Another one
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ cs.html
Note how it says "Central American" it doesn't say North American or South American
I will asure you something for one thing. NOONE from Guatemala,Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica will tell you "I am from North America". If you ask any of us we live in Central America, which is a part of the continent of America.
Take a look at this link and its widely varied number of "right" answers
http://forum.leo.org/archiv/2002_04/02/20020402215 410l_en.html
Ok lets try this link
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas.html
So we have North , South and Central America and also the Carribean....
The reason why Panama is "in" South America is indeed a historical one if you like, they were part of Colombia at the beginning of the 20th century.........
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/central_am erica_ref02.jpg
Anyway I don't care.......and don't think anyone does (except that suddenly we all became North Americans:P )
Under this logic "Why call a region North America when this region is a mere subset of the continent that already has this name? " I would say then that there is ONE continent called America PERIOD. I was taught in school, continents are America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and Antartica so that's it. Not sure why North/South America if they are obviously the same landmass and you claim history has nothing to do with it.
"If he insists that you are not from North America" he doesn't need to insist, he will put me in a nice little office for further interrogation under my false claims to be American
"Where do we find such a map that has CA as its own continent? " I dont claim CA is a continent , the continent is AMERICA as a whole
"The word continent means something, and having a "distintive history" is not part of it. " what does it mean exactly to you? Perhaps thats where the confusion is
"Where do we find such a map that has CA as its own continent?" certanly not in the United States, I can only speak for the education I got, not sure about European geography lessons on this subject
I have been looking for some maps but they are mostly US based sites so it could be that you guys split America in two and put the limit in Panama (for whatever reason)
I would say that this is one of "history is written by the winners" kind of thing
In Latin America in general the lesson on geography is
North America (canada, US and mexico)
Central America (guatemala down to panama)
South America (from panama border all the way down)
So I guess I am a NORTH American..........next time I travel to the US I will say that to the INS agent and see what he says about that.......
I am 30 so I was in school roughly 23 years ago....from then it appears that now there are 7 continents instead of 6 and that Central America (along with its distinctive history from the rest of the countries...all this coming from the colonial times) has dissapeared
I am glad I got rid of my school books, apparently they are all "wrong" now.....it doesn't really matter to us anyway, if this helps the average "American" understand geography a little better I am all for it:P
If I were to guess he meant the Unions:(
Lets see similarities between them
they have their own power structure, sometimes they disobey/manipulate the ones they are suposed to help (the common citizen), they can create havoc if not controlled properly, always looking for new conflicts as without them they would have nothing to do.......very expensive institutions..........list goes on and on..........
BTW, the "cops" do not necesarily have shields.....sometimes not even a bycicle to patrol the neighborhoods
We here started "outsourcing" all the services that the goverment in theory provides long ago.......
Now health, education and security are ALL a "do it yourself business"........yet they want more tax dollars to "fix everything", same'ol song they play every 4 years or so
"Costa Ricans are smarter than that."
I can only hope that you are right (not likely)
At least......when the USA Senate has a bill regarding making money they pass it quickly
Here.........we drag everything forever.....missing huge opportunities to make $ and give everyone a piece of the cake, instead we do nothing and everyone (including my "beloved" unions) stay poor (Except for their leaders who typically are always in meetings and have huge benefits)
The current goverment is making a ridiculous attempt at solving the mistakes of the past 10 administrations by passing a huge tax law.
Also they are arrogant and short sighted when it comes to attracting investors, they seem to think that everyone is DYING to move their business here and that we are not suposed to help them or make it easier..............
I.......as a CR citizen am starting to think that it would not be bad to have a nice recession (along with the corresponding migration of foreign capitals) so that there @#$@#$# who call themselves politicians come to their senses.
CR is still far ahead of any other central american (And South American too) countries as far as quality human resources etc but if we don't join the 21st century and stay with draconian measures like ineficient telco then.......there are plently of other countries willing to take the lead.........
Panama is one for example
"Said telco offers excellent local phone service and cheap cellular lines, but incredibly crappy internet access. At least they have DSL and cable, but all my dad can get is 512k down, 128k up."
He probably can get much more, I had 1024/256 not long agoand you can go for more if you need it, you just need deep pockets and I mean DEEP
I would love to know if they got my info! About 6 months from now the newspapers down here (In Costa Rica, Central America) were reporting that this very company was buying information from citizens all over, names/addresses/telephone numbers/property info/amount of purchases done using credit cards............etc
Our laws are not even in diapers regarding protecting private info, it was mainly a non issue for us until the world started to become as interconected as it is now.......end result, now my info can end up in a foreign country before I even realize it!
User: hello, xyz webpage is loading very slowly so is everything else like www and xxx.com
Support: yes sir, you see all those pages are in english and it takes a bit for them to be translated and delivered to your computer
User: !!!!!!!!
