American innovation is in trouble
By Fareed Zakaria
If you ask people in Silicon Valley what makes it work, they will talk about many things — the ability to fail, the lack of hierarchy, the culture of competition. One thing almost no one mentions is the government. And yet, the Valley’s origins are deeply tied to government support. The reason there were so many engineers in California in the 1950s and 1960s was because large defense companies had attracted them there. Most of the legendary start-ups that fueled the computer revolution — Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel — got off the ground largely because the military, and later NASA, would buy their products until they became cheap and accessible enough for the broader commercial market. GPS, the technology that now powers the information revolution, was developed for the military.
And then there was government funding for research, which is sometimes thought of simply as large grants to universities for basic science but often was far more ingenious. My favorite example comes from Walter Isaacson’s fascinating new book, “The Innovators.” In the 1950s, the U.S. government funded a massive project at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory, employing equal numbers of psychologists and engineers who worked together to find ways “that humans could interact more intuitively with computers and information could be presented with a friendlier interface.” Isaacson traces how this project led directly to the user-friendly computer screens of today as well as ARPANET, the precursor of the Internet.
Federal funding for basic research and technology should be utterly uncontroversial. It has been one of the greatest investments in human history. And yet it has fallen to its lowest level as a percentage of GDP in four decades.
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For being too young of course @ philip lol. But i did have tickets...and of course my mum was NOT letting me go! Lol. And sorry never been a fan of the beverly hillbillys. Now the reality show "hollywood hillbillies" thats quite funny. Have a good nite.
You too. Have a good night. Had fun.
Jhinga Bells Jhinga Bells
Jhinga all the way
Dashing through the Ganges
In a one cow open sleigh
O'er the sewage filled waters we go
Raiping all the way
Bells on rat tails ring
Making spirits shiver with plague
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A gang raiping song tonight
Oh, jingle bells, jhinga bells
Jhinga all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one buffalo open sleigh
Jhinga bells, jingle bells
Jhinga all the way
As the Indians gang raipe on the sleigh
Hindus in France
Raiping each other at first glance
Looking for babies with delight
Wondering in the night
What were the chances
Of shoving candles in their genitals without exchanging glances
Hindus in the nighttttttt....
Doobie Doo Daaa Dooobie Daaa
Hindus on a flight
Defecating on plane aisles at great heights
While crew raipe each other at first sight
In the cokpit... And consider it their right
While the PAX cry in the cabin of their plight
What a blight what an Indian blight
Ok leaving just in the nick of time lol. Good luck with that hot mess @ philip! Lol
Huh?
Shoo-bop, shoo-bop, my baby
Shoo-bop, shoo-bop
Hello stranger
It seems so good to see you back again
How long has it been?
Seems like a mighty long time
Shoo-bop, shoo-bop, my baby
It seems like a mighty long time
Ahhh my my my my I'm so glad
You stopped by to say hello to me
Remember, ah that's the way it used to be
It seems like a mighty long time
Shoo-bop, shoo-bop, my baby
It seems like a mighty long time
Shoo-bop, shoo-bop, my baby
Shoo-bop, shoo-bop
Ohh, yes I'm so glad
You're here again
If you're not gonna stay
Please don't tease me like you did before
Because I still love you so although
It seems like a mightly long time
Shoo-bop, shoo-bop, my baby
It seems like a mighty long time
Ohh, ohh my, my, my, my, I'm so happy
That you're here
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In the nick of time
As the night falls
We go raiping in hick town
Jhinga Bells Jhinga Bells
Jhinga all the way
Dashing through the Ganges
In a one cow open sleigh
O’er the sewage filled waters we go
Raiping all the way
Bells on rat tails ring
Making spirits shiver with plague
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A gang raiping song tonight
Oh, jingle bells, jhinga bells
Jhinga all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one buffalo open sleigh
Jhinga bells, jingle bells
Jhinga all the way
As the Indians gang raipe on the sleigh
Gang raype! Timmay!
ARS for your listening pleasure and all around having a good time. Nut it IS going to rain.
When you walked into the room,
There was voodoo in the vibes.
I was captured by your style,
But I could not catch your eyes.
Now I stand here helplessly,
Hoping you'll get into me
I am so into you
I can't think of nothing else
I am so into you
I can't think of nothing else
Thinking how it's going to be
Whenever I get you next to me
It's gonna be good, don't you know
From your head to your toe
Me and-a you, you and-a me, me and-a you!
whoo hoo hoo hoo
When you walked into the room,
There was voodoo in the vibes.
I was captured by your style,
But I could not catch your eyes.
Now I stand here helplessly,
Hoping you'll get into me
I am so into you
I can't get to nothing else
I am so into you, baby
I can't get to nothing else
No, no, no
C'mon baby,
I'm so into you
I love the things you do.
Listen baby
You drive me crazy
Ooh
Love the things you do
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Oh Jhinga bells
Jhinga Bells Jhinga Bells
Jhinga all the way
Dashing through the Ganges
In a one cow open sleigh
O’er the sewage filled waters we go
Raiping all the way
Bells on rat tails ring
Making spirits shiver with plague
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A gang raiping song tonight
Oh, jingle bells, jhinga bells
Jhinga all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one buffalo open sleigh
Jhinga bells, jingle bells
Jhinga all the way
As the Indians gang raipe on the sleigh
Once upon a Mumbai dreary, while the Indian Army pondered weak and weary.....
