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From: Rowland McDonnell on 19 Mar 2010 01:09 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > Steve Firth wrote: > > > > Umm well it was based on the fact that the CIA factbook shows that China > > exports more than any other country in the world. Germany in second > > place. UK in ninth, behind France and Italy. > > Got to be wrong. If we don't make anything then what are we supposed to > be exporting? > > Got you there! The CIA factbook is pretty short on real facts. It's a not-too-bad rough guide, but you can't trust it at all. That became apparent to me when I discovered the huge discrepancy between the population of Iceland according to the CIA and the population of Iceland according to the Icelandic government, which probably has a better idea, what with it collecting tax from its people... The CIA is - famously - a very unreliable intelligence agency, mostly famous for `always getting it wrong'. The CIA exists to tell those in power what they wish to hear, not what the facts on the ground really are. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: David Kennedy on 19 Mar 2010 02:39 Gwynne Harper wrote: > David Kennedy<davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > >> Got to be wrong. If we don't make anything then what are we supposed to >> be exporting? > > Several large chunks of Longbridge and a chocolate company. > > > Gwynne I'd forgotten about that... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Sak Wathanasin on 19 Mar 2010 04:38 On 19 Mar, 06:39, David Kennedy <davidkenn...(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > Gwynne Harper wrote: > > David Kennedy<davidkenn...(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > > >> Got to be wrong. If we don't make anything then what are we supposed to > >> be exporting? > > > Several large chunks of Longbridge and a chocolate company. > > > Gwynne > > I'd forgotten about that... And TV show formats: "Strictly..." is all the rage round the world. My brother presents "Deal or No Deal" on Malaysian TV and is apparently a minor C-list celeb (gets to cut the ribbon on new public toilets and that kind of thing).
From: David Kennedy on 19 Mar 2010 04:46 Sak Wathanasin wrote: > > And TV show formats: "Strictly..." is all the rage round the world. My > brother presents "Deal or No Deal" on Malaysian TV and is apparently a > minor C-list celeb (gets to cut the ribbon on new public toilets and > that kind of thing). This one ? <http://rage.com.my/writeups/story.asp?file=/2008/4/4/mustread/20080404131813&sec=mustread> -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Peter Ceresole on 19 Mar 2010 05:05
David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: > This one ? > > <http://rage.com.my/writeups/story.asp?file=/2008/4/4/mustread/200804041 31813&sec=mustread> Yeah, must be. Looks good. But how useful is he at networking? Answer of course must be 'very'. But not the kind *we* need. Hi Sak... -- Peter |