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That £12 billion didn't buy anything, yet the companies responsible got to keep the money.
Many government IT projects are like this, just usually smaller scale. The problem is partially the companies, and partially the government itself. They STILL have no clue how to work with companies to get systems implemented. It's a massive problem that needs addressing.
Computer Sciences Corporation
Ah, now they really are crooks. And I'm not exaggerating.
bikebouy - Member
I agree ton.
Seems like a whole industry constructed to play with theories on a chalk board.
Honestly can't see why this is:
a) such a big deal
b) so important to humans
c) any benefit at all
Same thoughts I have going past Canary Wharf on the DLR.
Same thoughts I have going past Canary Wharf on the DLR.
+1
Same thoughts I have going past Canary Wharf on the DLR.
Do you have a pension?
I have a pension and it's worth a lot less since those Canary Wharf "bankers" got their hands on the economy a few years back. I should probably have taken out a bet 40 years ago on the Higgs Boson and Gravitational Waves being detected in my lifetime.
watching your new topic fall away due to inactivity.......i wish it would.
that gravitational pull is not strong enough it seems. 😀
Do you have a pension?
I work for a quango, I need research into black holes so I've got enough room to park all the yachts I'll be able to afford.
So all we've really come up with is "theres a bit of tech that'll be useful"
Nice.
Kinda.
Still no real benefit yet..Maybe that'll come later, maybe in 15 years time when another CERN or Monster Funder Project comes on stream to detect the sun doesn't shine Yellow, it is actually Blue.
We came to this argument with some clear distinction between "we've found Gravity forms waves" and some of us asked "to what benefit to humans does that actually mean?"
And we haven't come up with anything yet.
But we're still bombing the shite out of Allepo.... but I guess the "tech" produced out of experiments like the Gravity Wave one aided the "tech" to produce bombs n shit, and landing them on targets within 20mm of the target.
But thats ok.
Some of the tech is being used in the right way then.
But, good argument none the less. Nice to have some opinions other than wheels sizes on STW.
So all we've really come up with is "theres a bit of tech that'll be useful"Nice.
Kinda.
Still no real benefit yet..Maybe that'll come later, maybe in 15 years time when another CERN or Monster Funder Project comes on stream to detect the sun doesn't shine Yellow, it is actually Blue.
We came to this argument with some clear distinction between "we've found Gravity forms waves" and some of us asked "to what benefit to humans does that actually mean?"
And we haven't come up with anything yet.
But we're still bombing the shite out of Allepo.... but I guess the "tech" produced out of experiments like the Gravity Wave one aided the "tech" to produce bombs n shit, and landing them on targets within 20mm of the target.
But thats ok.
Some of the tech is being used in the right way then.
But, good argument none the less. Nice to have some opinions other than wheels sizes on STW.
Are you being deliberately obtuse, or does it come naturally?
Some people are clearly beyond rational thought.
mikey74 - MemberAre you being deliberately obtuse, or does it come naturally?
Some people are clearly beyond rational thought.
Oh dear.
Are you going to resort to abuse?
Shame.
How is that abuse? It's a genuine question in the light of your rigid retention of an opinion despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. You don't really expect people to list every benefit science has ever brought to making do you? You'v been pointed in the right direction, now go read the stuff yourself.
It's not abuse at all, it's perfectly rational response to someone's totally irrational dismissal of the desire to acquire knowledge.
No science. No tellybox. Simple enough,?
if everyone who has had a input into this thread, read what i said, instead of imagining what i said, i did not condem science or invention or physics.
just good old fashioned space exploration. something i dont see much point in.
Ton, you can stay here on your own then while we're all off in our intergalactic, multidimensional time machines.
Deal?
😉
just good old fashioned space exploration. something i dont see much point in.
You won't say that if a planet-killer comet is spotted heading this way.
There are lots of points to space exploration. There's the useful engineering spinoffs. There's the practical benefits like weather and surveying satellites, and GPS. There's the scientific benefits of being able to do experiments in microgravity.
But even if none of that was true, it'd be worth every penny for this photograph:
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We could have had that photograph ages ago, it is just that the cgi technology that Nasa has wasn't quite good enough to generate a realistic image...
The thing we are all talking on was invented by defence scientists so that military communications could get through even in the case of a partially damaged network during a war scenario.
Cern just did a way of linking pages together.
There were and are other ways of sharing information over the internet.
just good old fashioned space exploration. something i dont see much point in.
Sorry, but that's the point.
Many things we do don't have a point.
What's the point in listening to music?
What's the point in reading a novel?
What's the point in going for a bike ride?