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Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
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It benefited us 40 years ago because it was a spending contest between us and the Russians, and we won. Much of the early technology was worth it.
The last 30 years, not so much.
The technology innovation has slowed appreciably, and there isn't the side benefit of bankrupting an enemy.
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Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle...
5 liters of VVT fury now
-Chris
"There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security."
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