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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 - 09:26am Oct 9, 2003 EST (# 14726 of 14730)

rshow55 - 08:50am Oct 9, 2003 EST (# 14718 of 14721)

Cantabb's postings are something like that. And so are some coordinated posts from the "united front" sometimes referred to here.

Supposed to make asny sense ?

The ONLY "united front" and "co-ordinated posts' I've seen so far involves you & lchic [hardly a revelation] -- joined now by another loyal supporter from a school-yard, fredmoore !

I said some things in Psychwarfare, Casablanca -- and terror http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/485 448-50 that seem fair about cantabb's posts before Oct 5, and since. http://www.mrshowalter.net/Cantabb_Srch_to10_4.htm

You told us earlier today. I'm anxiously waiting to see it posted 'on the sub-way walls' also !

We all learned language mostly in a statistical way - not by consulting dictionaries. But we agree on the meaning and usage of many tens of thousands of words with stunning accuracy. The meaning of those words is not personal opinion - but something more.

Really ? 'I did NOT know THAT', did you "united front" ?

rshow55 - 08:55am Oct 9, 2003 EST (# 14719 of 14721)

I'm not answering Cantabb point by point - even when - at the microscale - he makes points that make a certain sense. I'm considering his work at different scales - as reasonable people often do.

Suit yourself. I'm just trying to evaluate your posts point-by-point' to see IF they are held together rationally or make any sense [apart from your 'united front']. If this continues to put Mack-truck-size-holes in your posts -- may not be just accidentally !

At the large scale - it is clear that cantabb is putting out a lot of effort - and it seems a fair guess that he's been asked to do so by an employer. That's just a guess - but some guesses are a lot better than others

Wow, more rshow theories ! Or, just another "guess," like many others you shared on the forum. Yes, "some guesses are a lot better than others," but yours ? They're the best of the worst, I've seen.

MY effort is NOT even a fraction of yours. I've a life. And, my 'emloyers' would be upset. And, you make my 'job' so much easier. I tug at a thread, and the whole thing begins to unravel within seconds (not minutes), all by itself -- faster than a well-constructed house of cards.

Question: Who's your employer ? [Eisenhoer & Casey, both now dead, or UW-M ? or ?] And, who ordained you for this 'job' ? Any one alive -- Not just in your imagination ? And what are you supposed to be working on ? for them ? or yourself ?

rshow55 - 09:31am Oct 9, 2003 EST (# 14727 of 14730)
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.

Partly for myself.

Partly to make a point about exception handling that all sorts of people ought to take an interest in.

If the NYT wanted to do some exception handling that would be easy to do - and easy to explain to stockholder, journalists, and "the average reader of the New York Times" this thread could be an asset to me personally - to the TIMES - and to we'd have more fun.

As it stands - I'm watching the NYT explain to the whole world how inflexible and unfair it can be.

Issues of duty matter. http://www.mrshowalter.net/SP_51_n_Swim.htm

Entertainment matters, too. Search Fredmoore - who is both serious and entertaining.

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