Posted on 04/20/2006 2:57:32 PM PDT by pending
Apple has long boasted of its culture of innovation, and how this led to such products as the original Mac and the iPod. However, it turns out that, at least in the case of the iPod, Apple had a hidden ally: the US government. During a speech at Tuskegee University, President (and iPod user) George W. Bush told his audience, "the government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression. They did so for one reason: It turned out that those were the key ingredients for the development of the iPod." While we have to gratefully acknowledge the efforts of government agencies such as DARPA in some of the fields mentioned by the President, we also feel obligated to point out the accomplishments of private companies in the US and abroad, including IBM, Hitachi and Toshiba -- not to mention the Fraunhofer Institute, which developed the original MP3 codec, and codeveloped (with Sony, AT&T and others) the AAC format used by Apple in the iPod. Still, we have to bow down before his Steveness; we knew he was well-connected, but until now we had no idea of his level of influence in the area of government research. Hey, Steve, while you're at it, why not get the government to resolve the display problems plaguing the next-gen video iPod? We're sure they'll get their best minds on it and fix it in no time.
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I remember in the movie, "Independence Day" that Dr Whatsis mentioned that many of our high tech wonders can be traced to Roswell!!!
psst and according to Piranha Club stories Geo Bush is really and ALIEN!
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And that my friends, is exactly why President Bush is not a conservative, rather he is a liberal globalist.
A true conservative would have stated, "the taxpayer funded research..."
Oooooowww, my "liberal" Mac head fanatic friends are not going to like this at all. No sireee Bob. They simply can not believe that Bush or Microsoft could possibly do anything good at all!!
Is there someplace that pays you to be a billboard on Free Republic?
A lot of the stuff we use was in some form or another advanced by taxpayer-funded research. What is not mentioned is that the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft is a German independent instute, partially funded by government grants, and mostly funded by government and private industry contracts. A lot of cool stuff has been done there.
" the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft is a German independent instute"
Sounds kinda like Xerox PARC which invented most of the GUI etc., that Apple likes to claim as it's own.
"A true conservative would have stated, "the taxpayer funded research..."
Good point. Thanks.
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