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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 - 09:56pm Oct 7, 2003 EST (# 14606 of 14616)

lchic - 09:18pm Oct 7, 2003 EST (# 14602 of 14603)

Only 108 postings on MD so far today ... time to upt productivity guys! 2hrs 40 left ... now really GO for it!

Where's Rshow55 when you really need him to 'honor' lchic's request ?

lchic - 09:26pm Oct 7, 2003 EST (# 14603 of 14603)

108 on MD .. in the same time period Science in the News had 13, and Environment had 8

You guys can count ! As well as Search, Save/File, & Post (& re-post, automatically). Good.

Now let's work on Step 1 (skipped): Tell us What specically are you & Rshow working on, and Step 1a.: What have you really achieved re MD (Dumping on everything/anything American is NOT MD).

Hints you may find helpful: Get "facts" relevant to MD [everything under the sun, NOT relevant on MD and everywhere else), Read (on MD science/related issues), See if you can 'verify' the findings, Understand what you Save/file, Analyze (NOT rationalize), Sort {for MD; everything under the sun is NOT MD); Post (on MD)

A concentration of 'effort' on MD board to dross-out certain golden postings perhaps :)

You mean DON'T ASK questions of Rshow ? Or ask him to explain his "golden postings" ?

"It got understood and exposed."

cantabb - 09:59pm Oct 7, 2003 EST (# 14607 of 14616)

lchic - 09:42pm Oct 7, 2003 EST (# 14604 of 14606) lchic - 09:43pm Oct 7, 2003 EST (# 14605 of 14606)

Phillip Adams : http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,7493464%5E12272,00.html

Bush-whacked by White House follies

October 08, 2003

You'll recall how the US responded to al-Qa'ida's destruction of the World Trade Centre twin towers. It mounted a full-scale attack on a neighbouring and more important New York landmark: the UN building on the East River. ....... So who to blame for the mess? No problem – let's blame the UN. Which was right about the war in the first place.

Any hint of relevance to MD ?

klsanford0 - 10:05pm Oct 7, 2003 EST (# 14608 of 14616)

Sometimes it's hard to see who wastes more of the Forum's space and time..showalter or this horrendous moron lchic....

mazza9 - 10:53pm Oct 7, 2003 EST (# 14609 of 14616)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

Once, at around 10,000 posts, I set about trying to count the amount of Robert and LChic's posts. I set up a spread sheet and was going to import the thread. Then it would be a simple matter of using the @count function. In the time it took to set up this mechanism, Robert had posted 8 meaningless, self referencing links and LChic had responded with putrid poetry and pusillanimous punditry! None of the posts were on point and I went away for several days!!!

Nothing changes in the wonderful world of Showalters. Good ol' Buck lead the Texas Rangers to a dismal season but his performance is light years ahead of good ol' Robert.

Ahnold is winning in Cal ee fornia and there is no truth the rumor that LChic was fondled by the Ahnold!

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