On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 11:05:13PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Reminds me of a self-deprecating joke I heard in Canada once. "Canada > could have been good. It could have had British culture, French > cuisine and American technology. Instead, it got American culture, > British cuisine and French technology." >
I have heard that joke too. There is a similarity between the Russian technology and the French technology. The west was surprised when the Russians put the sputnik in the skies. When taken care of can be amazingly powerful and good. This is related to the abstract thinking versus hands-on, concrete thinking. Compare books in higher mathematics written by French, Russians, Germans, American, British, etc. A pattern can be seen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
