Quote for the Day: "I've learned that you should never google without thinking about the consequences first... Sometimes, googling is a good idea... The Mindanao Islamic Liberation Front found this to their cost..."
"The gulf of meaning between the terms “horse play” and “pony play” illustrates why expecting your culture’s translation of another’s ancient texts to be 100% true to their original intent is dangerous and probably not a good idea."
Well, there was a reason so many issues were raised up about Concorde being allowed to land in the US... Those tender hurt feelings because it got developed on this side of the pond first...
It's also a lot more cost effective for the Chinese to put a small amount of money into stealing the tech from the US than it is to research it themselves.
In a sense, the USA is funding China's research game..