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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 - 09:19am Nov 13, 2003 EST (# 17489 of 17496)

rshow55 - 08:31am Nov 13, 2003 EST (# 17482 of 17483)

I was commandeered by Eisenhower in October 1967 - and at our first meeting General Eisenhower had me read from C.P. Snow's Science and Government……… But practical hope for human beings depends on working things out. There's been plenty hoped for in the past, and worked for, that has been realized.

We’ve heard all dozens of times. NO corroborative evidence yet !

rshow55 - 08:33am Nov 13, 2003 EST (# 17483 of 17483)

People working together, and working out problems, can accomplish far more than they they could accomplish alone. ……I think this thread shows the NYT at its very best quite often. And also shows it at its worst. There is no contradiction, but I think there is room for improvement. That improvement will have to be embodied in better patterns of exception handling.

Same senseless anguish about NYT and what it can and can not do.

rshow55 - 08:41am Nov 13, 2003 EST (# 17484 of 17486)

It can't be a secret that I've been asking the NYT for help on a large scale solar energy project. The only reasonable and possible help requires some exception handling - because, for the NYT to help, the NYT has to make some money doing it. Within reasonable journalistic constraints and business constraints.

I'd like to have a situation where the NYT was treated as well, in terms of "sunk costs" of this thread - as first round financing investors are treated. ( By the way, Bill Casey headed the SEC for some while - and I think I know what fair dealing - within securities laws, is in these affairs. )

It would make sense to us to come to an agreement where I have a chance to treat the NYT fairly, in a situation that is currently de facto , an exploitation. It would be good for me. …….

It would make a lot of things more pleasant, better rounded, from a lot of points of view.

For that, the NYT would have to have the negotiating skills Carl Sagan had –

STILL pleading your case … NOT “happily” at that.

I think, just now, that the New York Times is doing an academy award worthy job of showing how capitalism is not supposed to work in the United States

Really ?

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Since you have been drawing parallels with ‘My Fair Lady’, may I suggest you recall the lyrics ONE of the songs in it [A few lines quite appropriate here], e.g: “Without You” !

Without YOU and without this forum,

“And without much ado we can all muddle through without you.”

You, the Master of Muddle !

rshow55 - 09:20am Nov 13, 2003 EST (# 17490 of 17496)
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.

I'm not sure you read this before your last post. I'll repeat my point - which isn't going to go away.

I have to ask that whatever the NYT tells other people about me they also tell me - so I can respond.

For everybody's protection. To keep things straight.

That has to be in writing in a case like this - with the background that applies here.

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