On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:03:48 -0400 Aron Smith disseminated the following: > > Not one single fundamental element of the technological wonders > > we now enjoy was ever conceived without some form of government involvement > > and/or funding. It's just too bad everyone now thinks it was 'savvy > > businessmen'. > Ever here of Henry Ford George Westinghouse or Wilbur & Orville Wright or > Thomas Edison
Ever hear of spell-check? ;-) Seriously, though, I'm quite sure none of the people you mention were involved in the development of Unix or the 'Net, which is what I was getting at. I'm surprised you didn't mention that in fact it was the *American* gov't, funding DARP and the like, which lets us do what we do here. That woulda been a good jab at this ol' Canuck, eh Smitty? And out of the Defense (giggle) Department no less! Anyhow, Mr. Geeks' six paragraphs of hate is a sign that I should bow out of this discussion, as enjoyable as it was. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:09:07 up 55 days, 20:16, 7 users, load average: 1.44, 1.22, 1.19 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Some may never live, but the crazy never die." -- Hunter S. Thompson
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