US only 2,494,009 actually graduated That's ~1:6 graduates to enrolements

 

[Kraj]

Yay! Statistics wars! Now I can go fiddle with the data to prove whatever I feel like...

 

[The Stoat]

Yay! Statistics wars! Now I can go fiddle with the data to prove whatever I feel like...

But the numbers are from US sources

 

[jsanders]

J you crack me up.

Noble prizes to population ratio

US population 295,734,134 according to:

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html

1 Noble prize per 1920351 head of population

UK population 60,441,457 same source

1 Noble prize per 915779 head of population

That's twice the number of Noble prizes per head for the UK

Graduation statistcs source: IES/OECD Education at a Glance 2002

Graduation rates in OECD countries (per cent)

Sorry matey but you just don't cut the mustard

Well I’ve been trying to tell you this for months. And you guys still don’t listen.
The bottom 1/3 of the US population doesn’t count. Their only desire is to stay ignorant and poor.

 

[The Stoat]

Well I’ve been trying to tell you this for months. And you guys still don’t listen.
The bottom 1/3 of the US population doesn’t count. Their only desire is to stay ignorant and poor.

If that is how you think of your fellows then i pity you.

 

[jsanders]

If that is how you think of your fellows then i pity you.

Why?
It's a fact; generational ignorance is a way of life for some here. Only in small areas has anyone been successful at eliminating it.

We are unfortunately headed for a divided country. Similar to South American ones, but that will be ok too, since that’s who will be living here. They’re used to it.

 

[FoFa]

That's twice the number of Noble prizes per head for the UK

OK so if you double the 66 UK NP's that's (counting on fingers, now counting on toes, damn, getting out calculator) 132 for the UK, still not up to the US's 154. Given the US is only 229 years old, and the UK is like, well, a few years older, they should have all of them, NO WAIT, most left to come the USA to get away from the tyrants in the UK!

 

[Mile-O]

OK so if you double the 66 UK NP's that's (counting on fingers, now counting on toes, damn, getting out calculator) 132 for the UK, still not up to the US's 154. Given the US is only 229 years old, and the UK is like, well, a few years older, they should have all of them!

You do realise that the Nobel Prizes (with the exception of Economics, which came later) were only initiated in 1901, six years after the death of Alfred Nobel, so the age of the United States is irrelevant.

Doubling up the UK's 66 to get 132 to place against the 154 of the US means nothing; that's why The Stoat demonstrated that the comparison is only relevant when you double one Nobel Prize per heads of population.

 

[FoFa]

The Stoat demonstrated that the comparison is only relevant when you double one Nobel Prize per heads of population.

Naw the whole thing is irrelevant that's what you don't seem to see (are you a Brit, don't sound like a true Scott) and we are better than you, NAHNEE NAHNEE BOO BOO

 

[Rich]

Why?
generational ignorance is a way of life for some here.

can't you go to an adult educational facility then, there may be some hope for you yet Joeline?

 

[Rich]

and we are better than you,

At what exactly?

 

[Bat17]

I think that the Stoat was actualy trying to talk about population numbers, mass not quality. but then the states has a lot of space. only 30 people to the sqKm as opposed to our 243.

Peter

 

[Rich]

Ya'll missed out.
It's called Americas Cup after the first yacht that won it.
You shouldv'e looked it up.

One piddly little boat race
Who built the worlds first passenger jet airliner
Who built the worlds largest airliner
Who built the worlds fastest passenger airliner
Who built the worlds first hovercraft
Who built the worlds first VTOl
Who built the worlds first nuclear power plant
Which car company wouldn't ship their cars to the States with ABS fitted, in case the concept got borrowed?

I know these are tough questions for you Joey and you won't find the answers in your history books, try Google if you're stuck

 

[Kraj]

Who failed to properly punctuate a question 6 out of 7 times?

 

[jsanders]

One piddly little boat race
Who built the worlds first passenger jet airliner
Who built the worlds largest airliner
Who built the worlds fastest passenger airliner
Who built the worlds first hovercraft
Who built the worlds first VTOl
Who built the worlds first nuclear power plant
Which car company wouldn't ship their cars to the States with ABS fitted, in case the concept got borrowed?

I know these are tough questions for you Joey and you won't find the answers in your history books, try Google if you're stuck

These must be a real source of national pride for you guys.

A similar list of American first achievements would fill up…let me see… oh yeah over 6,000,000 patents filed.

 

[jsanders]

Originally Posted by Rich

One piddly little boat race

Which after taking from the nautically challenged British, we kept for 120 years until a New Zealander took it.

Who built the worlds first passenger jet airliner

Who built the first aircraft?

Who built the worlds fastest passenger airliner

Who built the passenger aircraft with the best safety rating? And went on to build ½ of all passenger aircraft in the world.

Who built the worlds first hovercraft

It was about time.

Who built the worlds first VTOl

Very Cool, but it took Americans to perfect it.

Which car company wouldn't ship their cars to the States with ABS fitted, in case the concept got borrowed?

That's ok, Ford later bought them out.

Who built the worlds first nuclear power plant

In this case you're history is incorect.

The first one (non-commercial) was used to enrich plutonium. I think that was called Manhattan.

 

[jsanders]

OK Richard the Lion Heartless,

How about these?

Who flew around the globe first both first and non stop?

Who first walked on the moon?

Who built the first sky scraper and about to built the tallest again?

Who was first to Mars?

Where was the first open heart surgery?

Where is the world largest ball of yarn?

Who broke the sound barrier?

Who split the first atom?

Who created the first fusion reaction?

Etc,etc,etc

 

[jsanders]

Richard,

Here's an important one you missed.

Who made the first aircraft carrier?