I was just about to submit my post and the browser crashed and I immediately thought I had been blocked..... I guess I'm starting to get paranoid. Luckily I saved what I had written so here it is... US hegemony is the dumbest term ever. Dan, you may be right but Jeremy is in pretty good company, the...

I don't want to say the 'T' word (region in the south west of China) for fear that my access to modified might be blocked. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned anything about the riots and olympic torch protests etc as it seems to be big news, at least it is here in China. The media in China have...

Hi Alf,
yeah I am in Shanghai working. I will be here for at least a couple of years so definately let me know if you are coming.




Weather forcast is for 16 and 18 degrees the next two days so I will hopefully have another kick.

Hi Janis and everyone else back in Melbourne!

I just recently moved to Shanghai, China from Melbourne, Australia and I am starting this blog in the hope that any footbagers stopping by Shanghai will get in touch for a kick. Today was the first time I kicked since arriving nearly a month ago. It's been to cold for me to kick here with the temp u...

QuantumBalance wrote: But yeah. So, back on topic. Do you have any reasoning to refute my fractional theory. So far people have only said things like, no this is ridiculous, or you cant generalize the way people experience time. I thought I provided an argument in the fourth post of the page but may...

What I got from the first post of this thread is two basic generalizations 1. As we get older we perceive time to pass faster; and 2. As we get older our minds become more cluttered and therefore we spend less time appreciating our surroundings. If this is correct then I would say that I completely ...

Eric, are you are saying that you're not concerned about the social impact of drug use but only with who is making the profit from drug sales? It would seem to me that government should be attempting to both reduce the use of drugs and also the impact of drug use on society. If that is the case then...

Thanks Jeremy, good source. Off topic but some news on Kyoto and post the upcoming climate meeting in Bali: It looks like China is willing to commit to emission targets. That should put some pressure on the US, they are quickly running out of excuses. Australia just signed Kyoto. Apparently Japan is...

Actually there are quite a few countries that rely almost solely on hydro electricity Jeremy, do you have a source so we can see which countries? I'm not being lazy, I tried but couldn't find anything except for Iceland at about 70%. Do you know if there is a list of countries with percentages or s...

In response to dudeguyman's posts: I also didn't really understand evolution until recently, maybe because of the bias of a religious upbringing or the over simplification of high school textbooks. I found the forums at evcforum.net had some very good discussions on evolution and creation and answer...

Recreational drug use and sport is a hot topic in Australia at the moment. One of our highest profile sports stars (who had previously been treated for drug addiction) was sacked by his club after being arrested for drug possession. It turns out the drugs he had were prescription and not illegal and...

In response to Jeremy's posts: I would disagree that China has been terrible for the US car companies. US companies are certainly selling plenty of cars in China, Buick which is a General Motors brand has been the number 1 selling car in China for a while. The main problem for the US car industry se...

Thanks for the link, that was an interesting read. The last sentence of my post did cover the scenario of someone who can repeatedly make accurate predictions. I merely wanted to point out that a successful prediction on it's own doesn't say much at all. To make an accurate judgement of someone's ab...

Jeremy wrote: I was reading just the other day that some famous scientists (I really wish I could remember who) predicted that the US would start losing it's global dominance around 2008. A wise investor (Warren Buffett) once said something along the lines of ....'forecasts tell you a lot about the ...

Hi Ollie, your right, the US isn't threatening to impose sanctions against the Japanese and I guess that was the point I was trying to make. It seems there are a number of American politicians and commentators, like the one whose article prompted this thread, that seem to have a fear and prejudice a...

Seems that Paul Craig Roberts should be working at the Federal Reserve, what a wealth of knowledge. Sure China's holding of US$ are substantial (I think just over $1trillion) but the daily turnover in foreign exchange markets is in the tillions so they may be able to have a short term influence on t...

Blue_turnip wrote: Scott wrote: Wo xue zhongwen. ni shi nubsauce wo bu deng nide yisi :) I'm nearly fluent in pinyin now! I've been learning Mandarin for about 3 years, I attended classes for 1 and 1/2 years but now I'm too busy so I just practice myself. I'll be moving to China early next year.

Iron Clad Ben wrote: Anyone can see though, real estate is a gold mine. Get your foot in that door if you can. Property is appreciating like crazy. I'm not in the US but that's not the story being told by the financial press. In fact the recent troubles in global equity markets have been attributed ...

Wo xue zhongwen.

Hey Jeremy, bad luck with the ribs and getting a cold that sucks, it could be worse though....you could have a cold and hayfever. I only sneezed once when I had broken ribs and I think it was more painful than when I actually broke them. I found the pain died down alot after about 2 weeks, but I sti...