Living with Technology

Hi Derek,

Ever since I was Dux of my school, and later studied Russian at
University for a couple more years, I've had a bit of an ear cocked towards
such a vast culture.

Things have sure progressed since the Cold War days, and because there
are so many of them, the pressure must always be on to come up with
something, just to be able to make your way through life, and hopefully do a
little better than the next bloke, so you can provide a little easier, or
indulge your interests more, or whatever. Similarities with China, parts of
Asia, the U.S.A.... where there are big populations?

The more National, Global, Universal your experiences/thinking get, the
more it all keeps you thinking to the best of your abilities.

I suppose for some, the hard part then becomes how to bring everyone
else along for the ride, but that's way beyond my dumb mind!!

It is interesting, though, how one's sense of perspective changes the
more you come to wrap your mind around (or at least, it should! ), and that
then should lead to an ever-changing appreciation and understanding of the
differing degrees to which were not all in the same boat.

Sorry to you, and anyone else, if this is dribbling on, but you do seem
to have a bit of a different , broader, perspective on things, or perhaps
many do, but you just express it more, and your advice always seems to be
spot-on, unless one has nitpicking mode on occassionally.

Those Russkies sure can be inscrutable, they sure do lack wealth at the
moment, and there sure are plenty of them still, despite the split up.

Regards,
John
"Derek Wildstar" wrote in message
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"John Ward" wrote in message
u...
Hi Derek,

That's an interesting site.

One of Katy Pluta's recent posts re graphics cards contained a link
to
a Russian site, and the testing/comparisons were extremely well done
(well,
I thought so, anyway).

Some of those guys must really know their onions over there.

Regards,
John


To paint with a broad brush, the Russians are somewhat unscrutable
geniuses
when it comes to engineering and technology, not to mention aeronautical
engineering, they built a Space Shuttle as well, recall. However, there
aren't enough rubles in Lenin's Tomb to get me up in that death trap.
Recent
sad events notwithstanding.

Perhaps it's due to the lack of wealth and need for amassing of wealth in
their culture that enables them to explore avenues of science that have
little economic merit, it explains the whiling away the hours playing
chess
against super computers and writing computer virii.

Just saw my post posted - My mistake, I was only Dux of Russian, not Dux of
the whole school, and now I can't even send a simple post correctly.
Apparently I didn't learn much! :-))

Regards,
John
"John Ward" wrote in message
...
Hi Derek,

Ever since I was Dux of my school, and later studied Russian at
University for a couple more years, I've had a bit of an ear cocked
towards
such a vast culture.

Things have sure progressed since the Cold War days, and because there
are so many of them, the pressure must always be on to come up with
something, just to be able to make your way through life, and hopefully do
a
little better than the next bloke, so you can provide a little easier, or
indulge your interests more, or whatever. Similarities with China, parts
of
Asia, the U.S.A.... where there are big populations?

The more National, Global, Universal your experiences/thinking get,
the
more it all keeps you thinking to the best of your abilities.

I suppose for some, the hard part then becomes how to bring everyone
else along for the ride, but that's way beyond my dumb mind!!

It is interesting, though, how one's sense of perspective changes the
more you come to wrap your mind around (or at least, it should! ), and
that
then should lead to an ever-changing appreciation and understanding of the
differing degrees to which were not all in the same boat.

Sorry to you, and anyone else, if this is dribbling on, but you do
seem
to have a bit of a different , broader, perspective on things, or perhaps
many do, but you just express it more, and your advice always seems to be
spot-on, unless one has nitpicking mode on occassionally.

Those Russkies sure can be inscrutable, they sure do lack wealth at
the
moment, and there sure are plenty of them still, despite the split up.

Regards,
John
"Derek Wildstar" wrote in message
news:Lp_Ta.137894$ye4.95979@sccrnsc01...

"John Ward" wrote in message
u...
Hi Derek,

That's an interesting site.

One of Katy Pluta's recent posts re graphics cards contained a
link
to
a Russian site, and the testing/comparisons were extremely well done
(well,
I thought so, anyway).

Some of those guys must really know their onions over there.

