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Re:I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a grave... by HWR_14 on Sunday September 10, 2023 @06:37PM (#37460828)
His cellphone uses GPS and connects to other computers over the internet using TCP/IP, but I guess you're waiting on pizza gyroscopes to see any valuable tech crossover relative to this project.
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Re:I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a grave... by gregoryl on Sunday September 10, 2023 @06:46PM (#37460871)
Imagine the things achieved if the money being spent wasn't focused on military applications.
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Re:I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a grave... by HWR_14 on Sunday September 10, 2023 @11:56PM (#37462688)
I imagine military applications for "know where something is in world" and "have network of computers communicate in a damage resistant way" are no more costly to develop than non-military applications.
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Re:I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a grave... by science4sail on Monday September 11, 2023 @05:29PM (#37473979)
Hard to say. Would the research even have occurred if there weren't military applications? At the end of the day, there are only a few ways to get politicians to fund research:

* War (physics, chemistry, computer science, psychology)

* Fortune-telling (astronomy, economics, political science)

* Immortality (medicine, fine art, humanities)

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