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I think the people saying that Britain does not deserve its spot and that its people have contributed nothing and are generally a waste of space should actually learn facts rather than being demeaning. Britain is the worlds second most inventive country in the world ( 1 behind china) some of which include, modern olympics, police, vitamins, DNA, powered flight, english language, the underground, Ipod ( yes this is true look it up), the world wide web, sparkling wine , worchester sauce, toilet, electrical moter, vaccination, telephone, most sports( baseball, rugby, football, golf, rounders, cricket, polo, ect), public parks, jet engine, the discovery of gravity, internet, light bulb, computer, industrial revolution, christmas, viagra, vacuum flask, plastic, nature reserve, radar, steam engine, railway, lawnmower, marmite, the sandwich, vacuum cleaner (dyson), OO7, portland cement, paralympics, electric toaster, AMERICA, tin can, work mate products, road cats eyes, television, PUB, hover craft, scouts, pneumatic tyres. Also the magna carta. Darwin, neuton, flamel just to name a few scoentists and dont even get me started on how weve affected the countries of this world ina positve way, e.g. india, hong kong, cyprus, malta, america, australia, canada, france, poland ect
at least half of the inventions here hasn't been made by english.... like :
modern olympics, WWW,vaccination, internet, computer, christams, etc. Some of them are too old. sorry. But you are right when you say UK is the worlds second most inventive country, there is two explanation, english languages is easy to the patents which push the companies to based the European headquarters in London, the second is the dynamism in UK. but patents don't alway mean advanced technology, far from it.
The United States of America, until Japan can find their way to the moon or "outer space" they don't come close. If we knew half of what the C.I.A knows now, we would not believe it and i'm not talking about the military tech, which is superiority over the world, in that feild the US is in a different age of history. When Japan can do more then take everything the US has made and make it smaller then I might be wrong. Infact who was it that pointed their guns at the Japenese capitol and foriced them to move away from their fuedalist customs of the time? The United States of America. US makes new things Japan makes old things better, which is harder? Japan is a steady second.
The reason you don't see old cherry Japanese cars is because they are cheaply made, it is not our consumerism as you put it, if that was the case you wouldn't see mint American cars on the road either, think about it and as far as the cell phone calls being made. If the U.S. was the size of Japan we'd have cell towers everywhere also. It's easy to put up cell towers everywhere to accomadate 127 million people living in an area smaller than the state of California. That makes sense to you doesn't it? It has nothing to do with technology. Our rail system is great where it is used and another reason the size of Japan makes it seem so much greater. What is wrong with our major cities subways? We don't have bullet trains because everyone wants to fly in our country and it is cheaper than building the lightning fast train lines to go all over our huge country from California to New York and everywhere in between. If our country was only the east coast or only the west coast I wouldn't be writing this as our country would have developed differently, that does not make Japan more advanced. What has Japan ever developed first that you use everyday? Television, electricity, internet, computer, phone, train, plane, car? No to all of them. They do make these products shinier though but as I said before they make them cheaper. Ask any t.v. or appliance repairman and they will tell you the stuff made today isn't made to last but 5-10 years. It wasn't like that before Japan became the big technologically advanced country they are today. Has Japan ever been to the Moon, sent anything to Mars, who has more space satellites in space, developed the Nuclear bomb and nuclear energy, mapped the human genome? NO, NO, NO...
If Japan is so more advanced than the U.S. then why haven't they cured any cancer, or aids, or malaria?
Why haven't they designed any completely new product to further mankind?
Why do all Honda's and Toyota's from the 80's rust out behind the rear wheels?
How come my late fathers American made Curtis Mathes television from 1962 still function like it did when it was new? How come I can't buy a Sony t.v. to last over 10 years?
Why is the walkman dead? An inferior U.S. designed product killed it using technology designed in the U.S. Shouldn't Japan have seen that coming?
Why is a Mac better than a P.C. and why haven't the Japanese with their superior technology designed something other than those American computer platforms that is better?
Why does Sony need their own Memory system for portable electronics, is it better than the standard SD memory? No, it just cost more and makes it a hassle.
I have a Kelvinator refrigerator in my garage from 1950 that I haven't had serviced in over 20 years and I guarantee you I cannot buy a refrigerator on the market today that will last that long thanks to Japan. They along with China has cheapend everything down because of people who won't pay for quality products, American companies have been forced by our own consumers who believe that stuff from Japan is better to use cheaper parts so they can sell them for less money but make more money on each unit sold. Japan has sickenend your goods and you cannot see past their bottom line.
