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Re: Apple IIe seen in Discovery Channel documentary "2057: The Body"



In article <1178970330.631872.147810@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
 <bieling@terra.es> wrote:

> On May 12, 12:11 pm, pau...@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
>>
>> To give some different perspectives: if/when the US finally signs the
>> Kyoto protocol, then it has finally entered the 21st century -- from
>> this perspective, the US is still in the 20th century, while most of
>> Europe has entered the 21st century.
> 
> It's a joke, as the less industrialized a country is, the easier it is
> for it to adhere and be compliant to the Kyoto protocol. I doubt
> Europe has much to teach North America, when for example, so long ago
> as in the early 70's they were already filling their catalyzed cars'
> tanks with unleaded fuel, long before Europeans even knew what these
> things were... It's so funny that nowadays so many Europeans feel that
> we are the ones who lead the way.
> 
> --Jorge.

Are you trying to rest on old laurels?  The 70's was the 20th century,
not the 21st century....  ;-)

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