In article ,
The Daring Dufas wrote:

On 5/1/2014 11:02 PM, Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
In article , The Daring Dufas
wrote:

On 5/1/2014 7:10 PM, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 1 May 2014 06:30:01 +0200, nestork
wrote:


Any time that money is invested in research there are benefits.
With NASA, the most obvious spinoff is cordless power tools.

But, just consider all of the technological spin offs of the
Second World War: 1. radar and sonar 2. the jet engine for
aircraft 3. rockets and rocketry 4. nuclear reactors and
nuclear propulsion for ships 5. Plastic Laminates (like
Formica)

The most obvious spin off is that America left transport vehicles
on the surface. None have rusted yet! - I think.

A guy in congress thinks that Guam will tilt over in the ocean
and collapse. He was worried about troops landing on the island.

Well, the ultimate consequence of Affirmative Action is in The
White House now and those who pay attention to the damage done and
being done to The United States are horrified about it and
frustrated that it seems nothing can be done to stop the
destruction. o_O

TDD

I thought affirmative action was the reason shrub got into Harvard

Affirmative Action is only for female and minority shrubs. ^_^

TDD

so the shrub is a transsexual? cool