Well, I've yet to find a decent US airline....oh, apart from that one...what's it called?...ah, right, JetBlue. I used them a few times and was pleasantly surprised. My sister, who was traveling with her child, had a different opinion though - she said the leg room was minimal.
Still, the best airline I've traveled on is Virgin, and that was back in 1990. IMO, Singapore airlines are equal to them though - I flied with them just recently.
Sounds like it's not the 'Los Angeles' fantasy land...it isn't the only place in the world.
I've yet to see a McDonald's with free wifi, but I read on AllAboutSymbian that they have it in the UK. I wouldn't be surprised if it were in other countries too.
In every Starbucks I've been to in the last few years they've had free wifi.
All other coffee shops I've been to (outside the US) have also had free wifi (when I've tried). If I go to one that didn't have it, I'd go to another one (but that's not happened yet).
Someone on another anti-China/. post recently tried to compare this with the relationship between the English and the French. It's way past that, IMO. In fact, I think the English/French issue is fading somewhat, with the help of the US - as was suggested by a member of our local UK embassy who said that most of the British public wished the UK government had a pair like the French government had (ref:going to war in Iraq).
Remember that scene in 'Love Actually'? I think that was there for a reason - a lot of people feel that way (ie that the US is a bully).
> The marketers that I know think that the perfection of advertising is where you dont know your being advertised to. This is more commonly known as LIES
That's not the definition of 'lies' that I am familiar with; which usually includes some deliberately incorrect statement or other - ie nothing to do with the person who is listening to the statement.
I agree that advertising can often be deceitful, even lies, but it isn't necessarily so.
Marketing, on the other hand, is a much wider field, and includes finding out what your customers (and potential customers) want/like so you can address their needs more. I think that's a good thing, generally.
Well, I've already commented on Taiwan - it's (debatably) part of China, so I'll skip that.
USSR is somewhat defunct, though the US seem to be doing a good job of making Russia adopt the same stance on it's own.
WRT Korea and Vietnam, the Chinese were just helping the other side - probably their main motivation was because the agressive US (and UN) were interfering so close to their own borders. Notice how many Chinese military bases there are in North Korea compared to how many US ones there are in South Korea? How many Chinese military bases are there in Vietnam, for that matter...heck, that's even becoming some kind of democracy. Not that I (or many people) know for sure, so correct me if I'm wrong.
Japan? Well, the Chinese are still reeling over their mistreatment in the 2nd world war at the hand of the Japanese, along with subsequent attempts to rewrite/deny/etc a lot of what (the Chinese say) happened. However, I think things are gradually getting better - I keep hearing VIPs from both countries saying how they've got to educate their respective youth to not have such a negative opinion of each other. Perhaps that sort of thing could be taught in the US too wrt attitudes to countries that decide they want to try it a different way?
Nope, haven't heard anything new yet to explain the fear.
It all sounds like the US has a severe insecurity complex.
Every Starbucks I've been to in the last 5 years or so, has had free wifi - except one, and I think that was because it was in an area covered by a commercial wifi service (but I'm not sure).
My understanding is that both the regions you mention have been Chinese for a long time, and only gained the independance they have had due to western interference at various points in time. Of course, these two are significantly debatable issues; just looking over the wikipedia articles tells me that.
I can't believe these are the only two issues that you can use to justify fear and hate of China. I mean, they're not related to the USA's security, being at least a third of the way around the world.
not all of asia. China doesn't have it yet (should be in bj in time for the olympics), and wifi on phones isn't allowed...(not entirely sure why, since laptops are ok)
There's also a slew of Nokia phones that have a quite nice browser - N95 for one (or several, since it has several models now).
If you feel like you have to spend a load of cash on a phone, then there's even one with a nice qwerty keyboard (E90 - I have one myself and it's very nice).
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hrm. Comment involving wife...
:(
I felt sure it was going to funny, but I don't see it
Feel cheated.
Well, I've yet to find a decent US airline....oh, apart from that one...what's it called?...ah, right, JetBlue. I used them a few times and was pleasantly surprised. My sister, who was traveling with her child, had a different opinion though - she said the leg room was minimal.
Still, the best airline I've traveled on is Virgin, and that was back in 1990. IMO, Singapore airlines are equal to them though - I flied with them just recently.
Sounds like it's not the 'Los Angeles' fantasy land...it isn't the only place in the world.
I've yet to see a McDonald's with free wifi, but I read on AllAboutSymbian that they have it in the UK. I wouldn't be surprised if it were in other countries too.
In every Starbucks I've been to in the last few years they've had free wifi.
All other coffee shops I've been to (outside the US) have also had free wifi (when I've tried). If I go to one that didn't have it, I'd go to another one (but that's not happened yet).
Max.
I don't know about the US, but in the UK, the word 'fix' can be used to describe a vasectomy.
Is that an appropriate observation in this case?
> Every person who submits ... [gets] the chance to win a $15,000 prize.
/. just to lower the odds.
So, you post it on
Cheers, mate >:
not a bad argument, though perhaps they should just keep such things to themselves.
