Why waste tax-dollars on DARPA projects, while the DoD looks stupid: instead of hiring a writer?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Last edited Sat Oct 12, 2013, 06:08 PM - Edit history (2)

After all the planning and man-hours the Department of Defense (DoD) spent on this project, you would think Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) could hire an affordable hack-writer.
Here is the original copy:

SPECTRUM CHALLENGE PRELIMINARY EVENT SHOWCASES ROBUST RADIO TECHNIQUES

Radios are used for a wide range of tasks, from the most mundane to the most critical of communications, from garage door openers to first responders to military operations. Wireless devices often inadvertently interfere with and disrupt radio communications, and in battlefield environments adversaries may intentionally jam friendly communications. To stimulate the development of radio techniques that can overcome these impediments, DARPA launched its Spectrum Challenge—a competitive demonstration of robust radio technologies that seek to communicate reliably in congested and contested electromagnetic environments without direct coordination or spectrum preplanning. http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/I2O/Programs/Spectrum_Challenge.aspx

Admittedly, I slightly altered minor material facts; however, I did not change context of the copy. Any reasonable review reveals that my version is better written and makes the project appear more significant. My version did not cost you a single tax dollar.

Radios are used for a wide range of tasks, from mundane to critical communications. If a garage door fails to open at a primary communications facility, first-responders and military operations could be delayed. In every scenario, reliable radio signals become an imperative. Wireless devices can inadvertently disrupt vital communications, and in battlefield environments adversaries often jam friendly communications intentionally. To stimulate development of radio techniques that will overcome these impediments, DARPA launched Spectrum Challenge – a competitive display of robust technologies that demonstrate radio reliably in congested and contested electromagnetic environments – with or without direct coordination of spectrum planning. During initial competition, beginning on 9/ 11/ 13, eighteen teams from around the world converged on DARPA in Arlington, Virginia to demonstrate prototype defined software to identify and neutralize radio disruptions.

often? I find the word "often" interesting, considering the length of time radios have been used in battlefield applications.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. Does this site allow us to keep changing copy?

Last edited Sat Oct 12, 2013, 06:00 PM - Edit history (1)

A while back, several other DU posts informed me we could radically alter entire Opening Posts including the title, which is what I should have written to avoid a "brown acid" reply. It sounded ridiculous, so thought I'd give it a try. They were correct.

[Electric Monk]

2. I thought I told you not to eat the brown acid?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. reread my last post to see what I should have written...

It was an experiment to test out some comments I read on another OP.