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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 - 11:36am Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15403 of 15421)

rshow55 - 09:53am Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15398 of 15402)

Ah, like these lchic-rshow co-ordinated posts !

For a sense of what Lchic calls " fencing " and Cantabb calls his contribution - here's a convenient way to get both a detailed and statistical sense of Cantabb's posts up to October 10th - more recent ones have similarities to these:

http://www.mrshowalter.net/Cantabb_Srch_toOct_10.htm

Ask lchic to look up 'fencing' !

Without a similar list of lchic's (or your own) posts during the same period ? Without a comparison between 5 weeks vs 3 years ? Yeah, sure, what "a convenient way" !

What kind of "statistical sense" you think you can you get out of that ? Number of posts or their content [fencing or 'contribution'] ?

Btw, re: my 'contribution', read this carefully vis-a-vis yours and lchic's:

"Consider my effort in trying to steer you and rshow toward any semblance of On-topic debate and pursuing the still not-forthcoming evidence of your various claims -- just an initial phase of my contribution !" cantabb

NB: Hope you update my dossier soon.

cantabb - 11:45am Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15404 of 15421)

rshow55 - 10:10am Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15400 of 15403)

Right answers that are right "every reasonable way you look at them" can often converge - and such answers are precious - and worth working for. ......Lchic and I have been working on a number of issues connected to the idea of getting "canonicity" - and stories that are true in the ways they need to be - that can lead to good outcomes. . . ....

More ramblings....

cantabb - 11:46am Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15405 of 15421)

bbbuck - 10:17am Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15402 of 15404)

lchic and showalter talk on the phone daily for an hour?

I didn't know that.

Now, we do :)

bbbuck - 11:55am Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15406 of 15421)

Is there anything this idiot won't comment on?

rshow55 - 12:01pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15407 of 15421)
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.

Here's an interesting example of a well told story - with somewhat different "good guy" and "bad guy" roles than one might expect:

Contrarian's Contrarian: Galileo's Science Polemics By GEORGE JOHNSON http://www.mrshowalter.net/Contrarian'sContrarian.htm

And here's an excellent piece about interaction and negotiation under complicated circumstances of misunderstanding, mistrust, and mixed motives. Very practical circumstances.

Baffled Occupiers, or the Missed Understandings By JOHN TIERNEY http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/22/international/middleeast/22LETT.html

cantabb - 12:20pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15408 of 15421)

bbbuck - 11:55am Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15406 of 15407)

Is there anything this idiot won't comment on?

Idiotic statements: his specialty.

What happened your "Ignore" ! Too complicated for you ?

bbbuck - 12:25pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15409 of 15421)

I ignore no one and scroll by almost everything.

The only person I have on ignore is kate.

cantabb - 12:28pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15410 of 15421)

bbbuck - 12:25pm Oct 22, 2003 EST (# 15409 of 15409)

No exception for moi ?

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