"John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
news:LJZY8.67544$P%6.4543367 at news2.west.cox.net...
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>> The vast majority of government R&D *is* classified, and remains
classified
> until long after it's obsolete. The affirmative action hirees with the
> federal government are incapable of, not charged with, and aren't even
> rewarded for, inventing anything. As even you know, they don't get
patents,
> bonuses, or even promotions for "inventing" something, so they don't.
>> There ARE tremendous classified technologies which have been developed by
> PRIVATE industry under government contracts which will remain classified
for
> a long time, and which not even those companies can profit from in the
> private sector. So, NO, Hopper was not an "inventor" of a blasted thing.
> Bob Bemer, as an employee of IBM, WAS one of the "inventors" of Cobol, but
> the team of engineers behind Cobol's development goes throughout all of
IBM.
> All Hopper did was sit their on the tail end of all the REAL inventions
and
> look pretty [or in her case, real ugly].
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How would you know, John Knight? Have you been in the military or have you
worked for a military contractor? Are you even old enough?
Show us some sources for this that do NOT come from your website.
See, I was both. I spent a term in the U.S. Air Force, and left with an Air
Force Commendation Medal I had to work hella hard for - they do NOT simply
hand those out. I spent the next ten years working for a military
contractor involved in intelligence. I had a very high security clearance.
They don't just "hand those out" either.
Guess what was one of the major computer languages I worked with. That's
right, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper's very own COBOL.
The more you blather, the more you look stupid, John Knight. Keep up the
good work. You're beginning to become amusing.
The Shadow Dancer
