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China's Superior Technologies
paRcat writes "Still think China is a land too far away from everything? This article compares some of China's common uses of technology to what we're accustomed to in the West. With the genius traffic lights and the cell phone coverage... I'm kinda jealous."
Look at Eastern Europe - ramshackle tenements, with satellite dishes. No payphones, everyone has a cell phone. Look at Japan, new high tech everything.
It's easy when you start from nothing. The Eastern bloc had Soviet-era crap (meaning no progress since 1945) and Japan was bombed flat. China stopped being utterly backwards only recently, so it makes sense that any new investments are cutting edge. Try upgrading 300 year old streets, sewers and other infrastructure in cobblestone historic districts in Boston, MA, or Providence, RI, and its a different story. I live in one of the oldest, wealthiest areas of Providence, RI, and I can't get DSL, because my local loop has the oldest, shittiest copper in the city. When I lived in the ghetto side of Providence, a DSL install was a snap and I had killer speed. Why, because it was brand new stuff.
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
China is a huge threat in the region. China is best understood as a society with deadly, ultra-modern weapons coupled with a barbaric, medieval mindset. It is an ogre in the 21st century.
The Chinese routinely rape and kill Tibetan nuns and children. The Chinese routinely abort female fetuses, producing a skewed ratio of male babies to female babies. There is currently a deficit of about 15% (!) in the female baby population.
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Wow I actually RTFA and found out that China has superior technology to *Canada*? Who would have thought that Canada wasn't the technology capital of the world!
So the Chinese now has a couple of nice gadgets, big whoop.
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That's what happens when there is no such thing as minimum wage and the concept of work or starve is the norm.
Hey, we give up our freedom for vauge promises of safety from a corrupt president.
Gotta love those "heartland" voters. Yeeeeehaaaaaw!
Voters have sent a clear message to the left wing liberals - you're full of shit now shut the fuck up. The majority of us don't like you, don't belive you and don't want to hear from you.
You moron... that happens with every country whenver there is a war. There are obviously going to be some small groups of soliders who would like to get back at the cowards also known as terrorists, despite that it goes against orders. The terrorists are running around capturing innocent people and beheading them, how ridiculous is that? The people that were abused (although some may not have been guilty, many were shown to be involved) deserved every ounce of it. They should have gotten treated worse. Anyway... practices like this are nothing new, in fact what happened here is much better. In previous wars, it was typically a symbol of honor to cut off some part of an enemy that you killed or tortured and wear it or keep it like a trophy. And both sides routinely did that.
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Steve
You want to be the person fanning the floor with styrofoam so it dries? Or maybe you want to be the person having to cover all the sheets with slip-ons, and then spend your weekends running the teller at the bank... Oh, you could be the person giving everyone head massages and hemming pants for free.
I'd love a personal servant as much as anyone, but cheap labour is not better technology.
Maybe if you'd change your shitty attitude, you wouldn't have so many problems keeping a job. I'm sure you're very intelligent and your technical skills are probably above average. If you constantly act like an arrogant know-it-all and have no tact when dealing with people, nobody will want you around no matter how smart you are, even if you are right. I've seen your previous posts, and apparently you've been through a few layoffs.
Honestly, I'm not trying to flame; I think you should take this seriously. You'll be much happier if you aren't constantly butting heads with people. Yes, there are moronic managers out there. The sooner you learn to make politics work to your advantage instead of against you every time, the better off your career will be.
"Get a clue" from the guy who can't spell "labelling" or "Iraq". You're just taken by the rhetoric.
And FYI, when someone lies to you repeatedly, you eventually stop caring what they say. Brute force is sometimes the only language people understand. And forcing GM food to be accepted in the EU? Hah. Right. Don't buy it then. Oh, you guys can't grow your own? It sounds like you're trying to force the USA to do something that you want, by making us grow non-GM food, when it's more economical for us to grow the modified beans. Huh. It's funny when you look at BOTH sides of the argument, eh?
Perhaps you need to get out a little more before you start accusing other people of not having brains.
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