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The following is the transcript of an actual radio conversation in October 1995, between a US Navy ship and The British authorities, off the Scottish North coast.
The transcript was released by the MoD on 10/10/95.
BRITISH : Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South, to avoid collision.
US Navy : Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.
BRITISH : Negative.You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.
US Navy : This is the Captain of US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.
BRITISH : Negative. I say again. You will have to divert your course.
US NAVY : THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN. THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE
DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS.
DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, THATS 15 DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.
BRITISH : We are a lighthouse. Your move.
Case 1
When NASA began the launch of astronauts into
space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't
flow down to the writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one
decade and $12 million.
They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity,
upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in
a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C. And what did
the Russians do...??
They used a pencil.
Case 2
One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese
management was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of
Japan 's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a
consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the authorities
isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the
packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soap box
went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve
the problem.
Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine
with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap
boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty.
No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent a whoopee
amount to do so.
But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was
posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays, etc.,
but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial
electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as
each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the
line.
Always look for simple solutions. Devise the
simplest possible solution that solves the problems
George Bush goes to a primary school to give a speech.
After his talk he offers question time.
One little boy puts up his hand and George asks him what his name is?
"Bob". "And what is your question, Bob?"
"I have 3 questions.
First, Why did the USA invade Iraq without the support of the UN?
Second, Why are you President when Kerry got more votes?
And third, What happened to Osama Bin Laden?
Just then the bell rings for recess.
George Bush informs the kiddies that they will continue after recess.
When they resume George says, "OK, where were we? Oh that's right ---
question time. Who has a question?"
A different little boy puts up his hand .
George points him out and asks him what his name is?
Steve"
"And what is your question, Steve?"
"I have 5 questions.
First, Why did the USA invade Iraq without the support of the UN?
Second, Why are you President when Kerry got more votes?
Third, What happened to Osama Bin Laden?
Fourth, Why did the recess bell go 20 minutes early?!
And fifth, Where is "Bob"? !!
Japanese save a lot. They do not spend much. Also Japan exports far more than it imports. Has an annual trade surplus of over $100 billions. Yet Japanese economy is considered weak, even collapsing. Americans spend, save little. Also US imports more than it exports. Has an annual trade deficit of over $400 billion. Yet, the American economy is considered strong and trusted to get stronger. But where from do Americans get money to spend? They borrow from Japan , China and even India . Virtually others save for the US to spend. Global savings are mostly invested in US, in dollars.India itself keeps its foreign currency assets of over $50 billions in US securities. China has sunk over $160 billion in US securities. Japan's stakes in US securities is in trillions.
Result:
The US has taken over $5 trillion from the world. So, as the world saves for the US , Americans spend freely. Today, to keep the US consumption going, that is for the US economy to work, other countries have to remit $180 billion every quarter, which is $2 billion a day, to the US ! Otherwise the US economy would go for a six. So will the global economy. The result will be no different if US consumers begin consuming less.
A Chinese economist asked a neat question. Who has invested more, US in China , or China in US? The US has invested in China less than half of what China has invested in US. The same is the case with India . We have invested in US over $50 billion. But the US has invested less than $20 billion in India .
Why the world is after US? The secret lies in the American spending, that they hardly save. In fact they use their credit cards to spend their future income. That the US spends is what makes it attractive to export to the US . So US imports more than what it exports year after year.
