[Info-vax] implementing IPv6 on the internet

[Dirk Munk]

David Froble wrote:
> Kerry Main wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf
>>> Of David Froble via Info-vax
>>> Sent: 21-Sep-16 8:27 PM
>>> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
>>> Cc: David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] implementing IPv6 on the internet
>>>
>>> Dirk Munk wrote:
>>>> steveconway at verizon.net wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 5:58:48 PM UTC-4, Dirk
>>> Munk wrote:
>>>>>> Seems to me that is a general problem with Americans, they
>>> don't
>>>>>> know very much about the rest of the world.
>>>>> That’s not how I see it at all.  I see the Americans triggering the
>>>>> third industrial revolution (and the second although we can
>>> credit
>>>>> the brits, if we have to), and quickly advancing it beyond the
>>>>> ability of policy engines to keep up.
>>>>>
>>>> Well, that's great, but what has it got to do with knowing about
>>> the
>>>> rest of the world?
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately average Americans don't seem to be very well
>>> informed
>>>> about the rest of the world, at least that is their reputation.
>>> Ok, quiz time.  Ask me 10 questions about things you think I
>>> should know.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry - this is too good to pass up :-)
>>
>> What current candidate for the American Presidency did not know Russia
>> had already invaded Crimea?
>>
>> What current candidate for the American Presidency did not know what
>> Aleppo was?
>
> Way too easy, I think.  Most likely the idiot Trump.

Actually, it wasn't "The Donald" (or Hillary of course)), it was one of 
the two other candidates (forgot his name).

I remember that Sarah Palin did't know that Africa is a continent.

>
> But that wasn't a question about somewhere else on the planet, that was
> an anti-Donald statement, right?
>
> Actually, Dirk is most likely correct, when he stated 'average
> Americans".  Too many don't think of anything outside the things
> affecting them.
>
> I try to get on BBC News web site every day, and frankly, it's
> depressing reading.
>
> In the past, when my son got irritated with a GF, he'd ask her "what
> continent is Europe on?"  Sad thing is, she never learned, after being
> asked dozens of times.  Just didn't care.  Also had as many votes as
> anyone else.