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Re:Somebody please hire me before I take a job in weapon dev... by levesque on Sunday June 13, 2010 @04:16PM (#1428097)
Not all knowledge obtained by working in a defense organism would be transferable. You get probably less useful real-world knowledge by working there rather than any other place.
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Re:Somebody please hire me before I take a job in weapon dev... by erikpukinskis on Sunday June 13, 2010 @04:24PM (#1428123)
OK, who installed the laser turrets in the server room?
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Re:Somebody please hire me before I take a job in weapon dev... by Qz on Sunday June 13, 2010 @05:07PM (#1428204)
I would disagree with that -- as just one example, modern chemotherapy is derived from the development of mustard gas circa World War I.
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