Muriel Bowie's Stream
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erl: shocked about what's happening in georgia...
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erl: @sajal can't wait so long sorry, I kind of need it now
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erl: overview of rails admin plugins: http://ping.fm/oy17c
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erl: @beorn hehe, not too crowded in beijing? have fun :)
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erl: Six principles of Chinese painting, principle 6: Transmission by Copying http://ping.fm/8RoOu
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Technology Innovation in China
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erl: most descriptions of calligraphy on the web fail to describe how the student spends hours on copying the exact pencil strokes of a great ...
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erl: I really have to go to #barcampbkk2, all the cool kids will be there!
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erl: @proteusguy wow, that's great input!
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erl: @cheeming yeah, that's true. but it's probably still an innovative way of copying...
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erl: argh... thinking about how to explain the hypothesis about "China doesn't have a culture of innovation"
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erl: @KayEss kind of true? so what do you think?
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erl: of course, China has traditionally favored copying over innovation... e.g. Chinese calligraphy, paintings
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erl: @proteusguy checking it out, thank you!
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erl: @proteusguy so how can shouting "free tibet" change this? I guess consumers could help by boycotting chinese products...
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erl: @luke_bkk I dunno, but "free tibet" protests don't help. china will be loosing its face during the olympics anyway... athletes and pollution
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erl: lol, sorry for the duplicates... I got into ranting mode :)
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erl: I admit, with the upcoming uighur threat, applying for a visa in Tajikistan is not very smart either...
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erl: @proteusguy I don't think chinese are as ignorant as we think in the west... also, many still remember the cultural revolution.
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erl: don't get me wrong: I don't like china
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erl: @proteusguy so what's the goal? bring down the party? and then? 10-20 years of political & economic chaos? won't exactly help the world...
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erl: ok, this is getting too political. I just want a f*** visa to go back to china...
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erl: Tajikistan was called the "Switzerland of Central Asia" in Soviet times. Today it's one of the poorest countries I have visited so far.
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erl: people die from cold in winter, because he spends the money from his exports on his new palace rather than buying oil and gas...
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erl: the tajik president is exporting electricity while people in the country don't get any of it
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