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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 - 09:46pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15372 of 15389)

rshow55 - 01:54pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15357 of 15360)

I'd make a suggestion to Jorian319 and Cantabb - - - have you ever thought about resolving fights - in ways it can actually happen? It seems to me that you should.

Re-visiting your teenage “fighting” ? What fascination !

Asking questions is NOT fighting. May be highly inconvenient for you, but if you think it’s “fighting,” wait till you submit your ‘proposal’ for administration to learn from.

People have their conflicts, and learn early on to ‘resolve’ them and move on --- quite unlike you.

I'm looking for a reasonable way that I can leave this thread without having been mangled. You should think about helping me do that - and if you can't think about that - why should I think about your concerns?

Awww, Why should you be thinking of leaving this thread and forsake national interest and welfare and NOT save lives you have been saving ? Something I said ?

I don’t know what’s “a reasonable way” for you. Asking you to clarify, focus and post on-topic have ALL been meant to help you – but apparently that’s not the help you need or want.

As to my own concerns, I can handle them; thank you; you don’t need to worry about them. But what’s this again with your too-thinly-veiled threats ?

That seems a simple question - but it doesn't seem to be a question either of you have considered seriously.

What’s the question, again? Help you find a “reasonable way” so that you can “leave this thread without having been mangled” ? Why would I want you to leave this thread ? Didn’t think that asking to focus on-topic, seeking clarification would be interpreted that way !

rshow55 - 02:07pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15359 of 15360)

I'm grateful for some things the NYT has done. The misdeeds are serious, too. There is no contradiction.

Of course NOT – just a matter of convenience, I suppose !

Cantabb , no I don't get your "not enough money in the world" claim.

NOT a claim. Just a statement that I don’t do bidding for others.

Earlier, you asked me “if part of [my] objective is to slow down [your] presentation to Sulzberger [NYT] ? You forget, however, that my comments were ALL in response to your own posts, posts YOU decided to make -- taking time away from your own ‘presentation’.

lchic - 10:08pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15373 of 15389)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Hikikomori anyone? Here's a game ....

http://tartarus.uwa.edu.au/~timl/powerAI/

lchic - 10:16pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15374 of 15389)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Can anyone find the MD game ... ?

lchic - 10:21pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15375 of 15389)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

The premise of the game you develop ... is similar to Missile Command in that you're defending helpless cities against an incoming threat.

In this case, however, the threat is giant meteors, not nuclear warheads. The Meteor Defense game employs a game play strategy similar to Missile Command in that you fire missiles at the incoming meteors to stop them from destroying the cities below.

As you'll find out, the critical skill to becoming a good player at Meteor Defense (and Missile Command as well) is learning how to target a meteor and give a missile time to get there.

In other words, you often have to lead a meteor by a certain distance to give the missile time to get there and make contact.

http://www.informit.com/isapi/product_id~{071A0CA2-9B6E-469B-915E-4B499126647E}/content/index.asp

If the meteor/missile proliferates -- what then?

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