I wonder how much more might have been gained from that amount of targeted R&D.

We let some starve now for the benefit of many, and the great benefit of a few. Is that also evil? Property rights do something similar, as does military conscription.

Rawls seemed to answer many of the objections to utilitarianism with his rule utilitarianism. Of course, no ethical theory conforms perfectly to our moral sense, but I guess ours differs profoundly to that of our grandfathers.

One problem is that corn sugar is a synonym for dextrose, which is used as an adjunct in brewing. I don't think fructose is as fermentable, which would result in a very different product.

Wooden nickels, of course.

Not bad, but pair with somebody. Test each others code, balance off the bugs, and pay for the difference in beers, or some other appropriate currency. Just gloating might do.

I think the Smithsonian has one on display also. What I found interesting at the NSA museum was that they had a prewar commercial model that was marketed in England. It had fewer rotors than the later military versions.

Most of the stuff in the museum when I was there was WW2 era, notably excepting part of an old Cray computer. I don't think there is much danger of any of it being reclassified.