Comments on: Weekend Quiz http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/ Fearlessly dispensing political, legal and economic analysis (and some whimsy) since 2002 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:50:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jc http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244642 Jc Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:51:47 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244642 Its also the emphysema capital (state).. both NM and Arizona. You see lots of people carrying canned oxygen around.... seriously. Apparently the dry air helps. Its also the emphysema capital (state).. both NM and Arizona. You see lots of people carrying canned oxygen around…. seriously. Apparently the dry air helps.

]]> By: Nabakov http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244621 Nabakov Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:35:10 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244621 or Washington or Washington

]]> By: Nabakov http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244620 Nabakov Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:32:26 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244620 Georgia Georgia

]]> By: Nicholas Gruen http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244588 Nicholas Gruen Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:30:02 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244588 Amazing huh? I guess it must be defence. Amazing huh?

I guess it must be defence.

]]> By: Stephen Hill http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244586 Stephen Hill Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:27:15 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244586 Thanks Amanda, I just Googled which isn't quite as exciting as some naive form of inductive reasoning. Its New Mexico with around 9% of state domestic product based in R&D. http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/c8/c8.cfm?opt=4 Thanks Amanda, I just Googled which isn’t quite as exciting as some naive form of inductive reasoning. Its New Mexico with around 9% of state domestic product based in R&D.

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/c8/c8.cfm?opt=4

]]> By: Amanda http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244581 Amanda Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:19:20 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244581 Google provides. Covering up all those aliens doesn't come cheap, you know. Google provides. Covering up all those aliens doesn’t come cheap, you know.

]]> By: Stephen Hill http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244580 Stephen Hill Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:19:05 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244580 The other home of military and international intelligence (CIA) - Maryland, which I think would be defined as a mid-east state, not a mid-west state. The other home of military and international intelligence (CIA) – Maryland, which I think would be defined as a mid-east state, not a mid-west state.

]]> By: Jacques Chester http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244579 Jacques Chester Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:15:26 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244579 Then I will take the longshot of Montana. Then I will take the longshot of Montana.

]]> By: Nicholas Gruen http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244571 Nicholas Gruen Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:39:27 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244571 Nup and Nup. Nup and Nup.

]]> By: Jacques Chester http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244568 Jacques Chester Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:33:56 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244568 My instinct is to pick the West coast -- California, Oregon or Washington state -- as these are riddled with IT firms. Otherwise Massachusetts or Texas. My instinct is to pick the West coast — California, Oregon or Washington state — as these are riddled with IT firms. Otherwise Massachusetts or Texas.

]]> By: Stephen Hill http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244565 Stephen Hill Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:45:17 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/03/02/weekend-quiz-3/#comment-244565 I was going to have an educated guess and pick California, and then noticed that you mentioned "unlikely to be where youd think", I don't know whether to go for one of the military states like Virginia or maybe one of the industrial mid-west states that is using R&D to counter manufacturing decline associated with difficulties competing on price with a developing world - in a "flat world" to quote Thomas Friedman it would probably be wise to be investing in innovation in some of these states. As an educated guess I'll pick Virginia. I was going to have an educated guess and pick California, and then noticed that you mentioned “unlikely to be where youd think”, I don’t know whether to go for one of the military states like Virginia or maybe one of the industrial mid-west states that is using R&D to counter manufacturing decline associated with difficulties competing on price with a developing world – in a “flat world” to quote Thomas Friedman it would probably be wise to be investing in innovation in some of these states.

As an educated guess I’ll pick Virginia.

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