> In today's LA TIMES, there's a story about the US government's purchase of
> its bonds (as part of the "paying down" of its debt). Because it can't
> always do so (since sellers must be willing to sell and will often wait
> until the bonds mature), the government needs somewhere to "park" its
> dollars from the budget surplus until sellers are ready.
Does anyone (Brad?) know how the government currently handles this?
> the research. Even though Al Bore didn't invent the Internet, it was
> government-sponsored basic research (including that by the Pentagon) that
> formed the basis for the private research and development.
The government's involvement in developing internet technology is considerably
more recent than DARPANET. For example, the early version of Netscape were
little more than souped up versions of Mosaic, which Netscape's founder wrote
while working at NCSA (National Center for Supercomputer Applications) in
Champaign.
