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From: mason@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Mason)
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Subject: Re: $1.3 million vs. 30 children
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Date: Sun, 9-Oct-83 18:08:20 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct  9 18:08:20 1983
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To quote Dave Sherman "But war does wonders for certain sectors of the
economy."  Very true!  In fact one of the sectors that benefits the most
is our very own: computers.  That is why I copied the article to the net.
There must be a better way than eg. ARPA to get basic research and applied
research done.
   Another sector that would have a much tougher time is the other common
factor to ?60%? of the net: universities in both Canada and the States.
I'm not questioning that the universities usually (often? sometimes?) do
good things with that money, things that help mankind in general; but it
seems to me that those things should be the objective of the research, rather
than spin-offs.
(My quote above may be somewhat out of context, Dave was not advocating
war (at least not the way I read it).)

 -- Dave Mason, U. Toronto CSRG,
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