Sadly I heard recently that the US is 27th in Math and 25th in Science. I challenge the old DXers too name 25 countries smarter then we are. I cannot. I guess that means we are not much better at geography. Thomas Knox
> From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:39:31 -0800 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ebay warning > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > > Be cautious when straying off the tourist track over there. The Silk Market > > in Beijing for example. Showing interest in knock-off Rolex's in one stall > > I bought a knock-off Rolex. But not exactly there. The seller was > careful and kept them in the back. They had several different grades. > He started at the top with one that looked OK but I wanted an obvious > fake. > > At first China only offered low skill, low wage assembly line type > labor. But now they graduate more engineers than the US does each > year. We (in the US) are on the wrong end of an "education gap". > This happened with Japan years ago. > > Look at ham radio in China. Here is it for the most part old men who > remember the days of vacuum tubes and CW. In China it is a hobby for > the young middle class, mostly trained engineers. > > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
