On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 22:39, John Hasler wrote: > Ron Johnson writes: > > Seems to me that all that warring and anarchy on a completely barbaric > > planey would exauhst all the time/imagination/resources. Would they want > > to spend resources on inter-stellar research, when they could be spending > > it trying to destroy the enemy? > > You have neatly explained the miniscule size of the interstellar research > budget.
Come on, John. You can't blame it _all_ on the defence budget. Don't forget all those social programs, and WV needs a new Interstate hwy every 2 years... -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "(Women are) like compilers. They take simple statements | | and make them into big productions." | | Pitr Dubovitch | +------------------------------------------------------------+
