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November 3, 2011 at 3:26 PM #732180

all
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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
These are all products of military R&D that has migrated into the commercial sector. Silicon Valley was built on Department of Defense and DARPA money; shit, huge sums still run through there (though not nearly as much as during the Cold War days).[/quote]

Also, Apple Siri.

November 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM #732182

Allan from Fallbrook
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Captcha: Yup, forgot all about that saucy little minx.

November 3, 2011 at 4:33 PM #732185

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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
These are all products of military R&D that has migrated into the commercial sector. Silicon Valley was built on Department of Defense and DARPA money; shit, huge sums still run through there (though not nearly as much as during the Cold War days).[/quote]

And Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, Cisco(ArpaNet->present day internet), Oracle(DOD is, maybe now was, one of the largest users of databases. It may still be the one with the largest DB), Cray..

And then there are other companies outside of Silicon Valley like DEC, National Semi, Fairchild, Motorola and Intel.

November 3, 2011 at 5:13 PM #732188

Vod-Vil
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Have you ever wondered why GPS is free?

November 3, 2011 at 7:19 PM #732194

paramount
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Bankers and Wars

Like peanut butter and jelly.

November 3, 2011 at 8:36 PM #732196

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Right. I jus wanted to point out that the benefits are not limited to products and companies from seventies. The incubator is still operational.

November 3, 2011 at 9:23 PM #732198

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[quote=captcha]Right. I jus wanted to point out that the benefits are not limited to products and companies from seventies. The incubator is still operational.[/quote]

Captcha: It absolutely is. That is one area where America still enjoys a lead.

Putting more money back into R&D, especially in areas like energy, nano- and bio-tech would create market making opportunities. Investing money in a planned infrastructure system (fed and states tying programs together) would not only create jobs, it would contribute to a more efficient and better functioning transportation network (we lose billions a year in lost productivity due to gridlock and aging infrastructure).

There are plenty of examples of private-public partnerships, wherein you can connect the big things that government does well with the efficiencies of the private market.

November 3, 2011 at 10:00 PM #732200

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robots need to go fight our wars and then come back and have sex with us. and clean the house.

November 4, 2011 at 6:41 PM #732260

sdrealtor
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Which candidate supports that? They have my vote as long as the robots can operate a cork screw also.

November 4, 2011 at 10:21 PM #732263

paramount
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IMO it all comes down to one thing: Human Beings are 99% Evil. And yes, that means YOU!!

November 5, 2011 at 7:14 AM #732271

markmax33
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[quote=paramount]IMO it all comes down to one thing: Human Beings are 99% Evil. And yes, that means YOU!![/quote]
Which is why you have to create a limited power GOV so people don’t abuse the control!

Ron Paul 2012!
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