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Why Are the Best and Brightest Not Flooding DARPA?

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-paid-in-the-private-sector dept.

David W. White writes "Wired mag's Danger Room carried an article today that highlighted how desperate the US Military's DARPA has become in its attempts to bring in additional brain power. The tactics include filmed testimonials, folders and even playing cards all screaming join DARPA! Where are all the Einsteins who want to be on the cutting edge for the Government?"

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  1. twitter discrimation against Chinese by New_Age_Reform_Act · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Rolling up a little bit upward, and we can see all twitter's sockpuppets are committing racism against my race. These people need to be purged from the U.S.A. in conjuction with the neo-cons for the new age to arrive.

    Our culture is one of the most peaceful in history, and have little history of waging war against other country (although lots of civil war against their own people. That's sad.) If you don't like things that are Made in China, SIMPLY DON'T BUY IT. There are tons of alternatives if you get your a$$ up from your seat and search. You are like that little neo-con radio talk-show host bitch called "Laura Ingraham" who yelled "Chinese come over to kill Americans" during the Virginia Tech massacre, while in fact, the psycho is Korean. She never offer any apology at all.

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  2. Re:I have a BS in Math by ThorGod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanks ;) Don't know why you were 'trolled', sorry about that.

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  3. Re:Perhaps they have a conscience? by Koiu+Lpoi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yessss +10 Karma for fucking up a post. I love slashdot.

  4. Re:Not all the way there yet. by Hal_Porter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Of course, the assassination wave of '64-'68 really did its job... I still think Ted Kennedy is a threat that should have been dealt with

    Secret service tip: Poster is not in the US and is joking about Ted Kennedys ineffectuality, not making a threat.

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  5. Re:Because DARPA is a government mess by quanticle · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I stand corrected... sort of. While Clarke's proposal was fairly detailed, he still didn't mention exactly how any of the prerequisite technologies were to be developed. Now, arguably, that doesn't detract from his idea, but you still have to admit that his idea didn't help get the satellite built. Also, arguably, the idea of putting things into orbit such that they'd remain in a fixed position relative to the ground was obvious enough that, if he hadn't proposed it, someone else would have.

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