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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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fredmoore - 12:29pm Jun 3, 2003 EST (# 12291 of 12303)

Mazza ...

Fair comments ... Except a Kyoto Alternative Energy Protocol is NOT pie in the sky.

The idea is out there and it is germane. Why must it follow an imperfect 1956 script?

Cheers

Komodos Lou ....Komodos ... from the ID.

Pending further evidence you are deprived of all space pay and priviledges. We'll have LESS dreaming aboard this ship!

bbbuck - 01:07pm Jun 3, 2003 EST (# 12292 of 12303)

fredmoore....

I had read some hints(from other posters) that you might be an agitator.

As one of my posting tenets is 'don't agitate agitators' except on the 'bush forum'(where there are no rules) I was at first hesitant to engage with you, in a posting manner, but after seeing that fine bit of writing on 'komodos' with your word processor mode set to rshowalter-lite, I am proud to compliment you on that fine post.

Now just because someone compliments you on a fine post does not mean I buy off on all your other stuff, as I basically just post here.

And I had a fine actress I was going to reference here but sadly I've forgotten her name and cannot retrace my mouse clicks from yesterday. Eventually I will find that name.

Anyway I just wanted to say you have absorbed 'showalters mantra' and now you can move on.

Only one 'I have absorbed showalter's mantra' post is allowed per quarterly period. Thank you for observing this rule, in advance, and thank you for your fine 'I...mantra' post.

Bringing in the 'komodos' was a nice touch. I read your post to kiki my pet komodo and she seemed to be pleased. Most komodo's show little emotion, my 'kiki' is no exception.

Have a good day.

Your certificate is on the way. Please send me $5,000 if you want it stamped and notarized. All standard payment methods are accepted.

fredmoore - 01:44pm Jun 3, 2003 EST (# 12293 of 12303)

Buck ...Emergency cancellation Showalter!(from 'Forbidden Planet' script)

PS regards to Kiki and let us know when the komodo checking party is on. I assume I am still invited.

Cheers

bbbuck - 02:14pm Jun 3, 2003 EST (# 12294 of 12303)

Yes, of course, all MD brothers and sisters are invited.

rshow55 - 03:26pm Jun 3, 2003 EST (# 12295 of 12303)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

bbbuck - 01:40pm Jun 2, 2003 EST (# 12283 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.BaGzbCVKd5a.0@.f28e622/13931 is a professional piece of work. In response to my statement that I'd set out to talk to people - in ways I'm honor-bound to do - carefully submitting to prior-restraint censorship - as best I can arrange it so that no reasonably classified information would be revealed, the response is

http://check-this-you-mother/komodos-are-pretty.com

A reasonable interpretation of http://check-this-you-mother/komodos-are-pretty.com , which connects to nada, nothingness - is "we'll kill you if you do that."

A message artfully delivered. The NYT probably knows - and I do not - is bbbuck on the NYT payroll? We live in a complex world.

I'm working to do just exactly what I promised Casey I'd do - consistent with things we both promised D.D. Eisenhower we'd try to do.

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Sometimes you can't quite get what you want - but you can simulate enough of it to have much of the needed effect - or even all of it. For example, I may not be able to get verified prior restraint censorship. But I should be able to simulate it well enough so that it will be hard indeed to say that I'm violating reasonable or decent security laws.

Speaking of simulation - Eisenhower, and others who were interested in serious simulations - and economic planning - would be very impressed with how much simulation can do today.

The 'Matrix' Invented: A World of Special Effects by ERIC A. TAUB http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/03/business/media/03MATR.html

Tucked away among the buildings and monumental empty hangars, hundreds of scientists, engineers and graphic artists map out computer-generated battles

Because simulation works as well as it does, there are new technical possibilities for real - with simulation as a stage toward getting to the real thing. The AEA project could have used the simulation capabilities available today.

I could now.

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