Regards,
John


To paint with a broad brush, the Russians are somewhat unscrutable
geniuses
when it comes to engineering and technology, not to mention aeronautical
engineering, they built a Space Shuttle as well, recall. However, there
aren't enough rubles in Lenin's Tomb to get me up in that death trap.
Recent
sad events notwithstanding.

Perhaps it's due to the lack of wealth and need for amassing of wealth
in
their culture that enables them to explore avenues of science that have
little economic merit, it explains the whiling away the hours playing
chess
against super computers and writing computer virii.

Pardon my asking, but I am only a poor Englishman with a small brain, what
is a Dux exactly? Is it the same as a dunce?


"John Ward" wrote in message
...
Just saw my post posted - My mistake, I was only Dux of Russian, not Dux
of
the whole school, and now I can't even send a simple post correctly.
Apparently I didn't learn much! :-))

Regards,
John
"John Ward" wrote in message
...
Hi Derek,

Ever since I was Dux of my school, and later studied Russian at
University for a couple more years, I've had a bit of an ear cocked
towards
such a vast culture.

Things have sure progressed since the Cold War days, and because
there
are so many of them, the pressure must always be on to come up with
something, just to be able to make your way through life, and hopefully
do
a
little better than the next bloke, so you can provide a little easier,
or
indulge your interests more, or whatever. Similarities with China, parts
of
Asia, the U.S.A.... where there are big populations?

The more National, Global, Universal your experiences/thinking get,
the
more it all keeps you thinking to the best of your abilities.

I suppose for some, the hard part then becomes how to bring everyone
else along for the ride, but that's way beyond my dumb mind!!

It is interesting, though, how one's sense of perspective changes
the
more you come to wrap your mind around (or at least, it should! ), and
that
then should lead to an ever-changing appreciation and understanding of
the
differing degrees to which were not all in the same boat.

Sorry to you, and anyone else, if this is dribbling on, but you do
seem
to have a bit of a different , broader, perspective on things, or
perhaps
many do, but you just express it more, and your advice always seems to
be
spot-on, unless one has nitpicking mode on occassionally.

Those Russkies sure can be inscrutable, they sure do lack wealth at
the
moment, and there sure are plenty of them still, despite the split up.

Regards,
John
"Derek Wildstar" wrote in message
news:Lp_Ta.137894$ye4.95979@sccrnsc01...

"John Ward" wrote in message
u...
Hi Derek,

That's an interesting site.

One of Katy Pluta's recent posts re graphics cards contained a
link
to
a Russian site, and the testing/comparisons were extremely well done
(well,
I thought so, anyway).

Some of those guys must really know their onions over there.

Regards,
John


To paint with a broad brush, the Russians are somewhat unscrutable
geniuses
when it comes to engineering and technology, not to mention
aeronautical
engineering, they built a Space Shuttle as well, recall. However,
there
aren't enough rubles in Lenin's Tomb to get me up in that death trap.
Recent
sad events notwithstanding.

Perhaps it's due to the lack of wealth and need for amassing of wealth
in
their culture that enables them to explore avenues of science that
have
little economic merit, it explains the whiling away the hours playing
chess
against super computers and writing computer virii.

Silver Tongue,

In my case yes, but normally it just means top of the school, so you get
a book or something, in front of the rest of the school. I used to translate
Russian geological papers for De Beers while at school, so maybe that helped
me. Somehow related to the Argyll Diamond Field over in Western Australia.

These days, in terms of learning about flying, most things seem to be
Double Dutch. :-))

Regards,
John
"quilljar" wrote in message
...
Pardon my asking, but I am only a poor Englishman with a small brain, what
is a Dux exactly? Is it the same as a dunce?


"John Ward" wrote in message
...
Just saw my post posted - My mistake, I was only Dux of Russian, not Dux
of
the whole school, and now I can't even send a simple post correctly.
Apparently I didn't learn much! :-))

Regards,
John
"John Ward" wrote in message
...
Hi Derek,

Ever since I was Dux of my school, and later studied Russian at
University for a couple more years, I've had a bit of an ear cocked
towards
such a vast culture.

