Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:46 am
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=books
everyone should read it, it's good shit.
Not necessarily buy it off Amazon of course, but i figured that a link with a shiny cover showing would impress you guys more than just the name of the book and the author. Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:02 pm
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On topic: You're right about China and technology. They will prolly one day evolve out of the pseudo-democratic they're in now, as they've doing very slowly for a long time now, but that's still far off. However, in general i think they are pretty strong, they have numbers. And lots of them lol.
Besides, the US shouldn't overestimate their own infrastructure either. The illiteracy ratings are downright shocking. Also, I had an american acquintance of mine tell stories of him trying to help his 16-yr old nephew to study, only to found out he couldn't read most of the txts (in public school that). And that he had to teach teenagers that worked for him as a cashier to give change back, they couldn't do basic math.
He's convinced that this will be the biggest problem of the US in the coming years. 
It's almost close to a mate of mine who went to thailand for his last highschool year in an exchange project, and they made him english teacher after a few weeks cos everyone sucked so hard at it hahaha. Thailand ownz.I already have a hard-core plan btw: i'm gonna go to the US or something, and just be me, and i'll impress women with my supposed intelligence.
"yeah, I speak 5 languages, now jump me, biatch"
*biatch jumps me*
oh yes, i can see it all in front of me...
Statistics: Posted by Rinox — Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:21 pm
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anyway, I disagree. I don't think China can compete with us technologically, even if we have a recession. I don't believe their social and political structure encourages innovation enough.
Statistics: Posted by Satis — Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:40 pm
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