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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
- 05:21pm Oct 14, 2003 EST (#
15018 of 15024) 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 think getting this solar energy project done would be
worth more to the US national security than anything that can
possibly happen in Iraq.
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The process of generating and perfecting such solutions -
and checking them - is clearer than it used to be - because of
work lchic and I did together - especially this http://www.mrshowalter.net/DBeauty.html
I was asked to put the process of invention on a clearer
basis - and lchic and I have done so.
Problem is that often questions of "what's
fair" have to be handled that are now not well addressed.
Because some solutions are inherently large scale.
Not necessarily inherently complicated - compared to a lot of
other things. But inherently large scale.
Including simple things - like the solution of a steel
wheel on a steel rail - a technical answer that has been
dominant and stable for 150+ years now. We need more solutions
like that.
And lchic and I have taken big steps toward getting
them.
The barriers to these solutions now are far more
social than technical.
rshow55
- 05:24pm Oct 14, 2003 EST (#
15019 of 15024) 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.
http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.Sn6cbo0bOyT.0@.f28e622/16728
price - to the government - and innocent bystanders -
something of the order of 40 million cost - maybe a little
less - so far.
The intention was to solve multi, multi billion dollar
problems, and make the world safer - at relatively very small
cost.
Getting ideas worked out - prototyped - and ready
for large scale organizations.
Which could then work the solutions into the system smootly
- and making a profit doing so.
At a few stages, it takes not only logic -but some
involvement from a nation state.
rshow55
- 05:28pm Oct 14, 2003 EST (#
15020 of 15024) 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.
If I had my security problems resolved well enough so that
I could really work with administrative organizations -
and interested nation states - I wouldn't need anything but
non-interference ( real noninterference ) from the U.S.
government.
Debriefing, now, wouldn't be necessary.
Last year - I got a verbal statement that the
government had " no interest " in my work. I thought
that was stupid at the time - but if I had that assurance
in writing - or in a way that worked in administration
of real organizations - I could work.
Without that, as a practical matter, all I can do is talk.
bluestar23
- 05:33pm Oct 14, 2003 EST (#
15021 of 15024)
Cooper:
"trying to gloss over the concerns Russia has about the US
gaining a significant strategic advantage."
There are no real concerns in Russian leadership, Cooper,
just among some dinosaurs in the Ministry of Defence.....Putin
does not see the United States as an enemy of Russia ( I've
just finished reading David Remnick's [New Yorker article]) on
Putin, and he will never launch against the USA....Russia is
not a threat and have said they retarget their missiles.
Bush's system may indeed protect against smaller numbers of
missiles, a more likely scenario....
lchic
- 05:34pm Oct 14, 2003 EST (#
15022 of 15024) TRUTH outs ultimately : TRUTH has
to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong
foundation
The word 'pavement' registered on the Cantabbulator
input - labour : machine + $$$$
process - dig, smooth surface, lay concrete, secure until
dry
output/outcome - enchancement of pedestrian locomotion /
(wages)
Value - a community resource for 'common good'
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