Things have sure progressed since the Cold War days, and because
there
are so many of them, the pressure must always be on to come up with
something, just to be able to make your way through life, and
hopefully
do
a
little better than the next bloke, so you can provide a little easier,
or
indulge your interests more, or whatever. Similarities with China,
parts
of
Asia, the U.S.A.... where there are big populations?

The more National, Global, Universal your experiences/thinking
get,
the
more it all keeps you thinking to the best of your abilities.

I suppose for some, the hard part then becomes how to bring
everyone
else along for the ride, but that's way beyond my dumb mind!!

It is interesting, though, how one's sense of perspective changes
the
more you come to wrap your mind around (or at least, it should! ), and
that
then should lead to an ever-changing appreciation and understanding of
the
differing degrees to which were not all in the same boat.

Sorry to you, and anyone else, if this is dribbling on, but you do
seem
to have a bit of a different , broader, perspective on things, or
perhaps
many do, but you just express it more, and your advice always seems to
be
spot-on, unless one has nitpicking mode on occassionally.

Those Russkies sure can be inscrutable, they sure do lack wealth
at
the
moment, and there sure are plenty of them still, despite the split up.

Regards,
John
"Derek Wildstar" wrote in message
news:Lp_Ta.137894$ye4.95979@sccrnsc01...

"John Ward" wrote in message
u...
Hi Derek,

That's an interesting site.

One of Katy Pluta's recent posts re graphics cards contained
a
link
to
a Russian site, and the testing/comparisons were extremely well
done
(well,
I thought so, anyway).

Some of those guys must really know their onions over there.

Regards,
John


To paint with a broad brush, the Russians are somewhat unscrutable
geniuses
when it comes to engineering and technology, not to mention
aeronautical
engineering, they built a Space Shuttle as well, recall. However,
there
aren't enough rubles in Lenin's Tomb to get me up in that death
trap.
Recent
sad events notwithstanding.

Perhaps it's due to the lack of wealth and need for amassing of
wealth
in
their culture that enables them to explore avenues of science that
have
little economic merit, it explains the whiling away the hours
playing
chess
against super computers and writing computer virii.

Ah like El Duce then?
Good on yer sport! I now feel that small I could sit on a zac and dangle me
legs!


"John Ward" wrote in message
u...
Silver Tongue,

In my case yes, but normally it just means top of the school, so you
get
a book or something, in front of the rest of the school. I used to
translate
Russian geological papers for De Beers while at school, so maybe that
helped
me. Somehow related to the Argyll Diamond Field over in Western Australia.

These days, in terms of learning about flying, most things seem to be
Double Dutch. :-))

Regards,
John
"quilljar" wrote in message
...
Pardon my asking, but I am only a poor Englishman with a small brain,
what
is a Dux exactly? Is it the same as a dunce?


"John Ward" wrote in message
...
Just saw my post posted - My mistake, I was only Dux of Russian, not
Dux
of
the whole school, and now I can't even send a simple post correctly.
Apparently I didn't learn much! :-))

Regards,
John
"John Ward" wrote in message
...
Hi Derek,

Ever since I was Dux of my school, and later studied Russian at
University for a couple more years, I've had a bit of an ear cocked
towards
such a vast culture.

Things have sure progressed since the Cold War days, and because
there
are so many of them, the pressure must always be on to come up with
something, just to be able to make your way through life, and
hopefully
do
a
little better than the next bloke, so you can provide a little
easier,
or
indulge your interests more, or whatever. Similarities with China,
parts
of
Asia, the U.S.A.... where there are big populations?

The more National, Global, Universal your experiences/thinking
get,
the
more it all keeps you thinking to the best of your abilities.

I suppose for some, the hard part then becomes how to bring
everyone
else along for the ride, but that's way beyond my dumb mind!!

It is interesting, though, how one's sense of perspective
changes
the
more you come to wrap your mind around (or at least, it should! ),
and
that
then should lead to an ever-changing appreciation and understanding
of
the
differing degrees to which were not all in the same boat.

