[aimhigh]

I keep seeing huge sums of money going into these things. Has there been any benefit coming out of these things? Will they ever pay for themselves?

[SunkenCiv]

:’) Uh, no.

[SunkenCiv]

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[_Jim]

I keep seeing huge sums of money going into these things. Has there been any benefit coming out of these things? Will they ever pay for themselves?

Think of these things as a large-scale 'college' education; in and of itself, useless.

But it paves the way for progress down the road.