Re: [OT] Re: [linux-audio-user] Pop filter?

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Subject: Re: [OT] Re: [linux-audio-user] Pop filter?
From: iriXx (m_AT_irixx.org)
Date: Thu Feb 20 2003 - 00:08:32 EET

i would also reccomend "No Logo" by Naomi Klein...

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Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I agree that this thread is only slightly appropriate for the group,
> but I see no real harm in the discussion as long as it remains civil. I
> also agree that there are probably more appropriate forums.
>
> That being said, I seriously recommend Clyde Prestowitz's "Trading
> Places: How We Allowed Japan To Take The Lead" for a sober account of
> our dismal foreign trade policies during the Reagan and Bush Sr.
> administrations. My favorite quote was from a Japanese business leader,
> it was something like "We love Reagan, he spread America's legs wide".
> Prestowitz provides a very clear historical account of the rise of
> Japanese business and manufacture during the 50s and 60s, pointing out
> that at every step of that rise the Japanese people understood the power
> of waiting, of deferring the payoff until they had achieved a
> spectacular position, one almost handed to them by the ignorant policies
> of the US administrations. His account of the disappearance of the US
> radio and television manufacturers is most telling, as is his account of
> the near-demise of the US digital machine-tools industry. Very
> disturbing stuff, and an indictment of American arrogance from one who
> should know: he was a US foreign trade delegate during the forementioned
> administrations, speaks fluent Japanese, and tells the tale without much
> bias. A most interesting read.
>
> Best regards,
>
> == Dave Phillips
>
> The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
> The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org
>
> 

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