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Missile Defense

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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lchic - 11:43pm Apr 17, 2003 EST (# 11322 of 11500)
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Maths problem

Poincaré Conjecture is a central question in topology, the study of the geometrical properties of objects that do not change when the object is stretched, twisted or shrunk

solved (?)

http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@@.4a91138a/0

lchic - 11:53pm Apr 17, 2003 EST (# 11323 of 11500)
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Sars shuts doors

http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/dispatch/story/0,12978,937973,00.html

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NASA shuts-off funding

http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/farout/story/0,13028,937897,00.html

lchic - 04:24am Apr 18, 2003 EST (# 11324 of 11500)
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SARS - "" I am in Hong Kong. Things are hysterical here. The rumour was going around today that a State of Emergency was going to be declared, and all airports closed. The supermarkets were packed with hoarders. Scary.

HKSojourner - 11:19am Apr 1, 2003 BST (#11 of 228)

GU talk thread

http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.4a910226/10

lchic - 04:30am Apr 18, 2003 EST (# 11325 of 11500)
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So how will we all cope with a common cold that is to knock a percentage of us out - dead!

Our 'Last Will and Testament' .... are Lawyers and Solicitors about to make a Killing $?

mazza9 - 09:47am Apr 18, 2003 EST (# 11326 of 11500)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

Tomorrow we can celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Waco massacre. Men women and children were incinerated by an American military force run wild. It happened right here in Texas and was materminded by the boob who is now lecturing the world on the proper way to handle International Relations when he "did not have sex with that women!"

Missile Defense has worked in the latested Gulf War go 'round! Defense! Defense!

lchic - 10:59am Apr 18, 2003 EST (# 11327 of 11500)
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How to draw the line between a tyrannt-bully like Saddam, and a Cult-bully - as per WACO or JACKSONVILLEE .... aren't these greedy normality-deprived egotists much of a muchness?

The tyrannt is on the take believing he is a god

The Cult bully is out to rape and on the take pointing to a god

The Eagle acting as 'god', dumps MD gear around the world as dangerous scrap - never to be 'cleaned' away

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Raises the question - is 'god' the lid, used as an excuse, for lack of decency and progress?

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lchic - 11:02am Apr 18, 2003 EST (# 11328 of 11500)
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China

exports have been growing by comfortably over 20% during the past few years, imports have soared at an annual rate of over 40% in the latest half-year. This makes China one of the few big economies helping to boost world trade in a positive manner .... The lesson of this year's figures is that the more prosperous China becomes the more it wants to buy goods and services from the rest of the world

http://www.guardian.co.uk/economicdispatch/story/0,12498,938541,00.html .../ global trade stats

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