Stupid...
A country does not chase the pinnacle of technology when the country's citizens are still piss poor and living in poverty. The most advanced computer engineering to build supercomputers, which was the original subject of this thread, counts as one of those pinnacles of technology. Spaces programs, which again China is involved in, counts as another of these pinnacles of technology as well. It is unnecessary because none of these bleeding edge stuff comes cheap.
Now you answer me here -- what good is this advanced weather forecast system when corrupt officials insist on building dams at the likely epic center of earthquakes? (This is exactly what happened already in Sichuan.) What good is advanced medical research when relief supplies and medicines are withheld by corrupt officials, only to be sold for profit? (Again, this happened in the recent earthquake in Ching Hoi.)
You get the basics done before you move on to do the complicated stuff.
-Lik |