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   XPost: sci.electronics.design, comp.dsp   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   Albert Manfredi wrote:   
   > On Jul 7, 3:27 pm, Le Chaud Lapin  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Despite claims to the contrary, DOD and other government agencies are   
   >> not prepared for system solutions to grand challenges, or claims   
   >> thereof, by small entities.   
   >   
   > Of course, and that should not be surprising. Again, who knows how   
   > many whack jobs they get each week, claiming to have solved cold   
   > fusion. It is only natural NOT to throw money left and right, at one-   
   > man operations, from their point of view. A demo is certainly not   
   > enough to validate whatever claims you've made, if this is truly a   
   > momentous discovery of grand scale.   
   >   
   > I have to agree with their recommendations to you. Join up with one of   
   > their contractors. You'll have to sell your idea to them first, of   
   > course, which is not easy either. But at least, you'll be dealing with   
   > people who know the obstacle course and can probably anticipate all   
   > the dead ends, and also you have some chance of having your ideas   
   > vetted by people who might just know something about the subject   
   > matter. Not the managers, that would be surprising to me. But   
   > hopefully real engineers and scientists.   
   >   
   > The other option is academia, which is no easier.   
   >   
   > You need something to give your claims credibility. You know,   
   > gravitas. Going just on your own word, and the supposed expertise of   
   > the few individuals sitting around the table that you've spoken with,   
   > in my view, is a non-starter.   
   >   
   > Either that, or patent the idea yourself.   
   >   
      
   The other option is proposals to private enterprise, to corporations.   
   This is kind of the equivalent of a cold call in sales, except that you   
   are putting a whole lot more unpaid work into it than a sales guy,   
   easily a week, and it's in writing. There is no obligation on the part   
   of the recipient to respond right now, or at all. No pressure. When I   
   started doing that people scoffed and laughed. Until one of those   
   proposals hit bulls eye. Big time.   
      
   Just don't spill all the beans when writing proposals ;-)   
      
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