Really, my thoughts were of Eruope, China, Japan, and India; so ah, which cultural center doesn't have a dual track system for secondary education?

Why? We have the resources to educate all American Gifted children, so why "cull" them?

Who ever modded you up doesn't fecal matter about education in America. Students are tested at 8 years old or third grade, recomended by the teacher, not Soccer Mom, or Baseball Dad. If the student has it, then step 2 is referred to as the "Gifted Program." As for other nations, the ones that are H1B bound these daze have their testing at the Secondary School level. So far, after working with H1B types, they all have about same humanity as any graden varity rule driven jackass. With the emergence of IBM's WATSON, H1B's will become "kind of cute" in their own little way.

It appears that maybe Greenspan has not had a chance to live his words; pity. His insight is not based on any fact based on personal experience.

The alternative is a Tea Party Zombie; ya, that works.

It's not the power plants, it's their waste. Radioactive is not healthy for the children, or anything else.

Flamebait?! I wish I could mod you up as Informative. You didn't site references, but they shouldn't be to hard to find using any search engine.

Until CERN can figure out a way to turn energy to matter, dirt is the only ubiquitous material that's available. Also, what is dirt made of?

Is this from personal introspection, A/C?

What if you needed a power drill, for a short time. So you went to your backyard, with a bucket and shovel and got some dirt. Then you went to your Mr. 3D Printer and emptied the dirt into its input material hopper. You then pressed a button that has an image of the power drill you need. Ya, it will only last a few times, but that's all you need it for.

Ignore the gods, ignore the cultures; consider their screaming cries, on the wrong frequency.

Hay, i didn't even think of a thumb drive, I can go to Fry's and buy a 128GB.

Chinese using satellites? I was thinking that the chinese thought to look up high. That's were you hide things from children. Makes sense.

So, what do I need a 300GB, when I can go to Fry's and get 4TB drive and just plug it in?

I don't ebay has an option for that.