I try to stay open minded but facts is where my judgement comes from. The only new thing that has come from Japan is the idea of a suicide bomber. Thanks.
Stop bashing American education, the US education system is great. Remember you get out of life what you put into it. If you would have put in the effort you'd not be bashing the American education system. The sytem itself has produced some of the worlds greatest minds. It's not Americas fault if people like yourself do not use what is given to them. I know you didn't take advantage of it because in your statement you say, "is our public schools as good as japan, germany or france ?" If you did take advantage of our education you would have said, " Are our public schools."
Ask Bill Gates. If our education system is so bad as you put it, why then do we lead the way in new discoveries? Why, why, why?
Yeah we are dependant on oil, but Japan is totally dependant on our education system. They rely on American techology to run their computers, their cellular system, their assembly lines and their rail system. That's right, American technology!
Name one thing original the Japanese education system has given you.
Has Japan put a man on the moon, developed the computer, sent rovers to Mars. And how come the Japanese use American telecom companies software to run their great phone system. Anyone can put up thousands of towers in a country the size of California. It doesn't make them more advanced though. Why can't they build their own internet, are they not smart enough? How could we do it with our poor education system? How could a bunch of dumb Americans with a poor educational system do all that and your precious Japan with a superior education system not do it?
It is people like you who are spreading your unhappy, ignorant and sad life to try and bring down the rest of America. We are the GREATEST NATION on the planet from technology to healthcare to freedom of choice.
Why is everything Japanese designed disposable now? How long do you think your Sony flatscreen has a life expectancy? It didn't use to be like that. Ask any TV repairman and they'll tell you they are not meant to last 10 years. How come I still have my late fathers American made Curtis Mathes television in my basement that works as good as the day he bought it 40 years ago?
Their cars are smaller because their country is smaller and they are smaller. Oil was never an issue until recently and the U.S. is adapting to this. If your GM or Ford you couldn't put tons of money in something, small electric cars in the 80's and 90's, because American consumers didn't want them then. It's like selling ice in January in the Arctic. And one more thing our poor or much wealthier than Japans poor people. Get a clue!
Health care??? What has Japan done to further medical science?
Get a grip on reality.
How much do Japanese citizens pay in taxes for their healthcare system? Every other free country in the world has cheap healthcare but their taxes pay for it. This does not lead to advancements in medicine though, the U.S. healthcare system charging $10.00 for one tylenol at the hospital does. It seems ridiculous when you see that on the bill but without it or higher taxes you wouldn't get the money for advancements in medicine. I agree the U.S. should raise taxes for universal healthcare and for medical research. Has the Japanese health care system cured AIDS, cancer, MS? Nope. Seems like with them being so much more advanced as you put it they should have done this. And please don't even think to say that they live longer. That is because the Japanese people diet better than Americans, it has absolutely nothing to do with their healthcare system. And which country invented the MRI you refer to? The good ol' USA.
We use half the worlds oil because we are the most technoligically advanced country. We are a free enterprise nation and that is why it is the way things are from health insurance to oil consumption.
Immigation has nothing to do with this entire question as to which country is more technologically advanced!
We are 30 years ahead of Japan in technology and most of the other countries in the world. See we put a man on the Moon in the 60's and Japan is still trying to figure that out, we developed computers, the internet, the television, led the way in medical advancements, cellular network. Just please tell me what Japan has really given you besides throwaway products that makes you think they are so superior.
We're #7, not bad considering some countries
Caseras i've seen alot of your posts, you are transparently "anti British"
Britain, especially Scotland has invented so many things that many take for granted. I think you need to research more!
Caseras i've seen alot of your posts, you are transparently "anti British"
No, I'm not....
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Britain, especially Scotland has invented so many things that many take for granted. I think you need to research more!
I know britain and especially scotland has brought a lot of stuff to the world, so what ?
you said this because I said UK didn't invent WWW and olympic games and optical fiber ? I'm sorry but it's true. I think your feeling has more to do with the people who post here. We are in an american forum where you can find a lot of english and american people, I guess if it was a spanish or a german or a french forum you would think I'm against these nations.... but no.
But IMO Britain is not an advanced country about technology (I have lived there and to say britain is number 7 ! excuse me, but frankly I have to laugh ! Just look at the criteria , we are far from the topic which is the most technologically advanced country... this study should have the title : the nation who use the most the e-technology to make buisness.... )
I know britain and especially scotland has brought a lot of stuff to the world, so what ?
you said this because I said UK didn't invent WWW and olympic games and optical fiber ? I'm sorry but it's true. I think your feeling has more to do with the people who post here. We are in an american forum where you can find a lot of english and american people, I guess if it was a spanish or a german or a french forum you would think I'm against these nations.... but no.
