![[F]](../_images/site.gif) New York Times on the Web Forums  Science
Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's
war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars"
defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make
the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an
application of science be successful? Is a militarized space
inevitable, necessary or impossible?
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rshowalter
- 09:46am Oct 7, 2001 EST (#10193
of 10204) 
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu
cantabb would be great, too.
possumdag
- 10:02am Oct 7, 2001 EST (#10194
of 10204)
"Today is silhouetted in my mind" Copp, L A
(1971)
Transparency
possumdag
- 10:05am Oct 7, 2001 EST (#10195
of 10204)
"Today is silhouetted in my mind" Copp, L A
(1971)
Taiwan’s Shady Deal with North Korea “The issue of Taiwan
exporting its nuclear waste to North Korea is throwing the South
Korean people into a state of anxiety again. In an interview with
the Yonhap News, a high-level Taiwanese official said that Taiwan
and North Korea are continuing negotiations on the export of
nuclear waste and that [the construction of] a storage facility
for Taiwanese nuclear waste is nearly complete in North Korea.”
possumdag
- 10:16am Oct 7, 2001 EST (#10196
of 10204)
"Today is silhouetted in my mind" Copp, L A
(1971)
ledzeplin - re: your query way above
- click the underlined
words
- most often there'll be a link
as in:
possumdag
- 10:26am Oct 7, 2001 EST (#10197
of 10204)
"Today is silhouetted in my mind" Copp, L A
(1971)
Chefinations
over yet?
rshowalter
- 11:08am Oct 7, 2001 EST (#10198
of 10204)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu
Very good thing to look at would be a patent orientation on mass
spectroscopy and other chemical assay equipment, keyed perhaps to
the work of Jonathan Sweedler and others at the Dept of Chemistry, U
of Illinois - - Mass spectroscopy on whole vessicles ! Some very
good insights on how a technical instrumentation "breakthrough"
happens, and how it fits. Sweedler excites a lot of people - knowing
some background to the technology, and competitive technology, would
be good training for a NYT science writer, and source of one or more
good stories. Slogging through some secretarial work now, on papers
on Missile Defense published in the NYT - - I'm assuming that what I
proposed yesterday is permissible.
rshowalter
- 11:24am Oct 7, 2001 EST (#10199
of 10204)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu
If I were doing prep for seriously considering negotiation or
conflict with the Taliban, and/or with the radical clergy of Islam
in general, I'd give the references here serious
consideration. And think through how the information might be
focused and verified, in particular circumstnces, and used. A
possible source of "information missiles." Some of the most morally
indignant may be dirty . . absolutely worthy of being stoned
to death, themselves - - degrading to listen to and serve.
MD2438 rshowalter
4/20/01 3:23pm
There would be ways to check.
rshowalter
- 11:46am Oct 7, 2001 EST (#10200
of 10204)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu
Not so much to ask.
MD1082 rshowalter
10/7/01 5:58am
But the alternatives, with human beings as they are, and
technical arrangements as they are, are ugly and
dangerous.
With judgement, and care, and a concern for what people really
are, and really need, many things could be beautiful.
We need to be careful, because whether we have judgement
or not, the consequences of what we do cannot be avoided.
possumdag
- 02:57pm Oct 7, 2001 EST (#10201
of 10204)
"Today is silhouetted in my mind" Copp, L A
(1971)
Pity Karbul hasn't got a patents office then this post might have
been noticed: possumdag
10/7/01 8:25am
rshowalter
- 03:59pm Oct 7, 2001 EST (#10202
of 10204)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu
I'll be back to it. It is a great post.
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