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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 - 04:18pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (# 15481 of 15492)

bluestar23 - 03:59pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (# 15480 of 15480)

Sure, different posters take their own preferred approach.

But one Rx does NOT serve ALL. WRC's insistence that it should, seems odd to say the least, regardless of his own personal experience with rshow. The fact he lumped me with rshow-lchic reflects either his own inability to see the obvious or his personal pique, based on my previous discussions with him, here and on other forums.

Rshow is NOT the forum; nor is he the focus/target of our attention. It's his non-stop off-topic wanderings and continued abuse of the forum in his 'quest' for resolving his personal problems that can not be "ignored" or wished away. Also can not "ignore" the support for such abuse. Obviously, some think differently.

rshow55 - 04:25pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (# 15482 of 15492)
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.

Boy, the supider and more devoid of substance I am - the more you have to wonder about the NYT for having this forum go on so long - and the more I wonder about you guys for getting so emotional.

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

I could have sworn there was some rationality and substance in my posts !

These posts occur to me:

jorian319 - 15377 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.4ZHGb7rqQcB.4304166@.f28e622/17090 . . .

I'm looking for a reasonable way that I can leave this thread without having been mangled.

. . .

I don't think it's reasonable for you to be mangled. Only you know why you say what you say. You can bow out gracefully at your own whim.

lchic - 10:33pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15378

'Spun dry'

'mangled'

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Some postings don't make it so easy to "bow out gracefully at my own whim."

rshow55 - 04:32pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (# 15483 of 15492)
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.

Incredible, wasn't it, that the TIMES seems to have gotten almarst lined up for me to talk to - and stood by for this:

. http://www.mrshowalter.net/PutinBriefing.html

Could it be that nobody noticed? There are people besides me ( manjumicha and fredmoore among them ) - who doubt that this thread remains as an oversight.

Maybe the "off topic" stakes aren't so small.

cantabb - 04:40pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (# 15484 of 15492)

rshow55 - 04:25pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (# 15482 of 15482)

Boy, the supider and more devoid of substance I am - the more you have to wonder about the NYT for having this forum go on so long - and the more I wonder about you guys for getting so emotional.

So do we !

I could have sworn there was some rationality and substance in my posts !

Sure, you could have -- but that doesn't mean it's REALLY so, does it ? You 'swore' some posters WERE Clinton, Putin, Bush, Condoleeza Rice, etc. too !

Some postings don't make it so easy to "bow out gracefully at my own whim."

Who's asking you to "bow out gracefully" ? There're other options for you, aren't there ? You COULD post on-topic and with rationality, for a change, and give your spam machine and personal matters (on this forum), a rest !

There also are options for 'others', including NYT : a 'bow-out', not-so "gracefully" and "irregardless" (as fredmoore would say) of your 'own whim' ?

jorian319 - 04:41pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (# 15485 of 15492)
The earth spin rate is slowing 2 msc/day as evidenced by the additon of a leap second every 500 days - James "I failed math" Nienhuis

the TIMES seems to have gotten almarst lined up for me to talk to

Uh... no. It doesn't seem so.

Maybe the "off topic" stakes aren't so small.

Uh... yes. They are.

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