I'll re-engineer your face! O.o
On Jan 14, 12:13 am, init_null <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please, stop reingeniering the reality, you're not good at it.
>
> On Jan 14, 1:04 am, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > I just want to reply so I can be seen on Reddit.com. Hello everybody
> > from Reddit! :)
>
> > And by the way, Canada is too insignificant to be mentioned in North
> > America, so it's just USA now ;)
>
> > On Jan 13, 10:10 pm, mblock <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > I think that the problem is that there is a potential for
> > > misunderstanding when referencing North America. For many, North
> > > America consists of Canada, USA, Mexico and the countries of Central
> > > America. For some, Central America is excluded. For others, only
> > > Canada and USA are considered because Mexico is thought to be part of
> > > Latin America. Lastly, when I spent time in Uruguay, they always
> > > referred to me as "norteamericano" even though I--being uncomfortable
> > > with the ambiguity myself--always introduced myself as
> > > "estadounidense." I don't think Google is trying to "diss" Canada or
> > > any of the other countries in North America; I think they are just
> > > trying to avoid confusion. After all, all you have to do is choose the
> > > individual countries in North America that you wish to target; it's
> > > not like Canada, Mexico or the others are excluded completely.
>
> > > That's just my best guess.
>
> > > --
> > > Michael Blockhttp://www.wpromote.com
>
> > > On Jan 13, 3:14 pm, h3 <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > > I just started working with the map chart API for a client-side plugin
> > > > I'm creating and the first thing that dumbfounded me was the lack of
> > > > North America ..
>
> > > >http://code.google.com/apis/chart/types.html#maps
>
> > > > I would really like to understand the motivations behind the decision
> > > > to *not* use established standards.
>
> > > > It's been a while since my last junior history class but back then
> > > > Americas were composed of South America AND North America .. not
> > > > South America and U.S.A.
>
> > > > Did I miss the ceremony where North America was replaced by the U.S.A
> > > > or maybe I just didn't get the memo ?
>
> > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas
>
> > > > With your API it's possible to set the area to any continent *except*
> > > > North America. We can only get the U.S.A, which exclude Canada. This
> > > > makes no sense at all.
>
> > > > It's also a bit frustrating that the 50 states are available for the
> > > > U.S but not the seven provinces and three territories composing the
> > > > Canada.
>
> > > > Regards.
>
> > > > --
> > > > M. Haineaulthttp://haineault.com- Hide quoted text -
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