h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

:On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:08:21 GMT, in a place far, far away,
(Derek Lyons) made the phosphor on my monitor glow
:in such a way as to indicate that:
:
:
:There have been many powerpoints projecting starting points lower than
:anything the goverment can do. Note how many have actually borne
:fruit.
:
:It roughly correlates with the number that have been actually funded.

Which correlates strongly with the number that had viable business
cases.

:As I've noted in the past, the only thing at which the government has
:actually excelled is getting its hands on billions of dollars for this
:stuff.

I thought you were a fan of the free market, Rand...

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