Call someone an emeny enough times and they might start to believe it too.
Someone on another anti-China /. post recently tried to compare this with the relationship between the English and the French. It's way past that, IMO. In fact, I think the English/French issue is fading somewhat, with the help of the US - as was suggested by a member of our local UK embassy who said that most of the British public wished the UK government had a pair like the French government had (ref:going to war in Iraq).
Remember that scene in 'Love Actually'? I think that was there for a reason - a lot of people feel that way (ie that the US is a bully).
(Of course, it was the UK before the US)
> China is currently #1 on that list. And they are actively recruiting hackers at their own government agencies for this purpose.
[citation needed]
> I can't be the only dude from the EU who has noticed a slow rise in anti-China stuff on slashdot?
No, you're not (that's if you consider the UK part of the EU, which it was last time I looked, sort of).
Though I'm not actually *in* the UK at the moment. No, I'm in China.
> everyone loses.
Well, not 'everyone'. Not 'everyone' is in the USA and China.
On the otherhand, perhaps 'everyone' is accurate.
> I was just about to comment on how the words "war with China" is worrying enough in and of itself.
> Why say things like that?
EXACTLY!!
How about trying to win PEACE with China instead?
What's a 'large millimeter' when it's at home?
Why not use a small millimeter? Is size really that important?
> ... I don't get a sense that there's any particularly strong feeling in the US about China ...
:)
/. over time, but specifically in this case based on a tag 'nukechina' on this story.
... But even our closest allies spy on us (and us on them). ...
Well, that's good to hear, er, read
I guess my impression is based on a lot of comments in
>
Indeed. This was my thought too.
Anyway...
> The marketers that I know think that the perfection of advertising is where you dont know your being advertised to. This is more commonly known as LIES
That's not the definition of 'lies' that I am familiar with; which usually includes some deliberately incorrect statement or other - ie nothing to do with the person who is listening to the statement.
I agree that advertising can often be deceitful, even lies, but it isn't necessarily so.
Marketing, on the other hand, is a much wider field, and includes finding out what your customers (and potential customers) want/like so you can address their needs more. I think that's a good thing, generally.
Well, fair enough, I suppose, though, like I said, I thought there must be something else since the feeling seems so strong...
Well, that's a fair enough comment, I suppose.
Still, I'm amazed that is all people have to explain it.
Well, I've already commented on Taiwan - it's (debatably) part of China, so I'll skip that.
USSR is somewhat defunct, though the US seem to be doing a good job of making Russia adopt the same stance on it's own.
WRT Korea and Vietnam, the Chinese were just helping the other side - probably their main motivation was because the agressive US (and UN) were interfering so close to their own borders. Notice how many Chinese military bases there are in North Korea compared to how many US ones there are in South Korea? How many Chinese military bases are there in Vietnam, for that matter...heck, that's even becoming some kind of democracy. Not that I (or many people) know for sure, so correct me if I'm wrong.
Japan? Well, the Chinese are still reeling over their mistreatment in the 2nd world war at the hand of the Japanese, along with subsequent attempts to rewrite/deny/etc a lot of what (the Chinese say) happened. However, I think things are gradually getting better - I keep hearing VIPs from both countries saying how they've got to educate their respective youth to not have such a negative opinion of each other. Perhaps that sort of thing could be taught in the US too wrt attitudes to countries that decide they want to try it a different way?
Nope, haven't heard anything new yet to explain the fear.
It all sounds like the US has a severe insecurity complex.
Every Starbucks I've been to in the last 5 years or so, has had free wifi - except one, and I think that was because it was in an area covered by a commercial wifi service (but I'm not sure).
My understanding is that both the regions you mention have been Chinese for a long time, and only gained the independance they have had due to western interference at various points in time. Of course, these two are significantly debatable issues; just looking over the wikipedia articles tells me that.
I can't believe these are the only two issues that you can use to justify fear and hate of China. I mean, they're not related to the USA's security, being at least a third of the way around the world.
Please tell me there's something else.
I was thinking the same thing.
...or is it purely an economic issue?
Why are American's so afraid of China? Is it a hangover from the anti-communism era of the '70s or what - a hang over by association with the USSR?
When have China ever been aggressive? As far as I can tell, they've only been defensive.
They've done plenty against their own people, but not to other countries, as far as I can tell.
What's this all about? The feeling is so strong, there must be some reason for it. Someone please provide some evidence?
You, sir, are correct.
There's only one image I see when I read the word 'nano'. My brain always doubles it up into 'nano nano'.
Am I alone?
Please say I am. I wouldn't wish it on anyone...
not all of asia. China doesn't have it yet (should be in bj in time for the olympics), and wifi on phones isn't allowed...(not entirely sure why, since laptops are ok)
There's also a slew of Nokia phones that have a quite nice browser - N95 for one (or several, since it has several models now).
If you feel like you have to spend a load of cash on a phone, then there's even one with a nice qwerty keyboard (E90 - I have one myself and it's very nice).