| Ed Long from Canada writes: '..... r & d driving innovation ....'
Put it on the wall.
Everybody from General Motors to economists to politicians to academics have said the above. Innovation, high complexity manufacturing processes, and intellectual property are the future for any industry in Canada.
Pull up the article on cost break-down of an iPod, made in China. Over sixty percent of that cost is from other countries' contributions including a significant amount for intellectual property (design) from the U.S.
It is counter productive to protect future archaic jobs. Posted 29/02/08 at 10:34 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Sun to unveil stackable data-centre boxes
Giving a new meaning to the term "portable computer", Sun plans to sell a working data centre packaged in a stackable shipping container. On Tuesday, the company plans to unveil "Project Blackbox", which tucks several racks of computing gear, along with the necessary power and cooling equipment, into a standard shipping container 8ft wide, 8ft tall and 20ft long. Jonathan Schwartz, the server and software company's new chief executive, is scheduled to promote the idea in a car park outside the company's California facilities. Sun believes the technology will appeal to customers who are running out of space in their current data centres, providing backup computing gear for disaster recovery services, or setting up operations in remote locations, said Dave Douglas, Sun's vice president of advanced technology.
NGOs swindle Sarva Shiksha funds
Alternative and innovative education centres (AIECs) run under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) have proved to be a big failure for the state education department. In majority of the cases, the NGOs, who have been entrusted the task of running such centres, have swindled funds while teachers appointed by these have been agitating to get their salaries for the past several months. Under the SSA, the state government has entrusted the task of imparting education to dropouts and non-starter children, mostly from the slum areas and from the lower strata of the society. The task has been entrusted to NGOs throughout the state. The government makes payment at a rate of Rs 45,000 per centre per annum to the NGOs. The NGOs hire the services of a teacher, called volunteer, for a monthly honorarium of Rs 2,500.
Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries of 1999
The few but high-quality jade articles used as burial objects may symbolize another type of funeral of the Liangzhu Culture. The southern part of Jiangsu Province where Gaochengdun is located is a very important region on the Lake Taihu Culture rim. The discovery of the site shows that the position of the southern part of Jiangsu in the Liangzhu Culture cannot be neglected. It may represent another center similar to the important position of the Ningzhen and Shanghai Fuquanshan areas. 2. Relics at Wanfabozi of Tonghua, Jilin Province. The excavation covers an area of more than 6,000 square meters. The site has rich cultural accumulations, covering the period from the Neolithic Age to the Shang and Zhou, the periods of Spring and Autumn and the Warring States, the Western Han, the Wei and Jin and the Ming dynasties.
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