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US No Longer Technology King
An anonymous reader writes to tell us that according to a recent report from the World Economic Forum the US has lost the leading spot for technology innovation. The new reigning champ is now apparently Denmark with other Nordic neighbors Sweden, Finland and Norway all claiming top spots as well. "Countries were judged on technological advancements in general business, the infrastructure available and the extent to which government policy creates a framework necessary for economic development and increased competitiveness."
Or Al Quaeda or Bin Laden or /bin/sh or anybody... just don't blame US
Everybody else is ganging up on US because they hate our freedom.
Population densities: (people/km^2)
Denmark: 125.8
USA: 30.8
Sweden: 20.1
Finland: 15.5
Norway: 14.2
Iceland: 2.8
Denmark is indeed more densly populated than the US, as is Singapore, the Netherlands and what-not. The other nordic countries are very sparsely settled, yet they all have excellent broadband and rank highly on this list. Time to find a new excuse for the excreable broadband situation in the US...
I choose to remain celibate, like my father and his father before him.
I don't care whether you believe in god or not or support bush, it has nothing to do with either of those things. Your FCC is governed by your legislative branch. They enact the stupid laws you all complain about. Guess what? You are to blame for electing those boneheads to office.
Jesus was a compassionate social conservative who called individuals to sin no more.
Vote republicans DOWN from power.
whenever democrats get the power, you go forward, and do some astonishing things, like internet. Whenever republicans come, you go into some sort of small scale war, your budget deficit increases and there is turmoil in your economy.
This is broad as daylight even when we look from here, Turkey, tens of thousands of miles away. It is curious that you are not able to see the picture while you are living in it.
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No matter the naysaying on slashdot, the United States of America is still the mightiest, richest, most powerful, most influential nation in the world. So I guess we're doing something right.
Yeah, right. Our military can't even find one crazy old man suffering from kidney failure in a cave. Remind me again how powerful we are?
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
I am anti-American right now. This is something I decided after Americans (as a society, not individually) decided that they needed 4 more years of Bush. The first election I was willing to write off as a fraud, but the second one was the will of the people. I blame, in this order:
1) George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and the rest of their gang
2) Those who voted for Bush knowing full well what he stood for
3) Those who voted for Bush not knowing what he stood for (ignorance is not an excuse)
4) Those who didn't vote and would have voted against Bush (apathy is not an excuse)
5) Those who voted against Bush but didn't speak out against them (I know, it's not an easy thing to do)
6) Those who joined the army after 9/11 (yeah, you probably think you're fighting "terrorists" or bringing "freedom to the people", but you're just a tool of an evil, corrupt government)
Those of you who voted against Bush and are not afraid to publicly speak of his evil, I wish I could meet more of you. And to those who joined the American Army prior to all of this terrorism bullshit, I'm sorry you got used for the wrong reason.
Most of the world hates you right now. I'm not afraid to say it, and I think that the posts here should give you a pretty good indication that there's a multitude of reasons why. The good news is that it's difficult to imagine an American government that's more evil or more corrupt, so 2008 is almost definitely going to bring about an improvement. Unfortunately, that's still about 8 years too late.
"Please describe the scientific nature of the 'whammy'" - Agent Scully
Why the hell do you need links?
Open your fucking eyes and take a look at the country around you. Listen to your "leaders" and your neighbours.
Sorry if you are blind and deaf.
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Strange, works for me.
I chose single examples rather then produce an entire page of links, I am actually doing other things at the moment.
Seems to me you just don't want to admit any problems...
The USA is well known for having the most dense population in the world.
That simply won't work.
The government can't save you.