The tourist market is switching already to euro. In eastern Europe the Deutsch Mark was the second national currency, In northern Africa it was the French Franc, everywhere else Deutsch Marks were third or fourth behind the dollar and sometimes Yen or pound.
The sheer volume of European holiday travelers is now pushing the Euro as second national currency in all popular tourist destinations, pushing US$ to third rank.
Mixing this reality with the US foreign politics as seen from abroad, it's no wonder that some countries switch away from US currency:
Cuba switches to Euro on 8 Nov 2004.
I noticed that lately all viri are addressing WinNT 4, 5 (2000), and 5.1 (XP), and leave us Win95 users on old computers (I have a P1-150MHz-64MB) alone.
Have we become the same minority as the Mac and Linux users and therefore are no longer worthy of getting this unwanted attention?
Airplanes don't pay tax on their fuel, tickets, etc.
Once that happens they will loose big time against 300 km/h TGV-style trains on all distances between 100 km and 1000 km. Below 100km cars and normal-speed trains (140 km/h in the Netherlands) win. Above 1000 km planes are faster than TGV trains even if their inefficient front- and back-end travel is taken into account.
In the Netherlands the trains stop in the cellar of the national airport. They're complementary.
Why bother going to the moon or mars, when you cannot even keep your own country, or the earth, a nice place to live?
Everybody knows prolonged lack of gravity during the trip to mars will cripple you, let alone the cosmic radiation (if it's bad for frequent flyers, how bad will it be for people really outside the protection of the orbit).
The only reason to do this is to cover up the problems inside the USA, so people do not see the damage to the value of the dollar (alltime low against the Euro). After all, if a country spends all its money on senseless wars and space programs, what is the benefit for them? A few jobs?
Start making the earth a nice place to live, and spend that money on peace and an environmentally friendly economy.
If you want hightech, build a fast train network (like the french TGV) that get people out of airplanes.
Not bad for a first post to/. don't you think?
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The sheer volume of European holiday travelers is now pushing the Euro as second national currency in all popular tourist destinations, pushing US$ to third rank.
Mixing this reality with the US foreign politics as seen from abroad, it's no wonder that some countries switch away from US currency: Cuba switches to Euro on 8 Nov 2004.
A European born and living in the Netherlands.
After all, he's got
and Linus, Scott and Bill did not get their
the only Firefox party that has LIVE music .
Not exactly Beastie Boys, but with music that sounds like Tom Waits, and free entrance (Firefox is free too), certainly worth your time.
NiCad batteries are the worst (I know!), newer technologies claim they don't suffer.
They would be a perfect match:
SAP = Sanduhr Anschau Programma (German for eggtimer watching application)
MS is not known for speedy software either.
Hehe, You can fire your directors at the next USA elections.
Wondering whether someone will mark this as Funny or Insightful....
In Januari I went kayakking in Mexico and had the choice between:
I went with Lufthansa. I also did not buy any dollars, as recommended, but used Euro money.
With elections you vote every few years, with your wallet you vote every day!
Like:
File > Save = File > Store on disk before application crashes
Have we become the same minority as the Mac and Linux users and therefore are no longer worthy of getting this unwanted attention?
Not that I'm complaining...
Once that happens they will loose big time against 300 km/h TGV-style trains on all distances between 100 km and 1000 km. Below 100km cars and normal-speed trains (140 km/h in the Netherlands) win. Above 1000 km planes are faster than TGV trains even if their inefficient front- and back-end travel is taken into account.
In the Netherlands the trains stop in the cellar of the national airport. They're complementary.
Why bother going to the moon or mars, when you cannot even keep your own country, or the earth, a nice place to live? Everybody knows prolonged lack of gravity during the trip to mars will cripple you, let alone the cosmic radiation (if it's bad for frequent flyers, how bad will it be for people really outside the protection of the orbit). The only reason to do this is to cover up the problems inside the USA, so people do not see the damage to the value of the dollar (alltime low against the Euro). After all, if a country spends all its money on senseless wars and space programs, what is the benefit for them? A few jobs? Start making the earth a nice place to live, and spend that money on peace and an environmentally friendly economy. If you want hightech, build a fast train network (like the french TGV) that get people out of airplanes. Not bad for a first post to /. don't you think?