OT: Apple's New xServe - 1U Rackmount Server/off topic
Robert Brandtjen
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Thu May 16 10:37:00 2002
On Thursday 16 May 2002 10:24 am, dylan wrote:
> numbers from where?
It's usually quoted as 25%, not 30%, and yes, we do control some 90% of t=
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world's wealth. It appears that many people still have a hard time=20
acknowleging that the "new world yanks" are no longer just a colony.
To understand America's hegemony, you have to go back to the 1840's and s=
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the concious effort that was made to make this country the world's formos=
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manufacturing and transportation giant - to this day no other transportat=
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system in the world is as efficient then ours, it was deemed then, as now=
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key componant of trade and general welfare. America changed the world's=20
comerce when it completed it's trans-continental rail roads and shortened=
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distance from Asia to the US by nearly a year and to europe via America b=
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nearly 6 months. They made a America the world's hub.
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Robert Brandtjen
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