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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 - 07:56am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17373 of 17395)

rshow55 - 07:05am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17371 of 17372)

I'm grateful for this thread, though I have some reservations. I'm very glad it is ending - and in many ways ending well. Not all. [emphasis added]

Doesn't sound as "grateful" as before. It's ending, thanks to you and lchic, -- well or not, gracefully or not, may be important to you too, but I doubt to others.

Although I've ignored some of what they've said, I've been fascinated by how different the slant of cantabb and bluestar have been from mine. They see things differently, sometimes things I find interesting - sometimes things I'm glad to see. Sometimes not.

Different people think differently.

I'm not so good at that ["relentless condensation"]. - though I try. Lchic is superb at it.

Of course, she's a "World Asset," as you said. Logorrheic Rshow and faux-Zen and cryptic lchic, as I think.

" It's time to settle accounts. "

Looks like it's settled for you here, but you have "some reservations."

rshow55 - 07:06am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17372 of 17372)

If people are to use this board - and if I'm to be able to function - what happened on this board has to be explained concisely in the ways that matter for action.

What happened is self-explanatory. Nothing "has to be" done. Whether or not YOU are satisfied is a personal matter. What's been clear is that you and lchic have ABUSED this thread for very LONG.

As a " game " player ( search "Wizard's Chess" or " Franklin " ) it doesn't matter whether I'm Ismael or not. I've been playing a game that is not a game. I was told, at an impressionable age - that unless somebody found out how to play that "game" the world would end.

May be you were too gullible and naive. Still seem to believe in things most reasonable people wouldn't.

"Seems it hasn't occured to 'someone' that these fora, comprising a very small, non revenue generating facet of NYT, fall into the latter category.

It occurred to me. I'd hoped to use facilities made available in ways that were revenue generating ( and status generating) for the TIMES .

STILL complaining...

I'm sorry I was unable to do that.

You HAVE done enough !

cantabb - 08:00am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17374 of 17395)

bluestar23 - 01:55am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17369 of 17373)

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

What's this supposed to mean ?

How many times he has referred to "himselves" (self-referencing links), or his view of things rated on HIS scale ?

lchic - 08:42am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17375 of 17395)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

what it means is that you don't read the board !

cantabb - 08:45am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17376 of 17395)

lchic - 08:42am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17375 of 17375)

what it means is that you don't read the board !

What's written often defies understanding as well as logic. Nothing more.

lchic - 08:50am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17377 of 17395)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Blue pulled the 'SI' in from a distant disparate thread ... and placed it 'here' ... talk with Blue!

lchic - 08:55am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17378 of 17395)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Showalter was saying } http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.frz0bsSmXM5.2893639@.f28e622/19086

jorian319 - 09:00am Nov 12, 2003 EST (# 17379 of 17395)

Yeah, showalter was saying (for the 100th time) that he's grateful, and that he has some reservations. So what? I hope he has his confirmation number memorized.

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