The result:
The world is dependent on US consumption for its growth. By its deepening culture of consumption, the US has habituated the world to feed on US consumption. But as the US needs money to finance its consumption, the world provides the money. It's like a shopkeeper providing the money to a customer so that the customer keeps buying from the shop. If the customer will not buy, the shop won't have business, unless the shopkeeper funds him. The US is like the lucky customer. And the world is like the helpless shopkeeper financier. Who is America 's biggest shopkeeper financier? Japan of course. Yet it's Japan which is regarded as weak. Modern economists complain that Japanese do not spend, so they do not grow. To force the Japanese to spend, the Japanese government exerted it self, reduced the savings rates, even charged the savers. Even then the Japanese did not spend (habits don't change, even with taxes, do they?). Their traditional postal savings alone is over$1.2 trillions, about three times the Indian GDP. Thus, savings, far from being the strength of Japan , has become its pain. Hence, what is the lesson? That is, a nation cannot grow unless the people spend, not save. Not just spend, but borrow and spend. Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, the famous Indian-born economist in the US , told Manmohan Singh that Indians wastefully save. Ask them to spend, on imported cars and, seriously, even on cosmetics! This will put India on a growth curve. "Saving is sin, and spending is virtue." Before you follow this neo economics, get some fools to save so that you can borrow from them and spend.
Result:
The US has taken over $5 trillion from the world. So, as the world saves for the US , Americans spend freely. Today, to keep the US consumption going, that is for the US economy to work, other countries have to remit $180 billion every quarter, which is $2 billion a day, to the US ! Otherwise the US economy would go for a six. So will the global economy. The result will be no different if US consumers begin consuming less.
A Chinese economist asked a neat question. Who has invested more, US in China , or China in US? The US has invested in China less than half of what China has invested in US. The same is the case with India . We have invested in US over $50 billion. But the US has invested less than $20 billion in India .
Why the world is after US? The secret lies in the American spending, that they hardly save. In fact they use their credit cards to spend their future income. That the US spends is what makes it attractive to export to the US . So US imports more than what it exports year after year.
The result:
The world is dependent on US consumption for its growth. By its deepening culture of consumption, the US has habituated the world to feed on US consumption. But as the US needs money to finance its consumption, the world provides the money. It's like a shopkeeper providing the money to a customer so that the customer keeps buying from the shop. If the customer will not buy, the shop won't have business, unless the shopkeeper funds him. The US is like the lucky customer. And the world is like the helpless shopkeeper financier. Who is America 's biggest shopkeeper financier? Japan of course. Yet it's Japan which is regarded as weak. Modern economists complain that Japanese do not spend, so they do not grow. To force the Japanese to spend, the Japanese government exerted it self, reduced the savings rates, even charged the savers. Even then the Japanese did not spend (habits don't change, even with taxes, do they?). Their traditional postal savings alone is over$1.2 trillions, about three times the Indian GDP. Thus, savings, far from being the strength of Japan , has become its pain. Hence, what is the lesson? That is, a nation cannot grow unless the people spend, not save. Not just spend, but borrow and spend. Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, the famous Indian-born economist in the US , told Manmohan Singh that Indians wastefully save. Ask them to spend, on imported cars and, seriously, even on cosmetics! This will put India on a growth curve. "Saving is sin, and spending is virtue." Before you follow this neo economics, get some fools to save so that you can borrow from them and spend.
This is a fictitious dialog between two Americans, John and Alex.
>India in 2020 !!!
>
>Place : Two Americans at IBM, USA.
>Currency Conversion Rate: Rs.1 = $100/-
>
>Alex : Hi John, you didn't come yesterday to office?
>John : Yeah, I was in Indian Embassy for stamping.
>
>Alex: Oh really, what happened, I heard that nowadays
>it has become very strict.
>John : Yeah, but I managed to get it.
>
> Alex : How long it took to get it stamped?
>John : Oh, it was , long queue. Bill Gates
>was standing in front of me and they played with him like anything.
> Thats why it got delayed.
> I went there at 2 am itself and waited and returned by 4 pm.
>
>Alex : Really? In India, it is a matter of an hour to
> get stamped for USA.
>John : Yeah, but that is because who in India will be
>interested in coming to USA man, their economy has been booming.
>
>Alex : So, when are you leaving?
>John : Anytime, after receiving my tickets from the
>client in Indialand you know, I will be getting a chance to fly Air-India.
