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On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:14:52 +0100, "Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocain freeserve co uk>
wrote:
>Jokes aside, doesn't anybody else find it ridiculous that almost 1 billion
>dollars is being spent on an contest of one-upmanship that will have
>absolutely zero practical benefit to mankind (even if it's spectacularly
>successful beyond imagination)?
>
>[returns]
>
>Oo sat-nav
... plus an immeasurable number of side inventions that affect our daily lives ...
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/spinoffs2.shtml
>[heads back to 1980]
>
>Jokes aside, doesn't anybody else find it ridiculous that all this time
>and money is being spent to connect up companies and universities when we
>already have the telephone, fax, and postal service in place; this will
>have absolutely zero practical benefit to mankind (even if it's
>spectacularly successful beyond imagination)?
>
>[returns]
>
>Um hello.
Heh. :)
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