Things you didn't know until very recently...

I don't think it's accurate, because if the total landmass of Britain is less than the total mass of Oregon doesn't mean necessarily that one fit into another, you should warp the mass into two similar masses to do it, on the other way, if both were too puzzle pieces, they wouldn't fit...

Britain it's stretch and long, Oregon it's almost squarish...

ALGEBRAIC!

Oh, I see what you mean. No, I didn't literally mean fit, I mean that the land areas are similar.

The total landmass of Spain is way less than the whole California

It makes you wonder about the different considerations about distance between Europe and America

Indeed, it does. The total area of the US is much greater than that of the EU, and yet, the EU has 200 million more people.

And people wonder why the U.S. has inefficient mass-transit systems.

I always thought that one of the main differences between Russia and the USA was the management of the space.

While Russia is certainly huge, the distribution of resources was proven better in also huge countries like USA or Canada, while still having been Russia a Socialist country with planned economy. North America was proven to be more efficient, though

Lack of spending on it is the real answer.

Is an answer, certainly.

Diferences between Europe and Americas?

My state alone is gigantic.

Russia can sometimes look like it has good infrastructure because you almost never see anything outside the part of Russia that is usually considered to be in Europe. Something like 80% of Russia's population live there, so everything is focused there.

That a ton of devices have basically been legally and illegally changed by their creators to break/wear out earlier then they should.

edited 31st Aug '12 11:37:35 PM by Vyctorian

The whole things?

No, just pieces so expensive that buying a new one is a better option.

The Other Wiki has a page on it

edited 31st Aug '12 11:37:02 PM by Vyctorian

I was implying that your sentence lacked a verb at some point

edited 31st Aug '12 11:38:11 PM by OrangeSpider

Yes, I noticed and fixed that.

edited 31st Aug '12 11:39:59 PM by Vyctorian

planned obsolescence has been going on since mass production sadly. Hence stock phrase 'they don't make them like they use too'.

As I understand it, pretty much everybody in Russia lives in the European part, but mainly because nobody wants to live in the rest, and the resources, while valuable enough for Russia to hold onto, aren't worth contending with Russia's military over.

edited 1st Sep '12 12:35:21 AM by TParadox

Just so that we are clear on how badly we are being ripped off: Back in 1901 the Livermore fire department had a light bulb installed above one of it's door ways. It's still going.

Brian Blessed is bad-ass. Not only was he in Blackadder, but he's also a mountaineer who has scaled many high peaks. He tried to reach the summit of Mt Everest three times, and the third time he almost succeeded but turned back to save another mountaineer's life. He's been to the North Pole on foot. He knows enough about football that he was hired as an expert to cover the 2006 World Cup.

The list goes on and on. He was a pretty good boxer in his youth, and his sparring partners include the Dalai Lama.

edited 1st Sep '12 8:11:37 AM by BestOf

Blackadde? Is that the show with owan Atkinso who also played the ole of M . Bea?

I believe he means Blackadder, Enz.

And I think Enzer is rying to make a terribl, errible, jok.

edited 1st Sep '12 7:53:45 AM by Pyrite

I know, but I do enjoy playing along with jokes.

...Well, I'll add that to the list of things I didn't know until very recently. Thanks.

@Best Of: It took you this long to notice how badass Brian Blessed is?

...I never saw a skit and even I knew that. XD

But so is Chuck Norris, so eh.

edited 3rd Sep '12 7:34:21 AM by Hydronix