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Another one http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ cs.html
Note how it says "Central American" it doesn't say North American or South American
I will asure you something for one thing. NOONE from Guatemala,Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica will tell you "I am from North America". If you ask any of us we live in Central America, which is a part of the continent of America. Take a look at this link and its widely varied number of "right" answers http://forum.leo.org/archiv/2002_04/02/20020402215 410l_en.html
Ok lets try this link http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas.html So we have North , South and Central America and also the Carribean ....
The reason why Panama is "in" South America is indeed a historical one if you like, they were part of Colombia at the beginning of the 20th century.........
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/central_am erica_ref02.jpg
Anyway I don't care.......and don't think anyone does (except that suddenly we all became North Americans :P )
Under this logic "Why call a region North America when this region is a mere subset of the continent that already has this name? " I would say then that there is ONE continent called America PERIOD. I was taught in school, continents are America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and Antartica so that's it. Not sure why North/South America if they are obviously the same landmass and you claim history has nothing to do with it. "If he insists that you are not from North America" he doesn't need to insist, he will put me in a nice little office for further interrogation under my false claims to be American "Where do we find such a map that has CA as its own continent? " I dont claim CA is a continent , the continent is AMERICA as a whole "The word continent means something, and having a "distintive history" is not part of it. " what does it mean exactly to you? Perhaps thats where the confusion is "Where do we find such a map that has CA as its own continent?" certanly not in the United States, I can only speak for the education I got, not sure about European geography lessons on this subject I have been looking for some maps but they are mostly US based sites so it could be that you guys split America in two and put the limit in Panama (for whatever reason)
I would say that this is one of "history is written by the winners" kind of thing In Latin America in general the lesson on geography is North America (canada, US and mexico) Central America (guatemala down to panama) South America (from panama border all the way down) So I guess I am a NORTH American..........next time I travel to the US I will say that to the INS agent and see what he says about that....... I am 30 so I was in school roughly 23 years ago....from then it appears that now there are 7 continents instead of 6 and that Central America (along with its distinctive history from the rest of the countries...all this coming from the colonial times) has dissapeared I am glad I got rid of my school books, apparently they are all "wrong" now.....it doesn't really matter to us anyway, if this helps the average "American" understand geography a little better I am all for it :P
If I were to guess he meant the Unions :(
Lets see similarities between them
they have their own power structure, sometimes they disobey/manipulate the ones they are suposed to help (the common citizen), they can create havoc if not controlled properly, always looking for new conflicts as without them they would have nothing to do.......very expensive institutions..........list goes on and on..........
BTW, the "cops" do not necesarily have shields.....sometimes not even a bycicle to patrol the neighborhoods
We here started "outsourcing" all the services that the goverment in theory provides long ago.......
Now health, education and security are ALL a "do it yourself business"........yet they want more tax dollars to "fix everything", same'ol song they play every 4 years or so
"Costa Ricans are smarter than that." I can only hope that you are right (not likely) At least......when the USA Senate has a bill regarding making money they pass it quickly Here .........we drag everything forever.....missing huge opportunities to make $ and give everyone a piece of the cake, instead we do nothing and everyone (including my "beloved" unions) stay poor (Except for their leaders who typically are always in meetings and have huge benefits)
The current goverment is making a ridiculous attempt at solving the mistakes of the past 10 administrations by passing a huge tax law. Also they are arrogant and short sighted when it comes to attracting investors, they seem to think that everyone is DYING to move their business here and that we are not suposed to help them or make it easier ..............
I.......as a CR citizen am starting to think that it would not be bad to have a nice recession (along with the corresponding migration of foreign capitals) so that there @#$@#$# who call themselves politicians come to their senses.
CR is still far ahead of any other central american (And South American too) countries as far as quality human resources etc but if we don't join the 21st century and stay with draconian measures like ineficient telco then.......there are plently of other countries willing to take the lead.........
Panama is one for example
"Said telco offers excellent local phone service and cheap cellular lines, but incredibly crappy internet access. At least they have DSL and cable, but all my dad can get is 512k down, 128k up." He probably can get much more, I had 1024/256 not long agoand you can go for more if you need it, you just need deep pockets and I mean DEEP
I would love to know if they got my info! About 6 months from now the newspapers down here (In Costa Rica, Central America) were reporting that this very company was buying information from citizens all over, names/addresses/telephone numbers/property info/amount of purchases done using credit cards............etc Our laws are not even in diapers regarding protecting private info, it was mainly a non issue for us until the world started to become as interconected as it is now.......end result, now my info can end up in a foreign country before I even realize it!
User: hello, xyz webpage is loading very slowly so is everything else like www and xxx.com Support: yes sir, you see all those pages are in english and it takes a bit for them to be translated and delivered to your computer User: !!!!!!!!