Hi Terry.
what do you think of the statement "The US became the most advanced society in the world because the framework of the country turbocharged invention and innovation, that's why"?
This statement is typical for someone coming from a country where they still use personal checks, and have paper money as small as 1USD. Let's sit down and laugh at their ignorance and arrogance. They will never understand what is meant by advanced technology. I can send you money in a few seconds, in the US "the check is in the mail"...! Ha-ha!
NB! With that said, I leave this thread.
>>OK, I'll bite.....
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>>Why weep?
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>Because Britain was so forced to go cap-in-hand to the US during WW II that they gave away secrets like these. I seem to recall, hearing from other sources, but I can't be arsed looking it up now, that Britain didn't receive any commercial benefit from such give-aways but watched the US "take off" in these areas.
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>It makes me weep to think of the world-beating Harrier technology, not given, but just thrown away in transfering the whole operation to the US. I can't think why. (sure, I could google it).
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>>The USA has shared a phenomenal amount of technology and materials with Britain since WWI so why is this one case special?
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>Shared? Sold more like, or lend-leased, at a price (WWI battleships in WWII - some technology).
>So the US shares Trident technology with us? We're independent of the US. What technology has been freely shared?
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>Why do you say one case? The article points out that there were many secrets in the case, including rocket science.
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>>The US became the most advanced society in the world because the framework of the country turbocharged invention and innovation, that's why.
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>Well duh-uh! I hadn't realised that the US was so dynamic!
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>>>You wanna know why the US became the most technologically advanced country in the world?
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>Have you heard of the expression "tongue in cheek"?
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>>>Along with our selling the Harrier VSTOL techology to you lock, stock and barrel, this is enough to make me weep:
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6331897.stm
