Well my favorite cheese is Longhorn Colby and frankly, I don't care what color it is.

I can see that. But no.

Like I said, not sure how it works with software. Was only involved with that once and it worked pretty much the same as hardware.

We are in agreement sir.

MF'er bankrupted a CASINO for crying out loud and the majority of Americans think he'd do better with the economy than Harris.

All I said was that it was not the normal way. I'm not paying judgement either way.

Ummm, very different. The tens of millions of Americans dodging collection agencies have bad credit and are denied future purchases. Their houses are foreclosed on. Cars are repossessed. And most importantly it's difficult for these tens of millions of Americans to shout out to the world, "Hey look at me! Look how great I am with money! You should totally put me in charge of the largest economy in the world" and have ANYONE believe it.

Exactly. Why don't they get payment up front and ban him in the future until the debt is paid?

Well I can't say how it works with software since my experience is only with hardware, but that's not the way the government usually receives a product.

Usually the government puts out a Request for Proposal (RFP). Companies will respond with a proposal and the government chooses one. The product is developed and ultimately delivered to the government for it to use as it sees fit. If new technology is created during the development, the company providing the product can usually patent that technology.

It's possible other models for this exist, but I'm not aware of any product the defense contractor I worked for ever telling the government how or where to use a product. On the other hand, I'm not aware of the government ever wanting to expose that knowledge either. Usually it's the other way around. So it would be a non-issue.

But to me it makes no sense that the RESULTS of the model can't be shared. The real important stuff is HOW the model works. I admit I did not read the article, only the piece at the bottom. Please disregard if this is based on false information.

Of course that goes without saying.

Dude, nothing can protect us from Santa.

It's ok. He has his beer.

OMG! Nailed it dude!

Well...I drink decaf. The internet seems to think coffee=caffeine. I can never find info about drinking decaf coffee.