Re: OT DID YOU KNOW? A fascinating and eye opening video about changes in the digital media age

[mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com>]

Totally unrelated... but YOUR  story put me in mind of when I WAS A PUNK.. 1982ish I guess... living in Portsmouth UK, (big naval port) and when a big American Ship like the Nimmitz was in (10,000 yank sailors with pockets full of money to burn on their 3 days shore leave) we would go down town and get our photos taken with them for 10 quid a shot.. Well ok the our GIRLS did.. we hung around and looked dangerous... (or stupid, whichever... I was once called a "green haired faggot!")

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On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 4:27 PM, L.Angulo <labaloops@yahoo.com> wrote:

funny story Mark;-) it reminds of a time i was in Vienna and some punks where beggin on the street as i pulled out some deutsch marks back then the dude said "oh man dont you have austrian money?then left and didnt even take it!
Or a documentary about the poverty in Switzerland who cannot afford to go skiing;-)
But there must be a certain truth to that kind of poverty...

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--- On Thu, 1/29/09, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> wrote:

> From: mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com>
> Subject: Re: OT DID YOU KNOW? A fascinating and eye opening video about  changes in the digital media age
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 1:57 AM
> >  but my gut tells me China
> > and India need cultural transformation to take over
> world leadership.
>
>
>
> Errrm... are you perhaps suggesting that the US rules the
> world???
>
> In my company, I have a lead programmer who is Indian, he
> oversees a
> department we have set-up in Indian, yes cos its cheaper!!!
> When I talked to
> him about this, he laughed, he said that for some reason,
> we in the west
> think that just because they have their "colourful
> culture" we think that
> they are somehow behind them... I said er.. poverty... he
> said, yes Ive seen
> that poverty in the US... and I said.. but Japan will
> always be ahead in
> technology, he said, and look how they treat their
> employees...
>
> I dunno... Im not suggesting that a complete cultural
> "about turn" is on the
> cards, and that the third world becomes the first world...
> but I DO believe
> that there is a FANTASTIC chance, for the third world
> countries to catch up,
> thru technology...
>
> And a less greedy work ethic...
>
> As a UK citizen, living in Norway I can see the difference
> even between here
> and the UK... there is simply NO poverty here in Norway,
> everyone who wants
> one can have an apartment, and a job. There is free health
> care, good
> wages... christ... Someone asked me for some spare change
> the other day, I
> was carrying a Burger King Meal ,which contained a free
> Coke that I hate...
> I said I didnt have any cash, but would he like the
> drink... he said.. Coca
> Cola.. no way thanks mate, I dont support that fucking
> company... then HIS
> mobile phone rang and he got side tracked, as I walked
> away... Over here
> even the beggars are fussy!!!
>
> I think that India and China are going to sneak up on us,
> if they havent
> already...
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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