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But you never will!!! Don't you know that if you type "Victor Hugo" on google, you only have American comments about him!!! Aaaargh!
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Actually, if you type Victor Hugo in Google, you will get a Penguin Classics "selected works" of him.
Hey, maybe this joker has a point...
Nah...I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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So my troll is proven true?This speech reeks of the Gaullian/Chiracian delusions of creating a multipolar world. It reeks of the fear of a conspiracy that Google is really out to let only Anglo universities do the job. Besides, this speech shows a terrible lack of understanding on the dynamics of knowledge-sharing.
In any event, I've always wondered how some French believe they have the power to create a multi-polar world. IMO, the best that France can do is to adapt to realities that have been created outside its control. In most respects, even the US itself can only chart its own course and not its relative power among nations. Even the neocons will admit this.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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The European Union.Originally posted by DanS
In any event, I've always wondered how some French believe they have the power to create a multi-polar world.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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The EU has been decidedly reluctant to take up that mantle. When are the French going to convince Germany to increase its military expenditures? A multipolar world is an expensive proposition.Last edited by DanS; February 23, 2005, 18:01.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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There's a certain hubris that develops once a country has had a shot at being top dog.
Yes, I include the US in that.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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That doesn't stop many Frenchmen from viewing the EU as a means to create a multipolar world.Originally posted by DanS
The EU has been decidedly reluctant to take up that mantle. When are the French going to convince Germany to increase its military expenditures? A multipolar world is an expensive proposition.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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Yes, and I still wonder why.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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This guy is a complete nutjob. Seriously, google is working as part of a collective effort to produce a digital online library which is free to everyone with an internet connection. Both the California Public Library System and the Library of Congress are trying to do the same with the end goal of having every page of every book ever written in every language to be freely accessable to everyone over the internet.Originally posted by DanS
I would guess that Google would be ecstatic to digitize the French national library.
It is a shame this man wants to fan the flames of nationalism, anti-Americaism, and Franco-centrism. Wouldn't it be better if the French joined in this effort to help create a digital online library and stopped the nationalist d!ck waving?Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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I seriously have to agree with you. Instead of claiming the Americans aren't copying enough French language books why not just digitalize them and get them on the net so everyone can enjoy them. Let google and the other search engines lead the world to the doors of French liturature.Originally posted by Spiffor
This cretin would be better served if he gave google his whole stock of digitalized books. The transmission of knowledge would be better, and people from around the world could flock to our great French speaking books.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Dan: because it's the most viable option and somewhat working as well? Don't forget that in trade issues there actually IS a multipolar world.
And the attention Bush has been giving to the EU in his latest visit (at least according to the local media and bigwigs) will only encourage them.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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I think "somewhat working" with regard to creating a multipolar world is a rather generous description. Trade issues are the exception to the rule. The EU has had several decades of integration effort with regard to some economic matters.because it's the most viable option and somewhat working as well?
The EU hasn't seemed to create a counterweight to the anglosphere on cultural matters, for instance. The EU will probably be one of the biggest factors in the confirmation of the English language as the lingua franca for the age.
Well, they appear to be able to read whatever they wish from Bush's visit (this is probably Bush's intent).And the attention Bush has been giving to the EU in his latest visit (at least according to the local media and bigwigs) will only encourage them.
By the way, I thought this thread was about Google, not Bush.
Is Google somehow now Bush's fault?
Last edited by DanS; February 23, 2005, 19:01.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Good point. French teenagers who liked rap music or electronica kind of proved that some French culture bureaucrats didn't get it when they started making French language rap music and/or started spinning French techno & electronic music. At first the culture police tried to block these artists on the grounds that their art was not sufficiently "French" and contained to many Anglo influences but the artists kept producing underground despite the government's opposition. Eventually their commercial success could not be denied and now French artists have a great business in the rap and electronica music styles.Originally posted by Spiffor
I'm not sure about that. We do have our fair share of paranoids over here (by "paranoid", I don't mean people who think our cutlure is in danger, but people who think that whatever stems from the Anglo world can only be a threat and not an opportunity).Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Hey. There's reactionary bastards everywhere. What's the big deal."An archaeologist is the best husband a women can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her." - Agatha Christie
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I do somewhat agree with the guy's reluctance, not because the initiative comes from the English world - after all, you guys are leader for a reason
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