You also didn't see the US Air Force or other research institutions buying clusters of Nintento Wii's or XBOX 360's for their cluster computing platforms.

If lawmakers can't agree to a budget for the time period starting 7 MONTHS AGO, how are they going to get a FY2012 budget done?

Federal managers aren't spending more than the Continuing Resolution levels, and should be saving some money in case of cuts. Funding them over the CR level would just lead to waste spending in the 'use it or lose it' model (They have until September to spend it all).

They need to pass a status quo budget for FY2011, and get started on FY2012. That is where the problem lies, and where a solution can take place.

I was going to say the exact same thing. Good show, excellent use of the monocle.