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...And we're writing about this on an internet that was developed by privately funded defense researchers and private universities. You can use this internet to
by mullingitover 7y ago
...And we're writing about this on an internet that was developed by privately funded defense researchers and private universities. You can use this internet to get driving directions via privately funded geolocation satellites.
- tsimionescu 7y agoNo, the internet originally was funded almost exclusively by public money (US military and CERN being some of the biggest contributors), and there is basically no such thing as "privately funded defense researchers" - almost by definition, defense research is funded by public money, or at least by private investors looking to get their money back by selling to the state. Universities also tend to do research funded by outside grants, which in the early days of computer technology were, again, almost exclusively public US military budgets. GPS is a public utility, as are GLONASS and Galileo, so I'm not even sure what "privately funded geolocation satellites" you are talking about. Regardless, your claim was a universal (the state is worse at providing ALL services) so showing some services which the state is much better at providing is enough to prove you were wrong.
- glogla 7y agoI think GP was being sarcastic.
- tsimionescu 7y agoOops, you may be right...
- mullingitover 7y agoMy bad, forgot the /s closing sarcasm tag