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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: diamondgeezer on October 10, 2003, 08:13:13 am

Title: Oh crikey
Post by: diamondgeezer on October 10, 2003, 08:13:13 am
Ph34r t3h sp4c3 r3ds (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3170524.stm)
Title: Oh crikey
Post by: Turnsky on October 10, 2003, 08:30:23 am
well, ain't that gonna give NASA a serious kick in the pants eh?:p
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Post by: phreak on October 10, 2003, 09:35:56 am
welcome to the 1960's, China.
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Post by: Bobboau on October 10, 2003, 09:38:46 am
yes but the fact that they were in the 1300's 50 years ago, this is quite an achevment
Title: Oh crikey
Post by: pyro-manic on October 10, 2003, 09:43:37 am
Well done to 'em, I say.
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Post by: J3Vr6 on October 10, 2003, 11:04:53 am
Yeah, and they're not using 60's technology I imagine.  Plus they're the 3rd to go, so they us and Russia have done all the leg work for them practically.

I'm proud of them.
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Post by: Unknown Target on October 10, 2003, 11:13:36 am
T3h R3|)5 4R3 (0|\/|1|\|9!!!!!!!!11111oneoneoneone
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Post by: Grey Wolf on October 10, 2003, 12:05:30 pm
China has always rather amused me. In the late 1400s over a millenia ago, even got up into the 1600s about 800 years ago, become isolationist and froze, and weren't aware that the world had surpassed them until the Opium War with Britain :)
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Post by: Setekh on October 11, 2003, 02:03:16 am
Simple: pride. The Chinese had the best medieval weaponry for centuries, invented gunpowder, had their culture developed for millenia - and they thought themselves better than everyone else (I should know). Of course, that kind of foolishness is what the Japanese learnt from.
Title: Oh crikey
Post by: diamondgeezer on October 11, 2003, 07:30:16 am
What did they learn? They ended up getting nuked.
Title: Oh crikey
Post by: 01010 on October 11, 2003, 09:48:16 am
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
What did they learn? They ended up getting nuked.


Not to get nuked again.
Title: Oh crikey
Post by: Setekh on October 11, 2003, 10:08:49 am
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
What did they learn? They ended up getting nuked.


You can only achieve so much when you've got no natural resources, I suppose... :nervous: