Re: Why Compact Cars Identical?

2002-08-13 Thread sjostrom
My own guess is that the economy cars look alike because of technology. I moved to Ireland in 1992, before the economy boomed, and there was (to me anyway) a startling homogeneity among the mostly small, cheap cars. All small and boxy. In the last decade, the Irish economy has boomed,

Re: North on ideology

2002-08-13 Thread sjostrom
I don't know what the term neoconservative means This one is easy. Irving Kristol defined a neo-conservative as a liberal who had been mugged. Bill Sjostrom

Re: Why Compact Cars Identical?

2002-08-13 Thread john hull
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My own guess is that the economy cars look alike because of technology. I asked a former GM engineer with 40 years at the company if there was any engineering reason why all compact cars look the same, even between manufacturers. He couldn't think of any. Granted

charlatanism

2002-08-13 Thread john hull
Holy entropy! It's boiling! --G. Gamow Here's a couple interesting passages from Mario Bunge's Chalratanism in Academia. I am hoping to generate interesting replies--any will be welcome. The ALL CAPS lines are my emphasis. To paraphrase Groucho Marx: the trademark of modern culture is