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On 2004-10-18 01:29:50, Krubach wrote:
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On 2004-10-18 01:20:35, Sammy_boy wrote:
most stuff now seems to be made in China and the Far East!
As someone said:
Europeans invent It.
Americans perfect it.
Asians mass produce it.
And that couldn't be more accurate.
For Sage who was talking about all the world using PCs.
Well, you're posting over the internet, and that was an European invention
Internet was invent by Al Gore!
actually CERN invented it (or at least played a major role).
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Posted: 2004-10-18 01:57:00
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CERN - Centre Europeéne de Recherche Nucleaire
European Center of Nuclear Research
Hellas! European, i was right, right?
(Sorry 'bout my bad French... and English probably
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Actually it's:
"Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire"
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Posted: 2004-10-18 02:05:58
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@Krubach
Or CERN for short.
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Posted: 2004-10-18 02:14:51
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Posted: 2004-10-18 02:16:05
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@Krubach
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Posted: 2004-10-18 02:19:12
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im telling you it was al gore!
@all
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Posted: 2004-10-18 02:38:00
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Oh boy . . . just like before, this will just be a 'never-ending' discussion thread! Please stop talkin' 'bout : Politics, Religion, Money, Food here mates . . . Let's just talk more 'bout celfones and women
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Posted: 2004-10-18 02:48:22
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i think the car was invented by a german guy...
as the world's sole superpower at the moment, america has the opportunity to engage the whole world into a unified voice against all things evil.but, our future isn't really dependent on nuclear weapons, or terrorism or whose economy will crash into recession!
all these are temporary problems, and when the collective minds of the world get together, a solution to every problem can be hammered out.
what i'm really miffed out about america is (this is the only one i really care about), the fact that it is very callous about the enviornment/pollution. why can't america sign the kyoto treaty when the rest of the world has ratified it...
why is it that america which has such a small population produce such a disproportionate chunk of the world's pollution/garbage... and why can't they leave the alaskan wilderness for the animals? why do they have to dig for oil there too?
there's no point in fighting about who invented what or who can't live without what invention... the thing we really have to argue about is whether these inventions cause damage to our own futures!! what's the point in having a huge car/lighbulbs/pc's when we run out of energy sources?
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Posted: 2004-10-18 06:03:49
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On 2004-10-18 06:03:49, plasmadog wrote:
i think the car was invented by a german guy...
well depends, there were many different 'cars', but the modern, mass-produced car was invented by henry ford
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as the world's sole superpower at the moment, america has the opportunity to engage the whole world into a unified voice against all things evil.but, our future isn't really dependent on nuclear weapons, or terrorism or whose economy will crash into recession!
all these are temporary problems, and when the collective minds of the world get together, a solution to every problem can be hammered out.
what i'm really miffed out about america is (this is the only one i really care about), the fact that it is very callous about the enviornment/pollution. why can't america sign the kyoto treaty when the rest of the world has ratified it...
why is it that america which has such a small population produce such a disproportionate chunk of the world's pollution/garbage... and why can't they leave the alaskan wilderness for the animals? why do they have to dig for oil there too?
there's no point in fighting about who invented what or who can't live without what invention... the thing we really have to argue about is whether these inventions cause damage to our own futures!! what's the point in having a huge car/lighbulbs/pc's when we run out of energy sources?
its' exactly this apathy towards others and our future that pisses me off!
America has such great potential to lead the world in the fight against terrorism, against pollution, towards world peace, and sooo much more but we haven't done anything about it! We've withdrawn fomr the Nuclear Non-prolifieration treaty, refused to acknowledge the Kyoto protocol, declared the UN defunct, and isolated America from the rest of the world!
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Posted: 2004-10-18 06:23:00
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Something else that might illustrate why quite a lot of people don't like Americans is this:
Whenever I buy/download freeware off the internet and start installing it, the programme will often ask what installation language you want to use. And quite often, then English option will say 'United States (English)' or 'English (United States)' This to many (including me I'm afraid to say!) says arrogance, especially as we invented the language!
And that in these programmes (Sorry, programs
) use thoughout American English, e.g. spellings like color, labor, americanisms like trash can, sidewalk, muffler, etc. Even when I see British characters in US series (Like Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer) they are using americanisms, makes me cringe!!
I'd like to end on a slightly more positive note, there are a lot of good things that have come out of the US. Like The Simpsons and Buffy (both show that some Americans are starting to develop a sense of irony!
) Star Wars (although it was made in the UK), lots of very pretty movie (Oops, sorry, film!) stars, and a ton of great films.
I bet the majority of Americans are decent people, who also despise what they're country has become, and how it is portrayed by others. And I hope they all vote Bush out!
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Posted: 2004-10-18 09:07:09
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