Americans are stupid

For further proof that our education system is, perhaps, lacking in some basics, this story from CNN today:

WHERE IN THE WORLD

Among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps:

• 87 percent cannot find Iraq
• 83 percent cannot find Afghanistan
• 76 percent cannot find Saudi Arabia
• 70 percent cannot find New Jersey
• 49 percent cannot find New York
• 11 percent cannot find the United States

They can't find New Jersey - ok, well, who would want to. But, for nearly half the respondents to be incapable of finding New York? Damn.

It is trivial to mock Microsoft

Microsoft screws up privacy again

They got some real dim bulbs over there, I think.