carsamba wrote: "China has been a world power for -let me see- all known history, and is Chinese first and anything else a distant second. They are a pragmatic people, move with slow but sure steps."
I think you may be forgetting something that happened in China within the years of 1959 and 1962. In an attempt to fast track the process of industrialization, China came up with the "Great Leap Forward". Factory, school, and hospital workers abandoned their work to smelt iron. China was trying to use their access to cheap labor to avoid having to import heavy machinery. As a result, it is said to be one of the worst economic disasters in history.
This is one example of China's fast track solutions that failed. They do appear to be slow and have sure steps but history seems to tell a different story.
I work for Road Runner. In fact, im on a call with a Road Runner right customer right now. I can assure everyone that the majority of Road Runner customers pose no threat to anyone but themselves!
I really would not like to see google become the bad guy in the tech industry. By becoming the bad guy I am referring to google becoming more powerful then Microsoft and therefore receiving the bulk of the negative news reports.
Microsoft has a very vivid face representing it. This face is Bill Gates. As evil as many people believe Gates is, everyone can agree on one thing... this is that we recognize him more then any other geek representing a tech company. Is it not true that as human beings we enjoy familiarity and consistent activities? Don't we love to hate Bill Gates? I think that this love hate relationship has build a substantial amount of trust over the years. Changing this evil face or adding another will just bring more fear to our *cough* *cough* happy little western lives.
While in the event of an emergency it can be very dangerous not to have any 911 services. Although.... it is much more dangerous not to have any form of phone communications at all!
Maybe the FCC thought about this when they extended the deadline!
I wonder if Ray Kurzweil's predictions) about nanotech will be correct. He claims that nanotech will peak in the late 2020's and that we will see it solve a lot of the worlds problems including poverty during this century.
Scientists have known about this leap second since the early 70s. So there has been atomic clocks made that take leap seconds into account. If my calculations are correct, doesn't this mean that there may be atomic clocks around that contain 5 extra seconds?
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carsamba wrote:
"China has been a world power for -let me see- all known history, and is Chinese first and anything else a distant second. They are a pragmatic people, move with slow but sure steps."
I think you may be forgetting something that happened in China within the years of 1959 and 1962. In an attempt to fast track the process of industrialization, China came up with the "Great Leap Forward". Factory, school, and hospital workers abandoned their work to smelt iron. China was trying to use their access to cheap labor to avoid having to import heavy machinery. As a result, it is said to be one of the worst economic disasters in history.
This is one example of China's fast track solutions that failed. They do appear to be slow and have sure steps but history seems to tell a different story.
Read more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward/
yeah, thats true. Their machines very often become zombies.
I work for Road Runner. In fact, im on a call with a Road Runner right customer right now. I can assure everyone that the majority of Road Runner customers pose no threat to anyone but themselves!
Microsoft has a very vivid face representing it. This face is Bill Gates. As evil as many people believe Gates is, everyone can agree on one thing. .. this is that we recognize him more then any other geek representing a tech company. Is it not true that as human beings we enjoy familiarity and consistent activities? Don't we love to hate Bill Gates? I think that this love hate relationship has build a substantial amount of trust over the years. Changing this evil face or adding another will just bring more fear to our *cough* *cough* happy little western lives.
While in the event of an emergency it can be very dangerous not to have any 911 services. Although.... it is much more dangerous not to have any form of phone communications at all! Maybe the FCC thought about this when they extended the deadline!
I wonder if Ray Kurzweil's predictions) about nanotech will be correct. He claims that nanotech will peak in the late 2020's and that we will see it solve a lot of the worlds problems including poverty during this century.
Scientists have known about this leap second since the early 70s. So there has been atomic clocks made that take leap seconds into account. If my calculations are correct, doesn't this mean that there may be atomic clocks around that contain 5 extra seconds?
I wonder if Microsft would stay with google's current linux servers. Microsft seems to be comfortable running freebsd for their hotmail servers.
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The Singularity has arrived early. Bill Joy would not be happy.
is it possible to use one of the lcds as a touch screen? that would be a phat box, no key board or mouse. just displays.
is he available for rent? cause im longing for a hole.
is that your goat? you mind hooking me up with him? im from canada.
whats the difference between this and the ebook?