50 times more than the DARPA prize was invested in chasing it. Just because nobody would fund YOUR prize pursuits...

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50 times more than the DARPA prize was invested in chasing it. Just because nobody would fund YOUR prize pursuits...

~tax leech — 7/18/2004 12:22:28 AM (archived)

Hey sticky fingered tax leech:
In your whining post just now, right around where you misspelled benefit (Freud would say it's because you have never been a benefit) you suggested that nobody would fund research. Then how do you explain how 50 times more than the DARPA Grand Challenge prize was invested in chasing it? And that figure would be much higher but numerous teams were told they couldn't even compete. That high multiple of investment vs. prize is not uncommon. The X Prize has already attracted many times more than its value in terms of investment pursuing it. And oh then there's the unpleasantness involved with how GOOGLE uses prizes as a means of obtaining research-related breakthroughs.

Go ahead, tax leech, insult away. You prove NOTHING other than how badly we need prizes to liberate ourselves from self-serving gatekeepers like you. Nobody would fund YOUR prize pursuit, but that doesn't mean nobody would fund prize pursuits.

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ESA getting priorities straight - E.P. Grondine - 7/14/2004 2:44:19 AM
- ****To RL and taxleech**** - Robert Shepherd - 7/19/2004 4:53:33 PM
  - Leech keeps spamming us by hijacking legit threads - RL (reposted by Robert) - 7/19/2004 8:25:48 PM
    - some times you have to sigh and let the bad guy have the last word - alcaray - 7/19/2004 11:16:56 PM
  - If someone slanders me and accuses me of illegal actions I will respond (n/t) - R.L. - 7/19/2004 7:42:25 PM
- "As a result, the panel decided that ESA should leave detection to ground-based telescopes for the time being" - Mark Eby - 7/18/2004 12:47:51 PM
  - Aurora may be postponed - E.P. Grondine - 7/24/2004 9:48:33 AM
- Should ESA impress us when it doesn't offer competitive prizes of its own, like DARPA & NASA? - ~tax leech - 7/14/2004 6:37:03 PM
  - Somehow I doubt ESA, or any one else, gives a damn about impressing you - R.L. - 7/17/2004 10:01:48 PM
    - Ghandi: "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." - ~tax leech - 7/17/2004 10:31:19 PM
      - FIRST, I am paid by a PRIVATE corporation, You insist on blatantly lying about this and slandering me... - R.L. - 7/17/2004 10:52:27 PM
  - Back here in the real world, leech... - E.P. Grondine - 7/17/2004 3:03:35 PM
    - Are you unaware of the new asteroid watch prizes? Why not planetary search ones? - ~tax leech - 7/17/2004 6:43:01 PM
      - Are you aware of the Free Rider problem? - E.P. Grondine - 7/24/2004 9:56:56 AM
  - re: Should ESA impress us when it doesn't offer competitive prizes of its own, like DARPA & NASA? - Doug Ellison - 7/14/2004 10:36:36 PM
    - ESA's taxpaying constituents know it's the Bastille storming's anniversary - ~tax leech - 7/15/2004 12:00:35 AM
      - And was that event not inspired by the revolution in North America? - ~tax leech - 7/15/2004 1:04:13 AM
        
        re: And was that event not inspired by the revolution in North America? - Doug Ellison - 7/15/2004 7:35:21 AM
        
        This twit was almost banned - R.L. - 7/15/2004 3:46:54 PM
        
        Can't we all just get along - ~tax leech hugger - 7/18/2004 9:38:40 PM
        
        LOL...The funny thing is... - R.L. - 7/18/2004 10:10:03 PM
        
        RL, what does your lap-dog get in return for that posting above? - ~tax leech - 7/15/2004 7:54:41 PM
        
        Hmmm I think he would flame me.. - R.L. - 7/17/2004 7:50:28 AM
        
        R.L., did you denigrate lawyers when you were in trouble with the law recently? - ~tax leech - 7/17/2004 6:39:47 PM
        
        As if we needed more proof of how juvenile Rich the blood sucker is... - R.L. - 7/17/2004 9:44:43 PM
        
        Ok, you slandering piece of crap - R.L. (with a vengance) - 7/17/2004 8:51:27 PM
        
        Google offers prizes but YOU prefer to make government money recipients need YOU as an intermediary. Sticky fingers? - ~tax leech - 7/17/2004 10:05:29 PM
        
        Rich you are getting into legally dangerous territory, Slander ... - R.L. - 7/17/2004 10:33:40 PM
        
        LOL I didn't need a lawyer, you worthless twit, I just handed in proof of insurance to the court- no big deal, I certainly didnt need a leech like you... - R.L. (amused) - 7/17/2004 7:43:14 PM
        
        Now how about the REST of the story R.L.? Ashamed? - ~tax leech - 7/17/2004 10:27:06 PM
        
        I posted the entire thing on community- I find it bizzarre that you think you are making points with it - R.L. - 7/17/2004 10:37:51 PM
        
        50 times more than the DARPA prize was invested in chasing it. Just because nobody would fund YOUR prize pursuits... - ~tax leech - 7/18/2004 12:22:28 AM
        
        ARE YOU REALLY THAT STUPID? - R.L. - 7/18/2004 1:54:15 AM
        
        That's apparently your most rational posting to date. Here's my rational response. - ~tax leech - 7/18/2004 3:40:29 PM
        
        That was not a rational response - R.L. - 7/18/2004 9:06:05 PM
        
        So if YOU couldn't convince 'em to invest, then NOBODY could, huh? - ~tax leech - 7/18/2004 10:46:25 PM
        
        Actually, I did - R.L. - 7/19/2004 2:15:41 AM
        
        So it's not a "sound business judgment" for a corp. to pursue a prize? - ~tax leech - 7/19/2004 3:02:31 AM
        
        Demonstrate you have any experience - R.L. - 7/19/2004 6:27:06 AM
        
        re: So it's not a "sound business judgment" for a corp. to pursue a prize? - ~tax leech hugger - 7/19/2004 4:03:01 AM
- Yeap Their Aaurora Program Is A Good Idea.;-) (n/t) - Mark Eby - 7/14/2004 3:17:29 AM

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