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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
- 09:27am Nov 13, 2003 EST (#
17494 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 called as I said I would. Sulzberger was unavailable, but
his secretary was gracious. A little later in the day, she
called me to say that the letter had been read, a decision not
yet made. I appreciated that.
A big part of what I asked for, but not everything, was
embodied in the following letter.
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FROM: Len Apcar DATE: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:01:37 -0500 TO:
<mrshowalt@mrshowalter.net> SUBJECT: Missile Defense
Dear Mr. Showalter:
Your letter to our chairman and publisher, Arthur
Sulzberger Jr., about your long participation in the Web
site's forum on missile defense, was forwarded to me. I thank
you for your participation in such a lively and interesting
forum.
Many people come and go from our forums and you are
certainly free to do so. If it feels like a burden to you, I
would certainly understand your decision to move on to other
projects and interests. We write about missile defense issues
regularly and I have advised our reporting staff about your
Web site and your work on missile defense issues in the forum.
Again thank you for your participation on NYTimes.com
Sincerely,
Leonard M. Apcar
Leonard M. Apcar Editor in Chief The New York Times on the
Web 500 7th Avenue New York, New York 10018
phone 646 698 xxxx fax 646 698 xxxx
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Here are links that are relevant
16574 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.AAUbbmt4XKD.13440@.f28e622/18289
Had a talk with the NYT line guy I've
referred to before. I was glad we had a chance to converse
I'm not sure the line guy I talked to knew
my key concerns until we talked a little while - - and I
wasn't nearly as clear about his concerns prior to talking.
Formats do what they do - and a thread like this - superb
for some things - is inadequate for others.
16589 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.AAUbbmt4XKD.13440@.f28e622/18304
It appears that there will be no face to
face meeting - and that one isn't needed in this case. I
hope that the paragraph above will work out in essentials,
with this modification:
I'm hoping that the Missile Defense thread -
after one or a few phone conversations referring to and
clarifying correspondence and an exchange of short letters,
(one of which seems fine now) will clearly demonstrate how
to solve the TECHNICAL problems of negotiating stable
outcomes to complex games involving both competition and
cooperation. In a case big enough to study, but not too big.
With real stakes, but not stakes too high to permit
intelligent function of intelligent people. Maybe that's
really going to be possible.
One thing I'm looking forward to is a chance
to comfortably and safely write a very warm thank-you letter
to The New York Times.
16633 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.AAUbbmt4XKD.13440@.f28e622/18348
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