>Sort of dream come true.
>
>Alex : How long are you going to stay in India?
>John : What do you mean by how long? I will be settled
> in India, my company has promised me that
they will process my Hara Patta (similar to Green Card).
>
>Alex : Really, lucky person man, it is very difficult
>to get a Hara Patta in India.
>John : Yeah, that's why, I am planning to marry an
>Indian girl there.
>
>Alex : But you can find lots of US girls in
>Bangalore,Hyderabad and Mumbai.
>
>John : But, I prefer Indian girls because they are
>beautiful and cultured.
>
>Alex : Where did you get the offer, Bangalore?
>John : Yeah, salary is good there, but cost of living
>is quite high, apartment is Rs. 1000/- for a single room
>accommodation.
>
>Alex : I see, that's too much for US people,
> Rs.1/- = $ 100/-.
>Oh God! What about in Chennai, Mumbai?
>
>John! No idea, but it is less than what we have in Bangalore.
? It is like the world headquarters of Software.
>
>Alex : I heard, almost all the Indians are having one
>personal Robot for help.
>
>John : You can get a BMW car for Rs. 5000/-, and a
>personal Robot for less than Rs. 7500/-.
>
>But my dream is to purchase Ambassador,
>which costs Rs.200000/-
>but has got a good design.
>
>Alex : By the way, who is your client?
>John : A pure Indian company, specializing in Embedded Software.
>
>Alex : Oh, really, lucky to work in a pure Indian company.
>
>They are really intelligent and unlike American Body shoppers
>who have opened their Fly-by-night outfits in India.
>
>indian companies pay you in full even when you are on bench.
>
>My friend Paul Allen, it seems,used his bench time to visit
>Bihar,the most livable place in India,probably world.
>There you have full freedom
>and no restrictions.You can do whatever you want! ! I
>wonder how that state has perfected that system.
>
>John : Yeah man, you are right. I hope our America
>also follows ! their footsteps.
>
>Alex : How are you going to cope with their language?
>
>John : Why not? From my school days I have been
>learning Hindi as my
> first language here at New York. At the Consulate they
>tested my proficiency in Hindi and were quite impressed by my
> 100 percent score in TOHIL i.e.Test of Hindi as International
>Language.
>
>Alex : So, you are going to have fun there.
>John : Yeah, I will be traveling in the world's
>fastest train, world's largest theme park, and the famous Bollywood
>where you can see actors like, Hrithik, Karina and all.
>
>Essel world is also near Bollywood.
>
>Alex : You know, the PM is scheduled to visit US next
>year, he may then relax the number of visas.
>
>John : That's true. Last month, Narayanamurthy visited
>White House and donated Rs. 2000/- for infrastructure development
>at Silicon Valley and has promised more if we follow the model of
>Silicon City of Bangalore.
>Bill Gates also got a chance of meeting him.
>Very lucky person.
>
>Alex : But, Indian government is planning to split
>Narayanamurthy's Infosys.
>
>John : He is a hard worker man, he can build any
>number of Infosys like this.
>
>Every minute he is getting Rs. 1000/-.
>It seems, if you
>keep all his money converted as Rs. 100/- notes you
>can reach Pluto.
>
>Alex : OK, Good Luck John.
>John : Same to you Alex. And don't go to Consulate in
>a Kurta Pyjama
>because they will think you are too Indianised and may
>doubt you
>will ever come back and hence your Non-Immigrant Visa
>may get
>rejected. But don't forget to say "Namaste, aap kaise
>hai" to the
>Visa officer at Window 5. It seems he likes that and
>will not give
>you a visa if you don't greet him that way.
>
>HUM HONGE KAMYAB, HUM HONGE
>KAMYAB, HUM HONGE KAMYAB EK DIN ,
>HO HO MAAN ! MAIN HAI VISHVAS PURA HAI
>VISHVAS HUM HONGE KAMYAB EK DIN !!!
