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Re:I worked on the US drone program. The public should know ... by sneak on Sunday December 29, 2013 @11:51AM (#6980153)
> All of us foreigners are fair game

Americans feel this way, sure. But Americans are only 4% of humans, and soon 100% of humans will be on the Internet.

This worldview is not an economic survival trait.

I suggest relaxing, brewing some tea, and waiting for this to play out in the global market. Either they'll change, or they'll go out of business.

Re:I worked on the US drone program. The public should know ... by bjelkeman-again on Sunday December 29, 2013 @12:32PM (#6980341)
Reply to classicsnoot: in your referenced article the estimated US population is 317 million, and the world population is 7134 million. 317/7134=0.444 so the US population is then 4.4% of the world population.
Re:I worked on the US drone program. The public should know ... by st0p on Sunday December 29, 2013 @02:11PM (#6980790)
317/7134 = 0.044, which is indeed 4.4%
Re:I worked on the US drone program. The public should know ... by bjelkeman-again on Sunday December 29, 2013 @05:38PM (#6981800)
I blame a typo. :)
Re:I worked on the US drone program. The public should know ... by classicsnoot on Sunday December 29, 2013 @12:45PM (#6980400)
thanks to you and @alpeper, i appreciate you reserving judgement i used to be embarrassed of my poor maths skills, but now i do not have the time for silly feel.
Re:I worked on the US drone program. The public should know ... by classicsnoot on Sunday December 29, 2013 @12:18PM (#6980265)
7000000000 300000000 I never got passed pre-algebra, but i am having a hard time getting to 4%. I fully acknowledge i am shit at maths, but i would love an explanation (completely serious; i have heard this "4%" malarkey a few times now). I know these numbers are estimations at best, but they seem accepted so: >China: 1.3-1.5 billions >India: 1.3-1.4 billions >EU: 400 millions >US: 400 millions >sum total, all nations: 7.1 billions [1]

I know this may seem like semantic silliness, but here of all places i expect accuracy within region. to the larger point, at this time, american minds are more valuable in terms of conviction, as it is our country that is so reckless in regards to others, be it in the realms of security, supply lines, manufacturing, etc. This is no an inherent value; the most important dude at the party is always the person with the weed. It is not because she is better than her peers, it is because of her relationship to here peers in the context of what they want and what she has. Before you charge up your righteous indignation cannons, this "importance" along with all the times i must sit through a harangue about why i need to be more respectful/appreciative of the greatest nation on earth drives me, and many other americans, completely nuts. i fucking hate it, but when i travel, my brothers and sisters from overseas will only let me be a shitty american. some of us over here are paying attention, you know.

pass the tea, mate. this whole coffee thing needs to end as well.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

Re:I worked on the US drone program. The public should know ... by alepper on Sunday December 29, 2013 @12:30PM (#6980325)
300,000,000 / 7,000,000,000 = 3 / 70, or a little less than half (3.5 / 70) of 10% (7 / 70). About 4%.
Re:I worked on the US drone program. The public should know ... by sejje on Monday December 30, 2013 @04:47PM (#6987203)
Or: 300,000,000 / 7,000,000,000 = 0.04285714285

4.28%

Re:I worked on the US drone program. The public should know ... by hbags on Sunday December 29, 2013 @12:08PM (#6980214)
> Americans feel this way, sure.

I'm American. I don't feel that way at all.