Dear Richard,
Actually, to clarify (so I am not chastized for lack of full disclosure
by the MVP-POWERS-THAT-BE), the code that I sent you is just the web
manipulation of the File.System Object, which has been used for years
(see
http://microsoft.com/scripting ) and is presented in ASP script,
and not ASP.NET at all. FP-MVP's can get kind of touchy about this;
better to confess, up front, than face the wrath of their all-seeing
eyeball.
In response to: "I don't get that. Did he deforest the country or
commit some other ecological blunder?" that referred to my statement,
"...but also why they (the Chinese people) have the least amount of
water per capita of any nation on earth....", let me clarify.
Yes, the water issue in China was a shocker to me, too. Mao did turn a
great deal of forest into farmland, in a nation that already had one of
the smallest available quantities of fresh water per person.
China has 22 per cent of the world's population but only 7 per cent of
all freshwater runoff. China's freshwater supplies have been estimated
to be capable of supporting 650 million people on a sustainable basis -
far less than half the country's population. Despite periodic flooding,
particularly in the southern part of the country, China faces chronic
water shortages in the northern part. (please see:
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/greatrivers/asiapacific/art16184.html
and
http://www.unep.org/vitalwater/ for more information). Watch for
news on how the coming Beijing Olympiad will be affected by this
incredible statistic. Actually, in the spirit of bi-partisanism, Al
Gore is a leader in alerting the public to this impending calamity.
You should NOT teach young people, like your Grandson, to use
FrontPage, by the way. They are inherently far more intelligent than we
are, and destined to take over the world anyway. Mark my words. Show a
13 year-old how to use FrontPage, and we'll all (MVP's included) be out
of a job within a month.
OK - all kidding aside, I am grateful that you mentioned the major role
of the heroic American pilots who risked, and often lost, their lives
in their valiant defense of China. My father served in that theater
during World War Two.
May I also extend, from myself and my family, our deepest and most
sincere condolences on the passing of your mother from that monster,
Cancer. My father, George Savalas, also died of Leukemia (blood cancer)
in 1985. We, as citizens of the world, should perhaps concentrate more
efforts on fighting the real killers - Cancer being the first on my
list - than on killing each other.
Good luck and God bless, Richard. You are on a very good track, and I
am proud to have chatted with you. Until I hear from you again, I
remain,
Most Sincerely,
Nicholas Savalas -
http://savalas.tv
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