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The Canadian whose work led to the development of digital photography won a Nobel prize in physics this week, but he had to do all his work in the United States. Why? According to this article, red tape and bureaucracy. "What scientists face today is "almost disgraceful … The bureaucrats want to get a hold of the money and ask for business plans. Now do you think that George Smith and I ever wrote a business plan? Not at all," Dr. Boyle, now 85 and retired, told a reporter Tuesday. "You don't have time to do that kind of baloney."" Well, I'd add more, but I have some quarterly reports due.

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