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Mighty Hiker

climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Dec 30, 2010 - 03:00am PT
Who would be willing to chip in to pay for bluering to attend a good night school or weekend survey course in US history, at a good college? And maybe, for perspective, another survey course on world history?

The economics course may be a stretch, though.
jstan

climber
Dec 30, 2010 - 03:07am PT
There he goes. Being colorful is not as easy as Crowley makes it look. That's a good one.
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Dec 30, 2010 - 03:30am PT
You go to any hospital or doctor you want - premiums and claims go through a single-payer, quasi-governmental clearinghouse. Matching systems similar to to trading systems clears the transactions. It's not rocket science - just a matter of scale. They could easily outsource it to a consortium of the usual players - google, microsoft, oracle, or hp. A google/ VA medical records standard could easily be put together and mandated to go with it.

Again, it ain't rocket science and you couldn't possibly f*#k it up any worse than our current parasitic, for-profit insurers have.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Dec 30, 2010 - 12:03pm PT
Commies are fun:

Stewart Johnson

climber
yo mama
Dec 30, 2010 - 12:38pm PT
you might want to thank the commies for saving your ass from hitler.
get a mother fukin haircut!
ron gomez

Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
Dec 30, 2010 - 01:09pm PT
Viva La Raza Bluey! Have a Happy New Year!
Peace
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Jan 1, 2011 - 12:40am PT
...is the American way of life worth bothering about?
find out here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w86QhV7whjs

bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2011 - 01:03am PT
...is the American way of life worth bothering about?

I guess it's all perpective, right?

Yeah, Ron, Feliz Ano Neuevo...but that La Raza crap? You can take it back to Mexico! Same thing with Mecha and Aztlan.
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Jan 1, 2011 - 11:38pm PT
From slashdot...

Chinese Intellectual Property Acquisition Tactics Exposed

hackingbear writes "In an interview published in Sina.com.cn, Chinese rail engineers gave a detailed account of the history, motivation, and technologies behind the Chinese high-speed rail system. More interestingly, they blatantly revealed the strategies and tactics used in acquiring high-speed rail tech from foreign companies (Google translation of Chinese original). At the beginning, China developed its own high-speed rail system known as the Chinese Star, which achieved a test speed of 320km/h; but the system was not considered reliable or stable enough for operation. So China decided to import the technologies. The leaders instructed, 'The goal of the project is to boost our economy, not theirs.' A key strategy employed is divide-and-conquer: by dividing up the technologies of the system and importing multiple different technologies across different companies, it ensures no single country or company has total control. 'What we do is to exchange market for technologies. The negotiation was led by the Ministry of Railway [against industry alliances of the exporting countries]. This uniform executive power gave China huge advantage in negotiations,' said Wu Junrong, 'If we don't give in, they have no choice. They all want a piece of our huge high speed rail project.' For example, [Chinese locomotive train] CRH2 is based on Japanese tech, CRH3 on German tech, and CRH5 on French tech, all retrofit for Chinese rail standards. Another strategy is buy-to-build. The first three trains were imported as a whole; the second three were assembled with imported parts; subsequent trains contain more and more Chinese made parts."
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Jan 1, 2011 - 11:47pm PT
Chinese Intellectual Property Acquisition Tactics Exposed

And this is somehow different from any other country's method of progress?
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Jan 2, 2011 - 03:46am PT
Yes, see my post a couple back about how our gridlocked political structure and 50 competing states will likely be a significant hindrance in this century when competitiveness will depend on various infrastructure component upgrades - i.e. we lack effective command & control of our nation's resources. It is most evident in jockeying over high-speed rail and powergrid upgrades where little ever gets done.
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Jan 2, 2011 - 05:08am PT



Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Jan 2, 2011 - 12:39pm PT
Yes, see my post a couple back about how our gridlocked political structure and 50 competing states will likely be a significant hindrance in this century

Quite agree with that. And wasn't disagreeing at all with the "intellectual property acquisition tactics" idea. Just pointing out that hijacking intellectual property is a time-honored tradition, engaged in by every society in history.
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2011 - 04:17pm PT
Healyje, oh the irony. You're right of course, but it gets worse.

We spent all that money on Iraq, and guess who got the best oil contracts??? I think you know.

"No war for oil"....meh....
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2011 - 04:34pm PT
What a gyp.


werd....
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2011 - 04:39pm PT
Boeing rocks on Airbus. Hands down. Sure the Airbus is cheaper sometimes...but it's cheaper.

EDIT:

As far as trains go WTG to travel? Americans will never embrace this like Euros and China. It's because we like our independance and driving ourselves. We like the diversity and dynamics of a road trip. Most of us don't like point A--->point B. We like to stop, get off, have a beer, spend the night.

It'll never catch on here. Not anytime soon....
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Jan 2, 2011 - 04:51pm PT
Boeing rocks on Airbus. Hands down. Sure the Airbus is cheaper sometimes...but it's cheaper.

And you say this because...??? Vast experience in the aviation industry? Aircraft finance?

Just curious, because anyone who is actually in the industry knows that what you said simply isn't true. And hasn't been for some time.
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2011 - 04:52pm PT
Crash history lately....
Captain...or Skully

climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
Jan 2, 2011 - 04:53pm PT
Might as well dicuss the odds at craps. Meaningless non-statistic.
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2011 - 04:56pm PT
How long has Boeing been building robust engines and aircraft???

Ever hear of the B-17?
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