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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
- 07:52pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (#
15526 of 15539)
rshow55 - 06:02pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (# 15500 of
15504)
Gracefully does not mean mangled.
Neither does imagining “mangled” ! Gracefully or otherwise.
Believed to be “mangled” or NOT ?
rshow55 - 06:06pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (# 15501 of
15504)
If I'm to bow out gracefully and function -
I need an accounting of who among the posters is a NYT
reporter - as a minimum. Not necessarily naming names.
Who’s asking you “to bow out? ? "gracefully” or NOT ? The
only person who is interfering with your ability to “function”
seems to be YOU and you alone !
That, acknowledged on a single sheet of
paper - signed by a NYT corporate officer - would count for
a lot under many administrative circumstances. You know that
very well, too.
WHY don’t you ASK NYT for it, directly ? Too rational ? Too
sane ?
But if we're in a situation where your
people have absolutely no regard for my welfare - then
perhaps grace isn't possible. It ought to be - and if it
isn't THE NEW YORK TIMES should be ashamed of itself.
Who’s “we” here ?
You mean the VERY SAME NYT you have been so overly grateful
to you for the opportunity ?
rshow55 - 06:07pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (# 15502 of
15504)
Some accounting of my " debriefing " by
"Roland Cook" - would be useful, too. Acknowledgement of
specific names wouldn't be required.
Once again, take it up with NYT !
rshow55 - 06:13pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (# 15503 of
15504)
With honest accounting of what actually
happened - without specifying "who the bad guy was" - and
without naming names - we could have a resolution that would
be "win-win" from the point of view of every reasonable
person involved.
Postitive sum games usually depend on the
willingness of the people involved to think about reciprocal
needs. And consequences if those reasonable needs are not
met, as well.
"Who does he think he is?" is a very good,
general question to apply. To NYT people - not just to me.
The analogous question applies to institutions , too.
YOUR personal problems. You need to take it up directly
with NYT – NOT relevant to this MD forum.
bluestar23
- 07:53pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (#
15527 of 15539)
Jorian, Ha! ... a Classic, LOL:
"Here's how you can bow out gracefully:
"Dear Forum Particpants, NYT administrators, casual
readers, and of course, Mr. President;
"Over the past several years I have made a conscientious
effort to utilize the resource of this forum in order to
promote a better future for humanity through elucidation of
problem solving methods, and clarification of the nature of
problems themselves.
"At this juncture, I realize that this may not be the most
effective way for me to expend such efforts, and so I wish to
bow out gracefully.
"Thank you all for reading and responding to my posts. It
has been a rewarding and enlightening experience and I am
truly grateful for the interaction. This will be my last post
here, but I can be found at the forums at The Guardian (insert
url here) carrying on the good fight.
"May you all enjoy good health and success in your well
intended endeavors
"Sincerely,
"Robert Showalter (insert email address here)
THERE! SEE HOW EASY THAT WAS?"
Too funny....
rshow55
- 07:54pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (#
15528 of 15539) 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.
We can fight, I suppose. I feel like calling it a night -
having a beer, and relaxing.
If the NYT fights from here - without at least
trying to work out a win-win game - it will be
shameful - and a blot on the New York Times brand.
jorian319
- 07:54pm Oct 23, 2003 EST (#
15529 of 15539) 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
No need to talk about conspiracies if there
was a simple closure - where people admitted to things they
knew to be true.
Let put a f'rexample to your "where". You mean like
admitting that there are no high ranking gov officials, admin
people from NYT or people "very close to" the above, posting
on these threads?
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