Tilla this one is just

[Tilla]

Jawge, read the articles I gave you then come back to me.
Thanks

[Tilla]

The elite US universities are still leading in advanced research and producing people who turn those research projects into profitable companies though. I agree completely with Jawge on that.

No one was disputing that the US still leads research and development. The fact is, many countries are catching up and it may not be long before the tables are turned.
What statistics is showing is that the majority of students in advanced engineering programs in the "elite schools" are foreigners, not Americans. So while the schoold are "elite" , they are preparing opportunities for these foreign countries to train their brightest. This coupled with the fact that a lot of engineering jobs are being created abroad, what do you think will happen when these foreigners complete their studies?

Anyway, I invite you to read the three articles I provided Jawge too Islandman.

[Muadib]

You think the USA is stupid ?

Come to our Universities.. use us and then use that knowledge to surpass us..

Heh, heh.

Apprantly yuh nuh know wheh yuh a deal wid.

Dem man drop a Nuclear bomb on people and just wheh dey dem move into a country and kill the leader..

Who yuh tink dem is ? France ?

[Karl]

This is the USA's problem:

A school teacher was arrested at Gatwick Airport as

he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler,

a protractor, a set square, a slide rule, and a calculator.

At a morning press conference, Home Secretary John Reid

said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra

movement. He did not identify the man, who has been charged by

the Metropolitan Police with carrying weapons of maths instruction.

"Al-gebra is a problem for us," Reid said. "They desire solutions by


means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a search

of absolute values. They use secret code names like 'x` and `y` and

refer to themselves as `unknowns,` but we have determined they belong


to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with co-ordinates in

every country. As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say,

"There are 3 sides to every triangle".

When asked to comment on the arrest, Prime Minister Tony Blair,

speaking from his holiday resort before the planes stopped flying,

said, "If God had wanted us to have better Weapons of Maths

Instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes. It

is important that we deal with Al-gebra before they multiply and

establish fractions throughout the world"

Some forces when put in motion cannot be stopped - has no turning back!

[Jawge]

karl don't listen to mo. Mo
doesn't understand the dynamics of this thing. If you look closley at US history, you will see that from the start it was immigrants that shaped the US (rocketry, computer science et al). It's just that a new set of immigrants are stepping up, that's all. The Us SYSTEM FOSTERS CREATIVITY. When this sytem is removed then you can look for a close but not any time soon.

[Tilla]

Your reasoning is over my head. Care to come again?

[Muadib]

Why would the USA facilitate the usurping of their Global Dominance ?

Who yuh tink is using who right now ?

Yuh nuh tink the USA have a strategy ?

Dem move like a country dat careless bout dominance ?

[Willi]

Why would the USA facilitate the usurping of their Global Dominance ?

Who yuh tink is using who right now ?

Yuh nuh tink the USA have a strategy ?

Dem move like a country dat careless bout dominance ?

The US HAS no strategy.

Stateless Corporations run things.

What U all fail to recognize is that R&D inevitably follows manufacturing. I can be no other way.

[Willi]

Who is doing the Research ?

heh, heh.

Stanford alone....

The USA landed people on the moon almost 40 years ago..

We tend to take the technology gap lightly....

Again, I say that R&D always follows manufacturing.

Will the US have a significant car industry in 5 years?

[Jawge]

yup the dumb americans just sit whilst
the rest of the world uses strategy and they just reap the consequences.
Willi I'm amazed at you.

[Jawge]

Yes it will. I will
bet you on that too.

[Willi]

Yes it will. I will
bet you on that too.

J.

Events have consequences!

[Willi]

yup the dumb americans just sit whilst
the rest of the world uses strategy and they just reap the consequences.
Willi I'm amazed at you.

Stop making assumptions!

Its not about intelligence. Its about systems. The US political system is broken and the nation is no longer cohesive.

You need to look at the data and read the really insightful people.

How do you think i have been able to spot long term trends and make some accurate predictions. It is in the data for thos who know how to interpret them. You also need a good model for understanding the forces at work. Believe what you will, I am not interested in convincing anyone.

[Muadib]

Who are the threats to America in the Areas of R&D ?

[Jawge]

as I said meet here in
5 years. Thanks.