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19 minutes ago, Olidamus said:

Your trolling is silly.

I'm embarrassed that I fell for it for a couple years.

To be so convincing, I think he may actually believe some of the things he says deep down, but he presents them in troll fashion to avoid backlash.

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24 minutes ago, Olidamus said:

Your trolling is silly.

Tom could easily be a success. Not that I believe Tom is capable alone, but I could easily see him hiring the right people. Please don't listen to Ghent, who is hell bent on making Tom look stupid to fit his California agenda.

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56 minutes ago, _Kyle_ said:

Tom could easily be a success. Not that I believe Tom is capable alone, but I could easily see him hiring the right people. Please don't listen to Ghent, who is hell bent on making Tom look stupid to fit his California agenda.

Like I said, but perhaps it bares repeating. I work as  supply specialist for the government. I was on a system called Firefinder, the AN/TPQ-36 and 37. Its a radar system that detects enemy missles and intercepts them.

The system took over 2000 people, 20 years to develop and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Not to mention having to work with a government depot to stock, store, and issue parts.

That was just to get the thing fielded. That doesn't include yearly sustainment, because ya know, shit breaks, parts go obsolete, systems need to be reset and rebuilt, and all other kinds of stuff. This costs at least $20mil a year just to sustain.

 

Please tell me how Tom will do this with $2mil?

 

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37 minutes ago, MSandt said:

And the cost of producing just one unit of F-35 Lightning costs around $100 million (my country is considering purchasing 100 units, btw) even now that they can basically mass-produce them. And Tom wants to build a spaceship from scratch for $50 million.

Yeah, I mean people don't have a clue what goes into this.

Part ABC goes into spaceship.

Where do you acquire part ABC? Where do you store it? How often does it fail? Could the supplier stop making it? Who comes up with the design and manual that says you need part ABC? Who determines if part ABC meets EPA standards? Who inspects it? Who determines if parts ABC is a major repaired item, a minor repaired Item? Who can repair part ABC? Who establishes contract for buying and repair part ABC? Any classified technology?

Now multiply Part ABC by like 20,000 parts.

There you have it.

Tom is like a 3 year old kid trying to explain rocket science to you by saying "Daddy I drew a cool picture today of a rocket that will go to Mars". You just smile and say "Cool, thats no neat!" to humor him. Its a complete joke.

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I was actually going to troll the "contact us" of the TTS site, I started to write a message about Tom inventing a time machine to go back and get the sane version of himself that we all loved so much more. I was on the fence about it because I am sure they don't read that stuff.. Then my computer did a mandatory restart right in the middle of me filling it out and I took that as a sign I shouldn't send it.

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18 minutes ago, _Kyle_ said:

@Olidamus

Um, heard of government waste much? The government basically drives up the cost of all of these projects just to ensure people are being paid (the right ones anyway). Most of it is a scam to get our tax money anyway.

Whoosh, the sound of you dodging my argument.

 

Government waste is a separate issue. Sure there is government waste, but rarely in these types of projects. Can you give me an example of government waste in supply that was avoidable? Would love to hear that one.

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Just now, Olidamus said:

Whoosh, the sound of you dodging my argument.

 

Government waste is a separate issue. Sure there is government waste, but rarely in these types of projects. Can you give me an example of government waste in supply that was avoidable? Would love to hear that one.

I'm not. You're equating a massive government project and it's baggage to Tom's.

If I made my own cake, it would be cheaper than the one you'd buy at Whole Foods. Would it be exactly the same, no, but it wouldn't have to cost the same.

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2 minutes ago, _Kyle_ said:

I'm not. You're equating a massive government project and it's baggage to Tom's.

If I made my own cake, it would be cheaper than the one you'd buy at Whole Foods. Would it be exactly the same, no, but it wouldn't have to cost the same.

If Tom is going to build spaceships and time machines; he won't be able to do it without government help.

It would be impossible. I think he's even said this.

The kind of technology and the kind of equipment only comes from government contractors that will rip you off right and left. When they produce a part that no one else produces, they can charge $10K for something that costs $500 to make, and if you want your project to succeed, you'll pay the piper.

 

Clearly you don't know how any of this works Kyle.

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3 minutes ago, Olidamus said:

If Tom is going to build spaceships and time machines; he won't be able to do it without government help.

It would be impossible. I think he's even said this.

The kind of technology and the kind of equipment only comes from government contractors that will rip you off right and left. When they produce a part that no one else produces, they can charge $10K for something that costs $500 to make, and if you want your project to succeed, you'll pay the piper.

 

Clearly you don't know how any of this works Kyle.

He said "some government" help. Which is like buying the cake parts in the store. He's obviously not doing it from scratch, but it won't be under government control. Obviously you haven't been paying attention.

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