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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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cantabb - 07:08pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14446 of 14457)

bluestar23 - 05:31pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14438 of 14443)

... rshow55's training as a mathematics guy is no more relevant than anyone else's training here.....

Absolutely. Or their identities [Bush, Clinton, Rice, Putin or their "stand-ins"]. Just paranoia gone wild, and fanned by his collaborator, fellow-traveler, the inscrutable lchic.

I see NOTHING that tells me he is even in touch with reality, let alone scientific and other aspects of MD. Rote is not understanding.

As to his 'logic', I see even less. If "facts" are the foundation of logic and mathematics, his house of card is little less stable than his castles in the air.

And, combined with a serious lack of focus ? You get the picture

bluestar23 - 05:33pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14439 of 14443)

We have to thank rshow55's work as a collator for the ease of finding hilarious statements by him....

As I thanked him for collecting and putting my posts in one convenient link. One thing we know: he can save, file, retrieve, and post [and post and post -- his "loop test"]. For What ? That seems beyond him.

Although he mentions the number of my posts, he doesn't say how many did he and his collaborator post in the same time frame [Just the number -- NOT the whole shebang one more time]. Of course, he's NOT going to tell you that, except for my First post, almost all the subsequent ones were in response to posts by his {and Forum status quo] supporters directed to ME.

cantabb - 07:23pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14447 of 14457)

mazza9 - 06:03pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14442 of 14443)

He's a kook and I fear that Cantabb is his alter ego since, although I blocked Robert with the ignore preference, I am still bombarded by his drivel since Cantabb seems bound and determined to repost Robert's posts!

His "alter-ego" is, lchic. Not ME.

If you must, you might call me his "nemesis."

When he can't understand or focus on specific response to his specific comments [quoted in the same post for him to focus], just making some comments [ without the quoted comments] is more likely to let him freer to wander off some more or confuse the issue. Imagine this in light of his apparent propensity to constantly misrepresenting what people had said [eg: your own telephone conversation; same with WRCoop, and many others, including me -- despite my attempts to bring him to focus].

jorian319 - 07:32pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14448 of 14457)
"Statements on frequently important subjects are interesting." -rshow55

...making some comments ... is more likely to let him freer to wander off some more or confuse the issue.

Yeah. I admit to having fun posting pseudoprofundities and watching him go after them like carp on flakes. But it gets old, and I think you're doing the right thing. Who knows? Maybe even saving the world. :-)

cantabb - 07:32pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14449 of 14457)

jorian319 - 06:14pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14443 of 14443)

Cantabb seems bound and determined to repost Robert's posts! Lou,

That is the price that must be paid for the unpleasant job of dissembling Rshow's er... uh... R-show. A high price, I agree, but I still think it's worth it, as one of the few possible avenues to a brighter future for this forum.

I agree, Jorian !

IF there's a poster who would NOT misrepresent you, and is clear enough to see the differences in opinion with focus -- a big IF -- then I don't felt (never did) the need to confront a poster with his comments in my response. Very little interest in deliberate obfuscation --on both sides.

I can't discuss anything with him --nobody has before or can-- unless he can focus and deal with verifiable facts. His own blend of fact-fiction-opinion needs to be dismantled. Tedious but who else to do it less painfully.

In honor of Canabb's herculean effort, I'm changing my sigline

NOW you're pulling my leg......

mazza9 - 07:33pm Oct 6, 2003 EST (# 14450 of 14457)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

Cantabb: Accepted!

BTW Nemesis was an excellent novel!

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