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		drivers99 on July 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DARPA and Boston Dynamics unveil a new humanoid ro... Both, really: 'ARPA, was renamed to "DARPA" (for Defense) in March 1972, then renamed "ARPA" again in February 1993, and then renamed "DARPA" again in March 1996.' (Copied from wikipedia.)

mpyne on July 13, 2013 [–]

And each time some General somewhere noted 'Reorganized unit to align with modern mission goals' as a performance evaluation bullet item for themselves.

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