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This is thread is purely for lighten up the mood a little bit. Lockheed Martin is offering to sell its experimental ship Sea Slice for sell for merely $180,000 to the general public. Features: -180 Tons of metal fun. Even your girlfriend’s crazy ex would think twice before boarding...

There is nothing wrong with learning from others when one is physically behind. When there is something that is already proven to work, only fools would trying to re-invent it. Just because you "invented" something, that doesn't means there isn't anything left to be learned. Even Nobel...

That really depends on how many years or cycles you are willing to trace back. I am not doubting that China introduced alot of protocols in education that we were still using today. However, China also absorbed alot from other nations. China didn't only reform its economic policy in the late...

If given equal resources, the result would be very similar. The amount of dollars spent per student can be easily measured. However, parents' involvement and students' dedications can not be easily quantified. Nonetheless, they are all resources. It takes effort from students, parents, and the...

Nice to see certain parts of Sony are still doing well. Maybe this will buy Sony some time and provide cash flow to other part of the company before much needed reorganization in their electronic division. I love the quality of Sony products. My grandfather's TV literally lasted forever. Even...

Bravos to the Brits. There is no need to reinvent the wheels every single time, especially in educating our next generation. If China has found something that work, Brits should see if this can be incorporated into their system. The current Chinese system was heavily influenced by the Western...

I like Lenovo's Yoga series. It is a really well engineered product that can rival Apple in many ways. Bigger or larger market share is not everything, just look how Dell was 10-12 years ago and how it is doing now. It doesn't matter whether Lenovo is using Intel/AMD chips or Microsoft's...

Very noble of these medical professionals. Best luck to all of them and may they return home safely once the work is done.

The goal is to produce exaflop computer by around 2020. 5 years from now, one single system could potentially triple the combined computing power of the current top 500 computer.

TaiShang, You have completely lost me. You keep replying unrelated facts that was not even related to my post most of the time. Now I am a little frustrated regarding your comprehension skill. Our conversation regarding this topic will end here for now. For all the other people who are reading...

You are grossly misinterpreted what I just wrote, especially my last paragraph. By judging the way you write, I think your English is decent. Perhaps you are reading a bit of too fast, which was why it was affecting the comprehension a little bit.

I plan to make a trip to China just to ride the high speed rail next year. I had the opportunity in 2008 to ride the much limited high speed rail from Guangzhou to Shengzhen. I was very impressed with how smooth it was. The newer lines from what I have gathered are much more advanced than the...

All these concerns you are giving are not incorrect, and I am sure you would be able to list more than 11. I have to agree with you they are not minor issues. Fortunately what goes between the US and China are not just the above examples you have listed. The cooperation (excluding in the defense...

This reminds me back in the elementary school days where few new kids were trying to challenge the “king" of the playground. There was a lot of unease and there might even be few bloody noises. At the end of the year, guess what, we all graduated to middle school. When we think back the good old...

My folks live in another state that is about 250 miles from me. A typical trip home would take 4 to 5 hours. If there is high speed rail here, I would be able to take a nap for 1-2 hours on the train and I will be home...

China is undoubtedly on the raise, and I am happy to see the lives of 1.3 billion (1/5 of the earth population) are steadily improving. We are not playing a zero sum game. With the improvement in technology and human productivity, I can see an increasingly prosper China co-existing with the US...

The average cost per new car in the US is $32,000. This number is probably averaged out with luxury vehicle such as Mercedes, BMW, and etc. I rarely see new car goes below $16,000. People can buy cheaper used car, but used need to be replaced more often and repaired more often. When you factor...

I am very impressed with the Chinese high-speed rail network. I wish the same can be said with the US passenger rail system. It is expensive and inefficient for each individual to own a car. It would be nice if there are more options for mass transit system such as public buses, reliable and...

With all the anti satellite weapon nowadays, satellites will be the high priority target at the beginning of the war. You bet all the space launch facilities would be quickly destroyed from the map as well. To have a mobile launch facility means the ability to repair vital communication links...