Just kidding, see blog below. This bike deserves its own planet!
Archive for December 29th, 2009
Monster Bike- The Asphalter blingin blanger
Posted by w_thames_the_d on December 29, 2009
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Monster Bike- Not found in China, yet…
Posted by w_thames_the_d on December 29, 2009
Just came across a cool site www.gizmag.com here and they showcase some ass kicking German motorcyle called the AsphaltFighter Stormbringer 280 or something, pictured below. This thing costs 87,000 U$ or will cost that much. And has about as much power as your typical passenger jet. Check out the specs:
horsepower- shitloads, like a zillion Clydesdale
0-60 time- nanoseconds
coolness factor- immeasurable
Link here
Really, this is not a China blog, but just a shout out to these guys for building one of the coolest bikes ever.
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New Years Resolution’s for China!
Posted by w_thames_the_d on December 29, 2009
Because I am in China and I care, I have decided to help them make a list of New Year’s resolutions. I know that to them this is not the real new year, thus it is even more important to give them some help. Here is my list
10-not make toys/medicine with lead
9-make medicine that really contains medicine, not fakes
8-lift blocks on all good websites
7-not sell people’s organs
6-transparency in all activities
5-not cheating on college entrance tests
4-lower pollution to such a rate that one cannot taste it
3-build buildings that remain vertical (and dont fall down)
2-stop hukou
1-QUIT LENDING THE USA SO MUCH MONEY!!
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Censorhip in China- Blocking Websites to Make a Safer China
Posted by w_thames_the_d on December 29, 2009
A novel way to create jobs, protectionism, or just plain evil dictatorship? (article here)
The article mentioned addresses the issue that the Chinese government may/could require internet websites to register with them so as to not be excluded by the ‘great firewall of China’. Basically this means that sites would have to prostrate themselves to the government, negotiate the turns and twists of the PRC governmental machine, only to be accepted and included in searches in China. WTF??
1- is this a way to create jobs? Could be, the article states that there are over 113 million web domains just in the .com, .net etc sphere. The article states it would be a daunting task to catalog all of those names then register them. Not really, China has 1.3 billion people, so just give a domain to half of them, problem solved!
2-is it a way to make money. Hm, lets see, by blocking all of those evil foreign sites (youtube, twitter, some blog sites)- from their links to porn nonetheless, China unwittingly is bolstering its indigenous sites and revenues. (for example, although youtube is a world leader in video search, in China many have not ever heard of it, but choose to use youkou- a site that sounds freakishly similar, and no doubt will and does enjoy a high level of brand recognition which increases daily. )
3-is it just plain evil dictatorship. In this authors opinion (jaded?), blocking of information is prima facie evidence of evil or oppression…
So what is the result of all this? Just another facet of the China cost and living/doing business in the PRC.
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Somewhere in Beijing
Posted by w_thames_the_d on December 29, 2009
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