But IMO Britain is not an advanced country about technology (I have lived there and to say britain is number 7 ! excuse me, but frankly I have to laugh ! Just look at the criteria , we are far from the topic which is the most technologically advanced country... this study should have the title : the nation who use the most the e-technology to make buisness.... )
I could go deeper into this but im not going to waste my time.
We reached #7, still up there with the rest yet you laugh. To me you are downing the UK as far as that goes.
Medically we've achieved alot, stem cell research, cloning that is just some of the marvels we have discovered. There is a list in this thread so really I honestly think you don't have a clue what your talking about.
I could go deeper into this but im not going to waste my time.
no you're right, don't waste your time !
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We reached #7, still up there with the rest yet you laugh. To me you are downing the UK as far as that goes.
No, it's not because I said that I am downing the UK. It is not because I critiquize UK I don't like UK. Is it possible to say something bad about UK or scotland without being attacked ? It seems it's pretty hard. And I keep thinking UK is not an technologicaly advanced country ! Actually I think it's worse than that. But it seems hard to express an opinion...of course, I could talk if I said how much UK is Well, good beautiful etc....
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Medically we've achieved alot, stem cell research, cloning that is just some of the marvels we have discovered. There is a list in this thread so really I honestly think you don't have a clue what your talking about.
again, clone has not been invented by scottish.... nor anyone in UK to be fair
Ok let me explain you something. I really tend to think the number of stuff great britain has brought to the world is huge ! very very huge ! I don't doubt in any case you have had and have great mind in this country, but unfortunately, today UK is not anymore the big nations she used to be, and UK is not well placed about technology or medical breakthrough (since it seems this subject interesting you). But your honor is safe it's the same for Germany and France too, they are not the big nations they were.
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What do you want to prove ? if your point is showing me there are good companies and good inventions in UK I don't about that, it's not the point. BTW your list could go on and on, it's UK not Africa (I know that).
No, it's not because I said that I am downing the UK. It is not because I critiquize UK I don't like UK. Is it possible to say something bad about UK or scotland without being attacked ? It seems it's pretty hard. And I keep thinking UK is not an technologicaly advanced country ! Actually I think it's worse than that. But it seems hard to express an opinion...of course, I could talk if I said how much UK is Well, good beautiful etc....
again, clone has not been invented by scottish.... nor anyone in UK to be fair
Ok let me explain you something. I really tend to think the number of stuff great britain has brought to the world is huge ! very very huge ! I don't doubt in any case you have had and have great mind in this country, but unfortunately, today UK is not anymore the big nations she used to be, and UK is not well placed about technology or medical breakthrough (since it seems this subject interesting you). But your honor is safe it's the same for Germany and France too, they are not the big nations they were.
What do you want to prove ? if your point is showing me there are good companies and good inventions in UK I don't about that, it's not the point. BTW your list could go on and on, it's UK not Africa (I know that).
What you say in your PM's are VERY different to what you say on the forum. One minute your praising Scotland for its technologic advances then the next you don't.
What you say in your PM's are VERY different to what you say on the forum. One minute your praising Scotland for its technologic advances then the next you don't.
Yes I know, but as I told you, when you say UK people thinks London or England. I think we forget Scotland and the importance they have in the good shape of UK (or maybe it's just me )
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, worchester sauce, toilet, electrical moter, vaccination, telephone, most sports( baseball, rugby, football, golf, rounders, cricket, polo, ect), public parks, jet engine, the discovery of gravity, internet, light bulb, computer, industrial revolution, christmas, viagra, vacuum flask, plastic, nature reserve, radar, steam engine, railway, lawnmower, marmite, the sandwich, vacuum cleaner (dyson), OO7, portland cement, paralympics, electric toaster, AMERICA, tin can, work mate products, road cats eyes, television, PUB, hover craft, scouts, pneumatic tyres. Also the magna carta. Darwin, neuton, flamel just to name a few scoentists and dont even get me started on how weve affected the countries of this world ina positve way, e.g. india, hong kong, cyprus, malta, america, australia, canada, france, poland ect
US > Japan
excuse me, but frankly I have to laugh ! Just look at the criteria , we are far from the topic which is the most technologically advanced country... this study should have the title : the nation who use the most the e-technology to make buisness.... )
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