Ummm, have you ever tried to install 2 sound cards or 2 video cards in Windows, or to be more specific, Windows XP? Starting with Windows 2000, you will find that they have built in support for dual video cards, sound cards etc.. Windows XP does have a lot of the "nicer" features of Linux, and the dual video cards/sound cards is one of them.
When you have the biggest population in the world by a factor of 3 over your third place rival (USA), it is only natural to assume that despite the various Socio/Political issues within that country, that they will eventually get their act together economically. The chinese economy just has a larger population in which to draw strength from, and it is that population difference which makes the chinese economy nearly on par with the USA. As more and more chinese move into urban areas and the middle class, it is only natural to assume that the economy is going to continue to grow and surpas that of the USA. It's not saying that the US economy has problems or lack of power, it's just that the chinese have a greater potential to grow that that of the USA.
Now since China it seems is destined to have the largest economy in the world, it is only natural to assume that they are going to start developing better technology and move more into technical fields. Restricting the sale of technology to China is only delaying the inevitable. China will eventually catch up, and by then the lucrative business oportunities will have dried up. You can say what you want about "we shouldn't be selling technology to communist countries, yada yada", but give it a couple of years and China will make it themselves.
So with I think it is high time that the USA dropped the cold war mentality about communist countries when dealing with China, and try to forge better economic and political ties. That way, the USA can try to promote a sense of trust and goodwill twards the country, instead of an air of doubt and mis-trust.
Those are my thoughts, not yours. I'm JOOEEE sports
Back in 1945 nobody knew what the imeadiate results or side effects of the Nuclear bomb would be. Yes, the US did conduct some experiments with small nucelar devices at Los Alamos, but the bombs that were dropped on Japan were signifigantly bigger. No country in the world knew just what would happen.
Fast forward to today, every semi-educated Man/Woman/Child knows what happens when you drop a nuclear bomb. The political fallout from this would not only mean almost all allies turning their backs on the USA, but Americans around the country rising up in protest of their government.
The only conceivable situation when the USA could possibly drop the bomb is by asking permission from all of it's major G8 allies. Without their permission and support, the Political/Socio-economic effects would be of greater consequence than the reward of stopping some sleeper groups of terrorists in some country.
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Ummm, have you ever tried to install 2 sound cards or 2 video cards in Windows, or to be more specific, Windows XP? Starting with Windows 2000, you will find that they have built in support for dual video cards, sound cards etc.. Windows XP does have a lot of the "nicer" features of Linux, and the dual video cards/sound cards is one of them.
Now since China it seems is destined to have the largest economy in the world, it is only natural to assume that they are going to start developing better technology and move more into technical fields. Restricting the sale of technology to China is only delaying the inevitable. China will eventually catch up, and by then the lucrative business oportunities will have dried up. You can say what you want about "we shouldn't be selling technology to communist countries, yada yada", but give it a couple of years and China will make it themselves.
So with I think it is high time that the USA dropped the cold war mentality about communist countries when dealing with China, and try to forge better economic and political ties. That way, the USA can try to promote a sense of trust and goodwill twards the country, instead of an air of doubt and mis-trust.
Those are my thoughts, not yours. I'm JOOEEE sports
Fast forward to today, every semi-educated Man/Woman/Child knows what happens when you drop a nuclear bomb. The political fallout from this would not only mean almost all allies turning their backs on the USA, but Americans around the country rising up in protest of their government.
The only conceivable situation when the USA could possibly drop the bomb is by asking permission from all of it's major G8 allies. Without their permission and support, the Political/Socio-economic effects would be of greater consequence than the reward of stopping some sleeper groups of terrorists in some country.