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Pentagon to Significantly Cut CS Research

Posted by timothy on from the how-dare-they-take-away-the-free-money dept.

GabrielF writes "Over the last few decades, DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has funded some of the most successful computer science research projects in history, such as the Internet. However, according to the New York Times, DARPA has recently decided to significantly cut funding of open-ended computer science research projects in favor of projects that will yield short-term military results. Leading computer scientists, such as David Patterson, the head of the ACM are outraged and worried."

7 of 408 comments (clear)

  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    blag

  2. -1: USians are stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who cares.

    1. Re:-1: USians are stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      -1: Using the term "USians" reflects more on your intelligence than it does on ours.

  3. Frosted Piss! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Come on 20 seconds. Pass so that I can hit post! SUBMIT!!!

  4. Frist Pizost! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Frist Pizost!

  5. My question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So here's my question: how many Slashdot users are going to whine here about DARPA not giving out enough research money and then wander over to DailyKos and whine there about how the Bush administration has brought about the largest budget deficits in US history?

    Probably the same number of people who like to whine about Hubble being deorbited and then whine about how we'll never visit Mars.

    Pick, people. Free money doesn't come without a cost to something else.

  6. google suggest by dextroz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Completely off topic post... I am trying to find out - how common does a search term/phrase/expression (in numbers) need to be before google starts spitting it out in Google Suggest? I've looked all over but haven't found any concrete figures or official data. Thanks!

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