Presentation on Global Trade and eCommerce
6 Aug 2008
Here is a presentation I have done on Global Trade:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dzj38nd_71fkxq4pfx
Have fun!
Rossum’s Universal Robots Dramatis Personae
2 Apr 2008
Karel Capek
R.U.R.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Harry Domin Director General, Rossum’s Universal Robots
Fabry Technical Director, R.U.R.
Dr. Gall Head of Physiology and Research Department, R.U.R.
Dr. Hallemeier Head of Institute for Robot Psychology and Behaviour, R.U.R
Busman Commercial Director, R.U.R.
Alquist Head of Construction, R.U.R.
Helena Glory
Nana Her Nanny
Marius Robot
Sulla Robot, female
Radius Robot
Damon Robot
1. Robot
2. Robot
3. Robot
4. Robot
Primus Robot
Helena Robot, female
Robot servant
and numerous robots
Domin in introductory scene, about thirty-eight years old, tall, clean shaven
Fabry also clean shaven, fair, serious and delicate features
Dr. Gall light build, lively, dark complexion and black moustache
Hallemeier heavy build, noisy, big ginger moustache and ginger shock of hair
Busman fat, bald, short-sighted Jew
Alquist older than the others, dressed without care, long grey hair and beard
Helena very elegant
in the play proper, all ten years older
In the introductory scene, the robots are dressed like people. They are slightly mechanical in their speech and movements, blank of expression, fixed in their gaze. In the play proper they wear linen blouses seized at the waist with a belt and on their breasts wear a brass number
Intervals after the introductory scene and the second act.
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Rossum’s Universal Robots Title Page
2 Apr 2008
R.U.R.
(Rossum´s Universal Robots)
A play in introductory scene and three acts
by
Karel Čapek
Translated into English by David Wyllie.
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you can view the current iteration of the file at my tripod website
http://nathanzhang01x.tripod.com/xml4skool/xml/mkt2520outlinech1to4n7.xml
before it’s finished, let me warn you that it looks kinda messy…
September Eleventh shattered what meant most to anyone: safety and freedom from danger. 911 made it now possible for terrorists to strike us in not only our hearts, with fear of personal injury, but in our minds we have this sort of fear mentality in which it is now possible for terrorists to destroy the civilian populace of a nationstate. But I say, why should we let terrorists take from us what rightfully belongs to us? We should utilize the principles of economics, namely microeceonomics, to fight terrorism as best we can… because with our troops in Iraq, in what the writer of the Art of War would call a ‘heavily protracted warfare’, we cannot afford to just sit around and hope that our government fends in for us. We must stand our ground for our principles and fight terrorism where it may strike us worst: in the free markets.
I can see of the laws of supply and demand being powerful weapons for the rational, highly-intelligent erudite individual. in this day and age, everyone has to know how to defend himself against terror, and the markets are where the everyday person can do this. If you are an everyday person, such as a business person, a salesman, a CEO, a home-biz trep, a teenager, or a ninety year old grandmother, you too can use the laws of supply and demand to fight terrorism and keep yourself safe. Economics used as a defense mechanism is like better than MMA – it allows you to smash the enemy while benefitting from the situation.
There are two simple tools that can be used very effectively: supply of consumer items, and demand for those items. In order to say, cause terrorists to not be able to build bombs, which they need ammonia nitrate (fertilizer) for, just buy more and more fertilizer than you really need, stock up for next year, and the demand whill shift right, driving the price up. After three hours of continuous purchasing, the supply of fertilizer would also drop, causing further price increases. If pulled off correctly, the price of a bag of fertilizer could shoot up from 20 USD a bag to 20000 USD per bag in a day.
Another example of economics used to fight terrorism is in what is known as NBC. No, that is not the National Broadcasting Company, that stands for Nuclear Biological Chemical. In this situation, let’s say terrorists wanted to make organic tear gas (which I doubt they would, but it’s a possibility, one that could be used, if used in large quantities, to suffocate students at a school) using onions and thaihots. They would need to get these from a grocery store. All the average consumer needs to do is drive the equilibrium price to a level a few more dollars above the market price, just above what the terrorists are willing to pay, but below anyone else’s opportunity cost. Thus, the terrorists would not be able to pull off that attack, and all it does is inconvenience those who really need the hots.
Another example of economics fighting terror is in the market for soap. SOAP??!?!?? you ask. Yes, soap. It is a sanitary contingent, so that’s why we will discuss soap… If the terrorists want to destroy the supply of soap, and likewise attack the sewage systems (seriously, when my new book “Defcon Five: Story of a Bad Day” comes out you should seriously consider reading it…) then the populace should promptly buy less soap and more soap alternatives… Thus bringing the price of soap down and making the terrorists attack nullified… Then we can make less use of the necessities and do our stuff in the forest… HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! no, I’m just kidding… that was just put there to see if you were still with me… Actually, once we have stopped the rise in the price of soap, then we can call our respective governments and tell them that there is a terror attack in the process…
UUUhhhhhggg,, I am losing my bludshed here, well, maybe this can be part I and I will see you all next time… whenever that may be…
Information Whorefare
7 Feb 2007
So I was just reading WIRED magazine’s online article, and found this:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41658,00.html which talks about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s jittery nerves in their effort, working with the United States special forces, to capture the big mofo bin Laden and his cronies…
Basically, it is suspected that some al queda operatives are using the internet to communicate messages with each other and plot how to destroy the USA… screw them… anyway, it is now apparent that Yahoo! and Google must do something about their group software because it could soon become a time when terrorists could do just about anything to the internet and no government could do P*A*R*C right (that’s reversed, in case you wnated to know…), so why should we bother with governments? I have always been saying, long before I started this blog, that we need to mobilize the MASSES, the PEOPLE, of the good USA to fight terrorism. OK, so here is my plan:
The best weapons against terrorism is economics. Supply and demand can do far more than nuclear bombs or kamikaze jetliners can… if bin Laden reads this, so be it… the laws of supply and demand are over powerful…
Say this: bin Laden wants to use Yahoo! groups to plot his next terror attack. Well, then someone should promptly check that group, read where they want to attack, what plane they will take, what route they will use, and ask to be affiliates of the airlines company they will utilize. Telling teh government is a good thing too, heh… but the person, (or even better, airline CEO) should promptly sell tickets for those routes at much higher prices, cutting demand back. Then they should sell more of those tickets to federal agents, making it more possible for the terrorists to be caught. The demand just shifted left, the supply can only stay stable, so the price goes down. But then, when the Feds buy more of that trip, vacation or not, the supply goes back and the demand goes right, causing prices to shoot up. Provided the terrorists are rational shoppers, meaning they will not want to pay for more thean their budget, they will postpone their attacks, hopefully until the government catches those little dogs…
Well, I’m losing bludshed, maybe you get my idea… if you want to discuss this, please leave a message below or contact me at nzhang2@oakland.edu for more info, thank you!
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