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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
- 12:22pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (#
16355 of 16365) 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.iIHBbPLzU6b.1001448@.f28e622/18066
Now THAT I don't believe. . . . . though it would be nice if
it is true.
What do I want to talk about?
As a minimum - I want to discuss - face to face with
someone "in the system" - how I'm to actually use the response
I have - and how the NYT expects to respond to the things I'm
likely to say.
My guess is that after a very short time - we could sort
something out that permitted me to actually work
administratively - in the world as it is - in ways that would
be "win-win" for everybody - with very little trouble to the
NYT - a lot less than somebody's going to in the 473
postings posted here since I got an email from a NYT line guy.
If there were problems doing that directly - there might be
some intermediate conversations - through some people we might
both respect at the U of Wisconsin, for instance.
But I have to be able to function in detail - and
have a right to ask for enough clarification to
actually permit that.
If that's not permitted - and I'm unable to function
because of the place the NYT organization has put me - - I'll
react - and try to do so in a way that "the average reader
of the NYT" would approve of.
Of course I appreciate the support I've gotten on the
thread.
That isn't the whole story.
To get a win-win resolution there needs to be more
conversation than there has been - in a basis that this thread
doesn't permit.
Face to face - you can see how people are uncomfortable -
and in a little time - it often happens that people can come
up with solutions tha they actually like - that
actually make them comfortable.
I'd be more comfortable, for instance, if I was able to
write a really fine thank you letter to the New York Times -
but if we're at knife-point - I can't do that.
People often come to good deals - especially when no
money needs to change hands. And this time, I'd prefer
not to have any money change hands. ( A big reason not to get
a lawyer involved, if that's possible. )
I'm looking for a good solution. Not only for me -
but for me and for lchic - not only for the NYT.
Win-win solutions do happen. I'm shooting for one
here.
Who knows? Might happen this time.
bluestar23
- 12:38pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (#
16356 of 16365)
I can't believe it...I leave for five minutes and "Shazam!"
another ten posts from Show/lchic....
Showalter...your last post said ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!! Say
something SPECIFIC to MD!!!
bluestar23
- 12:45pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (#
16357 of 16365)
"Win-win solutions do happen. I'm shooting for one here.
Who knows? Might happen this time."
What are you TALKING ABOUT? what solution?? For WHAT???
Tell the posters WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!
rshow55
- 12:48pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (#
16358 of 16365) 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.iIHBbPLzU6b.1001448@.f28e622/18066
- - - made a promise - broken already - - not that I believed
bluestar - but worth noticing. Seems to me I wrote a
pretty straight response.
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