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Where would silicon valley, and the world in general, be without DARPA? Not that I am trying to support any big brother agenda, but it's hard to deny that your
by colinthompson 11y ago
Where would silicon valley, and the world in general, be without DARPA? Not that I am trying to support any big brother agenda, but it's hard to deny that your smartphone and computer owe at least some part of their existence to efforts on the part of the US defense budget. Again, I am not trying to take sides, I just find it shortsighted to cast a disapproving eye on government projects....or at least funding.
- fapjacks 11y agoYou are reading words that aren't there. I didn't actually say whether or not I thought that was a bad thing.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoJust agreeing here on the part about DARPA. It's possible, though, that you have no idea just how much DARPA was involved. Despite my research, I just now stumbled onto the Strategic Computing Initiative which shows most of the coolest stuff I studied was all tied to DARPA. Most people haven't heard of it despite it being much more useful than the other Strategic Initiative they know about. Link below for your enjoyment. http://monoskop.org/images/d/d4/Roland_Alex_Shiman_Philip_Strategic_Computing_DARPA_and_the_Quest_for_Machine_Intelligence_1983-1993.pdf http://monoskop.org/images/d/d4/Roland_Alex_Shiman_Philip_St...