Communist Audis!

[Alex Kowalski]

Also, in partial response to the "copying" meme, it was true decades ago
that Communist countries did indeed steal technology and copy American
technology, but it's not so true anymore.  My father was an IBM engineer
during the 1960s and personally witnessed an almost exact Russian carbon
copy of an IBM 360/30 that had been diverted to Russia.  Russian "tourists"
used to walk around at Boeing assembly plants with extra-sticky soles on
their shoes to capture metal fragments to bring back home and analyze.

But America's lead in engineering, materials science, and manufacturing is
disappearing.  That's been the result of a coordinated effort to knock it
down in the past 30 years.  We've done this in favor of "progressive" social
programs and in my view it has been disastrous.

Alex


On 8/6/06, Alex Kowalski <hypereutectic1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  It's a little bit sad that the Chinese apparently have manufactured
> several interesting versions of the C3/Type 44 platform that are absolutely
> unavailable in the United States or elsewhere.  But it it's not unexpected.
> The Chinese are *hungry*.  Americans, on the other hand, are *fat*.  Big
> difference.
>
> Alex Kowalski
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