Sorry to you, and anyone else, if this is dribbling on, but you
do
seem
to have a bit of a different , broader, perspective on things, or
perhaps
many do, but you just express it more, and your advice always seems
to
be
spot-on, unless one has nitpicking mode on occassionally.

Those Russkies sure can be inscrutable, they sure do lack wealth
at
the
moment, and there sure are plenty of them still, despite the split
up.

Regards,
John
"Derek Wildstar" wrote in message
news:Lp_Ta.137894$ye4.95979@sccrnsc01...

"John Ward" wrote in message
u...
Hi Derek,

That's an interesting site.

One of Katy Pluta's recent posts re graphics cards
contained
a
link
to
a Russian site, and the testing/comparisons were extremely well
done
(well,
I thought so, anyway).

Some of those guys must really know their onions over there.

Regards,
John


To paint with a broad brush, the Russians are somewhat unscrutable
geniuses
when it comes to engineering and technology, not to mention
aeronautical
engineering, they built a Space Shuttle as well, recall. However,
there
aren't enough rubles in Lenin's Tomb to get me up in that death
trap.
Recent
sad events notwithstanding.

Perhaps it's due to the lack of wealth and need for amassing of
wealth
in
their culture that enables them to explore avenues of science that
have
little economic merit, it explains the whiling away the hours
playing
chess
against super computers and writing computer virii.

Silver Tongue,

Isn't El Duce dead, thank Christ! Or was that Ill Duce?(sorry Fr Bill,
it won't happen again if I can help it, I swear! ).

ROTFL - haven't heard that one before, can I borrow it?

Whatever you decide to do, any chance of you telling us all more about
it? Same for all you other blokes with your stories/experiences - I'm in no
way shape or form putting the pressure on you Silver Tongue - I just reckon
all of us benefit from accumulated wisdom, particularly cf some of the
garbage values that are promulgated these days.

I'm off to watch the Aussies flog the Kiwis at Rugby League, and if by
some miracle we lose, surely we'll get 'em tomorrow night in the Rugby
Union? Those Black Devils! :-))) Couldn't handle the pressure from DonButts
if we lose both of them, but that won't happen?

Regards,
John


"quilljar" wrote in message
...
Ah like El Duce then?
Good on yer sport! I now feel that small I could sit on a zac and dangle
me
legs!


"John Ward" wrote in message
u...
Silver Tongue,

In my case yes, but normally it just means top of the school, so you
get
a book or something, in front of the rest of the school. I used to
translate
Russian geological papers for De Beers while at school, so maybe that
helped
me. Somehow related to the Argyll Diamond Field over in Western
Australia.

These days, in terms of learning about flying, most things seem to
be
Double Dutch. :-))

Regards,
John
"quilljar" wrote in message
...
Pardon my asking, but I am only a poor Englishman with a small brain,
what
is a Dux exactly? Is it the same as a dunce?


"John Ward" wrote in message
...
Just saw my post posted - My mistake, I was only Dux of Russian, not
Dux
of
the whole school, and now I can't even send a simple post correctly.
Apparently I didn't learn much! :-))

Regards,
John
"John Ward" wrote in message
...
Hi Derek,

Ever since I was Dux of my school, and later studied Russian
at
University for a couple more years, I've had a bit of an ear
cocked
towards
such a vast culture.

Things have sure progressed since the Cold War days, and
because
there
are so many of them, the pressure must always be on to come up
with
something, just to be able to make your way through life, and
hopefully
do
a
little better than the next bloke, so you can provide a little
easier,
or
indulge your interests more, or whatever. Similarities with China,
parts
of
Asia, the U.S.A.... where there are big populations?

The more National, Global, Universal your experiences/thinking
get,
the
more it all keeps you thinking to the best of your abilities.

I suppose for some, the hard part then becomes how to bring
everyone
else along for the ride, but that's way beyond my dumb mind!!

It is interesting, though, how one's sense of perspective
changes
the
more you come to wrap your mind around (or at least, it should! ),
and
that
then should lead to an ever-changing appreciation and
understanding
of
the
differing degrees to which were not all in the same boat.

