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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:26 PM Original message |
Chinese technology gets derailed in spectacular crash |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. That was a horrible accident, but I can't help thinking they're ashamed of this technology |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. The accident was caused by a lightning strike, not poor technology |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. I sure hope they help us |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. That reminds me of a friend |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. If the train was stopped the second one should have stopped too. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Right, I wondered about that |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Who coulda ever imagined lightning would strike? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. The accident was caused by a systems engineering failure, and thus represents poor technology. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. a four-year-old girl who was found alive in the wreckage at 4pm on Sunday |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Chinese shouldn't worry. Immelt and GE are gonna hook 'em up. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Shits gonna happen folks... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Ok.... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Shit is going to happen, yes, but burying a train full of bodies as they fall out... |
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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. I guess the Chinese are more like us than I thought |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. China is the epitome of corporate capitalist hegmony. It's like something out of the twilight zone. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Independently developed" technology, my ass |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. wow Art san. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Actually, I didn't read any of the comments |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. "China wants US high-speed rail contract." |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I hope the US goes with Japan.. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That would make more sense, but I haven't heard anymore about Japan's involvement since last year. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Japan definitely has an excellent Bullet Train system |
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