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Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:56 am

Ok im from the UK I just heard this...

this is talking about micro-chip's

"If Japan and Germany had developed these first silcon valley might not be the market leader"...

WTF? this is 2005 - and your bring the war into it?

Nebbie · Post by **Nebbie** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:18 pm

I don't really think they were talking about the war. You gotta remember that Japan used to own the electronics industry. If they'd gotten into developing microchips they'd probably be a major world leader by now. Ditto for Germany. German cars are still about the best vehicles on the road, and (over here at least) anything from Germany is still considered to be the best of quality.

Makes me remember something. When I was picking out which foreign langauge to study in high school, my dad told me, "Either German or Japanese. Cause one of these days, one of those two countries will rule the world." I chose German

wideload · Post by **wideload** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:26 pm

Germany and Japan are the only two countries in the world with a higher per capita gdp than the US.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:26 pm

its pretty clear what they were getting to me - its typical CNN crap.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:38 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:its pretty clear what they were getting to me - its typical CNN crap.

Not entirely.

A lot more of what we consider everyday technology had its origins back in the Inbetween-wars and WW2, than you would probably expect.

Germany invented a lot of things we consider to be non-German, they just never had the opportunities to develop them. Japan, having been allied to Germany, would have probably enjoyed the fruits of their continued alliance, had it continued.

Nebbie · Post by **Nebbie** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 3:50 pm

Rebis wrote:Japan, having been allied to Germany, would have probably enjoyed the fruits of their continued alliance, had it continued.

Were they actually allied? I was under the impression they just happened to be fighting at the same time.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:13 pm