The U.S.S.R.was based on fear and brainwashing, the U.S. on just plain
bribery,you really CAN have it NOW. Both methods are turning and biting
their creators in the *rse. Politics will become irrelevant
when the world is too wrecked to live in; until then sanity will be
in distant second place after profits.Cynic or realist?WYSIWYG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vitaliy" <spam@maksimov.org>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] Lament for the Soviet Union


> >A fascinating and extensive recounting of the technical achievements of
the
> >Soviet Union and of what was lost due to its demise.Worth looking at.
> >
> >           http://www.geocities.com/jefferywinkler/sovietunion.html
> > &        http://www.geocities.com/jefferywinkler/sovietunion2.html
>
> >From the site:
>
> "People that express happiness over the end of the Soviet Union are
unaware
> of the achievements of the Soviet Union and that these achievements will
not
> continue in the bankruptcy and chaos of the new Russia or the post-Cold
War
> world."
>
> Not to start a flame war or anything... but one should not forget the cost
> of these achievements, and ask oneself: "were they worth it?"
>
> Happy Thanksgiving!
>
> Vitaliy
>
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