Sorry to you, and anyone else, if this is dribbling on, but
you
do
seem
to have a bit of a different , broader, perspective on things, or
perhaps
many do, but you just express it more, and your advice always
seems
to
be
spot-on, unless one has nitpicking mode on occassionally.

Those Russkies sure can be inscrutable, they sure do lack
wealth
at
the
moment, and there sure are plenty of them still, despite the split
up.

Regards,
John
"Derek Wildstar" wrote in message
news:Lp_Ta.137894$ye4.95979@sccrnsc01...

"John Ward" wrote in message
u...
Hi Derek,

That's an interesting site.

One of Katy Pluta's recent posts re graphics cards
contained
a
link
to
a Russian site, and the testing/comparisons were extremely
well
done
(well,
I thought so, anyway).

Some of those guys must really know their onions over
there.

Regards,
John


To paint with a broad brush, the Russians are somewhat
unscrutable
geniuses
when it comes to engineering and technology, not to mention
aeronautical
engineering, they built a Space Shuttle as well, recall.
However,
there
aren't enough rubles in Lenin's Tomb to get me up in that death
trap.
Recent
sad events notwithstanding.

Perhaps it's due to the lack of wealth and need for amassing of
wealth
in
their culture that enables them to explore avenues of science
that
have
little economic merit, it explains the whiling away the hours
playing
chess
against super computers and writing computer virii.

Hey, I'll buy a round for the house on that note!!
Sometime in the 80's my wife and I were on vacation down under, first stop
NZ. While walking down the street in Auckland, saw a big sign in a travel
agents window "German, French, and Aussie spoken fluently!". Got a big
laugh out of it, but then several weeks later in rural Australia found out
they weren't kidding!!! Almost needed an interpreter several times! No
problem in urban centers, but the outback speaks a different lanuage;
however, it is quite similar to English (;-))... Absolutely loved every
minute down there! Thank the sky gods for frequent flier programs.........
Cheers'n beers.. (ONE round!)
Don

"Derek Wildstar" wrote in message
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John

I really wish I could understand a word either of you are saying. No
matter,
I think all our upside-down friends are infinitely charming, regardless of
their indecipherable speech.

In article , John Ward
writes

Those Russkies sure can be inscrutable, they sure do lack wealth at the
moment, and there sure are plenty of them still, despite the split up.

Not all them. One Russian, said to have around 2 billion dollars has
just come to England and purchased the Chelsea Soccer Club. I think it
was mentioned that he also owns a personal 767.

There are about 160 million of them at the moment - a lot less than the
USA population.
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Hi David,

Who knows, with any certainty, how wealth is maintained, created, or
distributed there these days? I certainly don't, I just try to stay a bit
informed, from all the various bits and pieces that can be seen/read.

Most of the normal population seem to be scratching a fair bit though,
these days, and 160 million is still a big population, by Aussie' standards
anyway! :-)

Regards,
John
"David" wrote in message
...
In article , John Ward
writes

Those Russkies sure can be inscrutable, they sure do lack wealth at
the
moment, and there sure are plenty of them still, despite the split up.

Not all them. One Russian, said to have around 2 billion dollars has
just come to England and purchased the Chelsea Soccer Club. I think it
was mentioned that he also owns a personal 767.

There are about 160 million of them at the moment - a lot less than the
USA population.
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David Francis E-Mail reply to
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Hi John,

Who knows, with any certainty, how wealth is maintained, created, or
distributed there these days? I certainly don't, I just try to stay a bit
informed, from all the various bits and pieces that can be seen/read.

Indeed. Some wealth gathered seems out of all proportion. I think the
source of that comparatively young Russian's wealth is obscure.

Most of the normal population seem to be scratching a fair bit though,
these days, and 160 million is still a big population, by Aussie' standards
anyway! :-)

Yes. I have lived in England all my life but I still am getting
claustrophobic here. Nearly 50 million people in England alone with
almost another 10 million on Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland.

I think England is full up, others don't agree. Our trips to the USA
showed me that I really liked wide open spaces. I have never got to
Australia though, sad to say.

Regards

David
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