Comments on: 300,000,000 Americans

By: Antipodean

Antipodean — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:17:52 +0000

Mikal555, we are not at 19 million, we are at 22, and Sydney does not have one third of our population, it has about four million, and Melbourne (which is much better) has around 3.1 million, neither near a third of the total

By: Nitrous Amine

Nitrous Amine — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:04:29 +0000

Haa ha…You astronomers, you crazy counter-watchers. I betcha twenty five folx answer this one:

When will unix reach 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 epoch time???

(The predicted fourth coming of Shub-Internet)

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:38:58 +0000

Sadly, in both China and India, “one child” often means “one son.” In China when the policy was first adopted, a lot of peasants thought that girl children didn’t count, so they kept trying until they had a boy. Also, China didn’t ever exterminate second children as a policy, they just demoted you or your cadre in the Party or cut off financial assistance (and in some cases force abortions or tubal ligations — but I gather the CCP doesn’t explicitly endorse these measures). There seems to be only two reliable cures for large families: educate women and/or have them move to the city.

By: Dude

Dude — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:31:45 +0000

What India needs is a one child law similar to China’s ( If you have more than
one child than the second child will die) If India doesn’t take action, then by 2050, India will be the most populous country in thes world! China needs to strengthen their one-child rule too. If you are really interested now,
then go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/ .

By: Thomas Siefert

Thomas Siefert — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 01:32:36 +0000

I once “lived” in Sydney. When I wasn’t working or sleeping, I was stuck in traffic. That’s not a life.

By: Russell W. Coover

Russell W. Coover — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 23:27:56 +0000

To Mikal555:

Re: “with 1/3 living in Sydney..”

You are assuming that “living in Sydney” is “living” in Sydney (or vice versa).

By: Mickal555

Mickal555 — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:50:44 +0000

Gee
I thought it was 120mill over there….

We are still at 19 I think, with 1/3 living in sydney…