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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 - 12:28am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17366 of 17372)

rshow55 - 08:38pm Nov 11, 2003 EST (# 17359 of 17365)

I don't feel in a hurry. This thread has had a lot of support.

Which's why it is being shut down..

There's nothing I can write, just now, any better than the extensive collection of good stuff in ... That seems enough, for a thread that nobody cares about that nobody affiliated with the NYT posts on.

I think people cared enough to see it put out of its misery this late in the game.

rshow55 - 09:12pm Nov 11, 2003 EST (# 17360 of 17365)

If the "story" here ... hadn't been true in key essentials - my guess is that the NYT would have found a way, one way or another, to shut this thread down long ago.....

Or, blocked you -- effectively and early -- to end your abuse of this thread...

lchic - 10:08pm Nov 11, 2003 EST (# 17361 of 17365)

Journalism .... if that's to do with writing a journal .... Showalter you're more practised at it than I.

Aww, mutual appreciation...

Has anyone here ever considered becoming a journalist, taking this and that's of information, spiraling them around ... 'til they're spun dry-text, sending them off to an editor to blue-line and bottom draw for later publication - perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

You and rshow do all that so well ...

Who'd want to do that?

Do we have to ?

What do you do while waiting for "TRUTH" to "ultimately" come out. Make it up for fun ?

bluestar23 - 01:10am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17367 of 17372)

lchic - 12:24pm Nov 10, 2003 BST (#1254 of 1255)

Weathering the storm

Showalter Index (SI): The SI is dependent upon 850 mb data and is most reliable when the moist layer extends above the 850 mb level. The SI is determined by following the moist-adiabat from the 850 mb based LCL to 500 mb, and then subtracting the found temperature from the 500 mb sounding temperature.

bluestar23 - 01:12am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17368 of 17372)

You see, the problem in talking to them is that they're...M. A. D....

bluestar23 - 01:55am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17369 of 17372)

I sincerely hope "our" rshow55 didn't come up with the "Showalter Index"....

lchic - 04:53am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17370 of 17372)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

The S's are all related (a port of entry quirk re spelling) - but no, not RS

Good to see you're a guardian devote Blue-y!

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