Comment: Re:People should be free, but only on your terms? (Score 1) 169
DARPA: Hey there! That's a pretty nifty marble shooter!
You: Uh, thanks.
DARPA: Here have some money.
You: Cool!
Two Weeks Later:
DARPA: Say about that marble shooter, do you think you could set that up so that instead of marbles it shoots 1/2" steel ball bearings and up the velocity to 1800 m/s and a rate of 700 bearings per minute?
You: Umm hmm.
You: Uh, thanks.
DARPA: Here have some money.
You: Cool!
Two Weeks Later:
DARPA: Say about that marble shooter, do you think you could set that up so that instead of marbles it shoots 1/2" steel ball bearings and up the velocity to 1800 m/s and a rate of 700 bearings per minute?
You: Umm hmm.