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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 - 08:09am Jun 17, 2002 EST (#2574 of 2592)

Is gisterme a high officer in the Bush administration, or does gisterme have close connections to such an officer? I've assumed so. The government knows this answer. People at the NYT know whether or not they have assumed so, or known so. Legislators could probably know if they asked, and journalists could probably find out if they worked at it. There is enough text that some steps toward identification of gisterme could be taken by computerized text analysis. Usually, it is a bad idea to try to "strip away" the anonymity of a poster. But there ought to be exceptions for sufficient reasons. I believe an exception would be justified in this case. Links to this thread by gisterme prior to March 1, 2002 are no longer available on the web, but they are available for inspection. Links thereafter have live links.

rshow55 - 08:09am Jun 17, 2002 EST (#2575 of 2592)

Postings by gisterme prior to March 1, 2002 are no longer on the web, but are of comparable quality to current ones.

2997: gisterme 5/2/01 1:09pm .... 2998: gisterme 5/2/01 1:39pm
3014: gisterme 5/2/01 3:20pm ..... 3020: gisterme 5/2/01 3:42pm
3025: gisterme 5/2/01 4:21pm ..... 3027: gisterme 5/2/01 4:29pm
3031: gisterme 5/2/01 4:43pm ...... 3037: gisterme 5/2/01 5:01pm
3040: gisterme 5/2/01 5:09pm ..... 3042: gisterme 5/2/01 5:20pm
3050: gisterme 5/2/01 5:40pm ..... 3060: gisterme 5/2/01 6:25pm
3072: gisterme 5/2/01 7:08pm ..... 3078: gisterme 5/2/01 7:26pm
3084: gisterme 5/2/01 7:51pm .... 3093: gisterme 5/2/01 8:52pm
3094: gisterme 5/2/01 9:05pm ..... 3145: gisterme 5/3/01 11:45am
3148: gisterme 5/3/01 12:13pm ..... 3153: gisterme 5/3/01 1:09pm
3160: gisterme 5/3/01 3:00pm ..... 3176: gisterme 5/3/01 5:16pm
.3209: gisterme 5/3/01 10:41pm . . . 3226: gisterme 5/4/01 1:38pm
3268: gisterme 5/4/01 4:55pm . . .3279: gisterme 5/4/01 5:31pm
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3314: gisterme 5/4/01 8:26pm ...... 3317: gisterme 5/4/01 9:33pm
3318: gisterme 5/4/01 10:17pm ...3319: gisterme 5/4/01 11:25pm
MD3353 rshowalter 5/6/01 10:55am .... MD3354 rshowalter 5/6/01 10:56am
MD3375 gisterme 5/6/01 5:05pm .... MD3382 gisterme 5/6/01 7:18pm
MD3386 gisterme 5/6/01 8:54pm .... MD3887 gisterme 5/6/01 9:12pm
MD3389 gisterme 5/6/01 9:31pm ..... MD3394 gisterme 5/6/01 10:30pm
MD3396 gisterme 5/6/01 10:50pm .... MD3400 gisterme 5/6/01 10:56pm
MD3401 gisterme 5/6/01 11:03pm .... MD3412 gisterme 5/7/01 11:56am
MD3413 gisterme 5/7/01 12:05pm .... MD3414 gisterme 5/7/01 12:19pm
MD3415 gisterme 5/7/01 12:34pm .... MD3416 gisterme 5/7/01 12:38pm

rshow55 - 08:11am Jun 17, 2002 EST (#2576 of 2592)

Postings by gisterme prior to March 1, 2002 are no longer on the web, but are of comparable quality to current ones.

MD3417 rshowalter 5/7/01 1:21pm .... MD3418 gisterme 5/7/01 1:41pm
MD3420 gisterme 5/7/01 3:25pm .... MD3421 gisterme 5/7/01 3:41pm
MD3434 gisterme 5/7/01 6:24pm ... MD3440 gisterme 5/7/01 6:45pm
MD3446 gisterme 5/7/01 6:45pm .... MD3453 gisterme 5/7/01 7:16pm
MD3456 gisterme 5/7/01 7:40pm .... MD3458 gisterme 5/7/01 7:45pm
MD3459 gisterme 5/7/01 7:54pm .... MD3460 gisterme 5/7/01 8:05pm
MD3466 gisterme 5/7/01 8:19pm .... MD3472 gisterme 5/7/01 8:24pm
MD3480 gisterme 5/7/01 8:28pm ...MD3487 gisterme 5/7/01 9:05pm
MD3554 gisterme 5/8/01 8:08pm .... MD3565 gisterme 5/8/01 9:23pm
MD3607 gisterme 5/9/01 4:29pm .... MD3616 gisterme 5/9/01 7:11pm
MD3618 gisterme 5/9/01 8:09pm .... MD3626 gisterme 5/9/01 9:16pm
MD3627 gisterme 5/9/01 9:21pm .... MD3628 gisterme 5/9/01 9:41pm
MD3655 gisterme 5/10/01 1:34pm .... MD3657 gisterme 5/10/01 2:31pm
MD3667 gisterme 5/10/01 2:31pm .... MD3669 gisterme 5/10/01 8:28pm
MD3693 gisterme 5/11/01 4:14pm ..... MD3694 gisterme 5/11/01 4:15pm
MD3706 gisterme 5/11/01 6:47pm .... MD3710 gisterme 5/11/01 6:50pm
MD3711 gisterme 5/11/01 6:55pm .... MD3712 gisterme 5/11/01 6:58pm
MD3714 gisterme 5/11/01 7:06pm .... MD3717 gisterme 5/11/01 7:35pm
MD3720 gisterme 5/11/01 8:35pm .... MD3721 gisterme 5/11/01 8:50pm
MD3722 gisterme 5/11/01 8:55pm .... MD3723 gisterme 5/11/01 9:02pm
MD3724 gisterme 5/11/01 9:12pm .... MD3725 gisterme 5/11/01 9:14pm
MD3829 gisterme 5/14/01 12:07pm .... MD3834 gisterme 5/14/01 12:24pm
MD3866 gisterme 5/14/01 7:58pm .... MD3868 gisterme 5/14/01 9:47pm
MD3913 gisterme 5/15/01 2:01pm .... MD3919 gisterme 5/15/01 3:54pm
MD3927 gisterme 5/15/01 6:24pm .... MD3930 gisterme 5/15/01 6:33pm

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