Message-ID: <6723f0c1@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc References: <2ItTO.338744$v8v2.95701@fx18.iad> <199392d0-9628-8177-2f3b-35b23a721dd4@example.net> <086607f1-2283-f7fb-ddf9-ac4766b06530@example.net> <3RPUO.364883$v8v2.299927@fx18.iad> User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 1 Nov 2024 07:04:02 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 33 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228360 comp.os.linux.misc:60285 In comp.os.linux.misc The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 31/10/2024 18:17, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> On 2024-10-31, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> If you reject 'white mans' knowledge on racist grounds, well bye bye hi >>> tech. >>> >>> And I suspect that is what will happen. If the chinese dont take over, >>> the barbarians will. And will be welcomed by those who have been taught >>> to hate their own culture and fear science. >> >> It's odd, though, how these barbarians, however anti-tech they may be, >> manage to hold on to enough technology to create weapons. >> > Or are they simply paying someone else? > Only the Iranians have any technological nous. > Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Morocco, Algeria..,Somalia... > > Not exactly putting men on the moon are they? Well you could argue that the USA paid Germans to put them on the moon. Videos on YouTube of how they make things in some of those countries are facinatingly backwards in terms of tech, though often clever in their own way. Smartphones seem to be universal though. Somehow the one piece of tech I choose to live without is the only luxury that people in the poorest countries appear to always seek out. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#