"Chen doesn't understand these people," Lou complains. "They're Communists. If you don't have any limits, people will move everything over here. And then we are trapped." It's a common fear in Taiwan, that once the island's industrial base has moved to the mainland, the "renegade province" will lose its leverage.
Trade the word Taiwan for the US and "renegade province" for "nation" and think on that for a moment. We are gleefully tearing our manufactureing base apart for cheap labor and the resulting cheap goods. Once the conversion is complete and our nation is 90%+ 'consumer' and 10%- 'producer'.
What does that bode for the US? What does that bode for the Western World in general?
I think that the long term effect for China is that the nation does change into something else. Too much money, influence, and information is feeding into that nation from the "outside world" their wall will fall too. What the long term effect is for the West? I do not know.
When I saw the Apple switch ads I thought they were well done but likely to be fake.
When I heard that MS picked up the idea I thought it was funny because they were showing how fake it was.
Now we find out they thought they were fooling us?
Last time I checked, all advertising is about telling lies to get us to spend money. Am I wrong? Is it actually possible that I can get a healthy and nutritious lunch at McDonalds this afternoon? All for one low price? Crafted by highly trained people who really care about me? That's what their commercials tell me!
This entire affair seems to be much to do about nothing. Yeah, yeah MS is the Evil Empire so let's laugh at them despite the fact that everyone else does it too.
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I'm 30. I worked through the dot com explosion at a conservative finance company. I hear all the old fart executives laugh at the failure of the computer age.
Daily I hear this. Usually because I am the one hooking up their laptop to the presentation system. I am the one showing them how to load that power point presentation that their secretary designed. I am the one who helps them sync their PDA with their laptop. I am the one who is suggesting what computer they should buy their daughter now that she's going away to school. I'm the one showing them how to use Nextel direct connect.
Yeah, the computer age is over. My job is in jeopardy and my pay is getting smaller all the time... hardly.
The Chicken Little's can complain all they want. I have my geriatric providers right where I need them: Hooked on my technology and convinced that it does not rule them.
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Trade the word Taiwan for the US and "renegade province" for "nation" and think on that for a moment. We are gleefully tearing our manufactureing base apart for cheap labor and the resulting cheap goods. Once the conversion is complete and our nation is 90%+ 'consumer' and 10%- 'producer'.
What does that bode for the US? What does that bode for the Western World in general?
I think that the long term effect for China is that the nation does change into something else. Too much money, influence, and information is feeding into that nation from the "outside world" their wall will fall too. What the long term effect is for the West? I do not know.
When I saw the Apple switch ads I thought they were well done but likely to be fake.
When I heard that MS picked up the idea I thought it was funny because they were showing how fake it was.
Now we find out they thought they were fooling us?
Last time I checked, all advertising is about telling lies to get us to spend money. Am I wrong? Is it actually possible that I can get a healthy and nutritious lunch at McDonalds this afternoon? All for one low price? Crafted by highly trained people who really care about me? That's what their commercials tell me!
This entire affair seems to be much to do about nothing. Yeah, yeah MS is the Evil Empire so let's laugh at them despite the fact that everyone else does it too.
I'm 30. I worked through the dot com explosion at a conservative finance company. I hear all the old fart executives laugh at the failure of the computer age. Daily I hear this. Usually because I am the one hooking up their laptop to the presentation system. I am the one showing them how to load that power point presentation that their secretary designed. I am the one who helps them sync their PDA with their laptop. I am the one who is suggesting what computer they should buy their daughter now that she's going away to school. I'm the one showing them how to use Nextel direct connect. Yeah, the computer age is over. My job is in jeopardy and my pay is getting smaller all the time... hardly. The Chicken Little's can complain all they want. I have my geriatric providers right where I need them: Hooked on my technology and convinced that it does not rule them.