While they nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at their bunker door.
"'Tis some visiter," they muttered, "tapping at our bunker door —
Only this and nothing more."
What say you? Quoth the talibans… What say you?
It ain’t no visiter….so to speak…’tis…the talibans…2 or 3 but Not More.
We come in peace and nothing more…only in peace and nothing more...to tickle you to heart’s content.
To sing you some bhajans and maybe more....so go back to sleep Evermore.
Quoth the talibans, Evermore".
And when you wake up we will be long gone…but we will be back____will be back
This time in New Delhi….we will be back____
Quoth the talibans…. we are coming back!!!!.
Mwah ha ha ha hahahaha
118. Estranged Babies of NW India (EBONWI)
119. Flute Basket Players United
BODDA BING BODDA BOOM
We are Hindus from India,
And we like to put on the Bindiya,
We are mostly Haris,
But we like to put on the Saris,
Sadly, we are nothing but Bhikaris,
Sadly, we are nothing but Bhikaris,
We take the Americans to Heart,
But get nothing in return except a F@rt,
So we tend to kiss the American @ss,
Again, we get nothing in return except the American gas,
We are nothing but Bhikaris and are Indians No Mas.
Ya think hindoos kapiche. Badda bing !!
Ha ha ha ha ha
Jhinga oh Jhinga
Jhinga Bells Jhinga Bells
Jhinga all the way
Dashing through the Ganges
In a one cow open sleigh
O’er the sewage filled waters we go
Raiping all the way
Bells on rat tails ring
Making spirits shiver with plague
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A gang raiping song tonight
Oh, jingle bells, jhinga bells
Jhinga all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one buffalo open sleigh
Jhinga bells, jingle bells
Jhinga all the way
As the Indians gang raipe on the sleigh
Oh you are toooo much. You tickle me
Bub bai
Hindoo hill billys
Nighty nite. Had heaps of funee fun
120. Camouflaged Monkeys Unltd. (CMU)
Kuntsy? Is that even allowed?
Sheesh. Guess it is. I'll BD darned. Could have been using the K word all this time.
A lulla bye
We all know about hindus
Raiping in India
Wearing the bindia
Along Lord Hanuman came
And wanted to join the game
And Ganesh with trunk did same
And shoved up Hanuman's a zz a sugar cane
G'nite.
Namastay
Hindus raiping in a car
Defecating on train tracks afar
Drinking cow urine out of a jar
Urinating on the floor of a bar
On hindu face feathers n black tar
On hindu face black tar black tar
What a mar what a mar
Nighty nite
Bub buy
Lol @Philip does my p ussy taste like canned tuna? My amma wouldn't let me eat it! Tell me.
It was difficult to smell with Blue Saffron's d ikk up my a zz.
You see, I can't multi-task. LMFAO
Hmmmm.... What you are saying is that you could smell the element in your a zz. Therefore you could not do so with the p ussie in question.
You certainly are multi organic. ROFL
I feel left out. Nobody wants a piece of me lately. I am busy innovating. Trying to s ukk my balls. He He He He
Try putting a finger up your a nal passage and up your nose. Indian innovation.
@Joey try rubbing a munchkin on your a zz and eating it. My mum taught me to do it. Lol.
Thank you, @ fausse chrissy.
i see that my call for Mayor de Blasio's resignation was rejected.
It was a rational post from a sane liberal.
Even citizens of New York City deserve to be safe on the streets.
New York's Finest certainly do.
@real Joey. There's always hope. Mayors should never help divide a city.
So disgraceful. The Dallas victory was won by the raferees. Down right disgusting.
Sorry Detroit. You were cheated. We all know, you really won and should have advanced on the play offs.
@ rupert,
always hope?
As long as there is life, yes.
The holder of any opinion must has the right to express his views, or the concept of equal rights is a specious lie.
Our mayor is incompetent. He should realize that and step down.
No accountability for De Blasio or the cheating Texas raferees. Two black eyes for America.
Cheating in sports?
Really?
No!
But, but...they're professionals, aren't they?
LOL. I see your point. But the NFL is supposed to be above that.
Few bad apples in every profession.
Vis a Vis innovation I am not a centralist. It better be left to market forces.
Innovation is not prophetic. Rather it is cryptic. But lately it has been apocalyptic. Go figure.
Will ya, Fareed.
Capitalism is the best revenge.
Innovation is salvation.
But with private funding.
Agreed?
Knock it off. But I agree. Thanks
Market forces? Market forces?
Oh, that is so old-hat! And immoral, you Capitaliss Pig!
You see, when all innovation is of the government, by the govurmint, and so forth, then everybody can feel that he is an innovator! And that is much better for all of us.
Together.
Does Bombay have a mayor?
Mayor? That is so ancient blasé.
Most of Bombaynians are raipists. You see Modi needs to be dragged to the stand.
Innovation is the mother of all inventions. Corned beef a culinary marvel. Yummy.
Together with pastrami.