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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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rshow55 - 07:10pm Sep 22, 2003 EST (# 13856 of 13875)
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.

Cantabb - I've searched ALL your postings on this thread - you're referenced a few times by other posters - but your first posting is 13705 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/15398 - posted after I was away on a trip.

Why the sudden (and passionate and hostile) interest?

This was before your first posting - but I think for backgound - you might look at 13690 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/15383 and especially 13691-2 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/15384 - posted just a short time before your first posting.

You might also search "James Bond" and look at the associated story.

I've posted a lot in interaction with the other active posters - and have been paying more attention to their postings than to yours.

In 13853 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/15553

I posted a number of postings very specifically connected to missile defense. Did you look at them?

789-90 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/991

877 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/1116

1075 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/1368

1239-40 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/1582

1575-6 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/1582

1895-6 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/2367

2101 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/2605

4063-4 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/5117

5333 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/6688

5840-1 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/7267

6167 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/7645

9254 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/10780

12878 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/14554

What do you think of the procedure suggested? Is it, in your view, cheating ? If so, why so?

I'll be rereading every one of your postings - but I can't help wondering why the recent yet passionate ( and hostile ) interest.

Again, I recommend you look at 13691-2 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/15384 - posted just a short time before your first posting.

cantabb - 07:29pm Sep 22, 2003 EST (# 13857 of 13875)

rshow55 - 07:10pm Sep 22, 2003 EST (# 13859 of 13859)

Why the sudden (and passionate and hostile) interest?

I'll be rereading every one of your postings - but I can't help wondering why the recent yet passionate ( and hostile ) interest.

Asking you to focus "hostile" ?

What do you think of the procedure suggested? Is it, in your view, cheating ? If so, why so?

See if you CAN focus on the forum topic and post something coherent !

rshow55 - 07:38pm Sep 22, 2003 EST (# 13858 of 13875)
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.

I posted a number of postings very specifically connected to missile defense. Did you look at them? ( See above. )

Again, I recommend you look at 13691-2 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.42TIbay2HeE.1251179@.f28e622/15384 - posted just a short time before your first posting.

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