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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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rshowalt - 09:41am Jul 21, 2002 EST (#3214 of 3327)

MD3189 rshowalt 7/20/02 8:32pm includes this:

"This thread has been going on a long time. Gisterme , who is either Condoleezza Rice , or one of her team, or (word frequency analysis could verify this) an excellent imitation has contributed more than a thousand thoughtful postings.

"Has anybody found a fact or an argument that I've let stand on this thread that was wrong?

A good many of the facts were set out before March. Links cited in MD84 rshow55 3/2/02 11:52am deal with a lot of key facts and key discussion.

Issues of "how to check to closure" have been much discussed on this thread, and many of the issues are discussed in links set out in MD1076-1077 rshow55 4/4/02 1:20pm - - - issues that have been postponed, in part, because of security restrictions that have been of concern to me. Those things are well on the way to getting resolved -- and it may be possible to proceed with the proposals, so carefully discussed at length with gisterme - - and show how muddled and useless the US "missile defense" programs are.

I think MD1075 is interesting, as well.

wrcooper - 09:48am Jul 21, 2002 EST (#3215 of 3327)

lchic 7/21/02 1:16am

Adjust your medication.

wrcooper - 09:52am Jul 21, 2002 EST (#3216 of 3327)

rshowalt 7/21/02 7:32am

You've really gone round the bend, you know that? I would do a litle checking, if I were you. It would be easy enough to verify that I'm not George Johnson or Lou Mazza and that Lous Mazza is neither George Johnson nor myself. I think you've really lost it, Bob. Please do get help.

rshowalt - 11:03am Jul 21, 2002 EST (#3217 of 3327)

MD3101 rshow55 7/16/02 9:11pm includes this, and some other good stuff.

"I'll be willing to issue an apology to Johnson and others -- if you contact lchic or me, and arrange a conference phone call (better yet, a video conference) that convincingly establishes your separate identities. The conversation should be recorded. It should occur after enough notice so that questions could be asked. It should be OK to post the recording on the internet.)"

Why not. Or maybe just a conference call, to start.

If I should check in other ways, how exactly? Ways that can't be faked are the ones that are needed.

. . . I'll be in and out -- but we should be able to get this sorted out. It would be so EASY to do it definitively. And of course, I could be wrong. If I am, I'll make a clear apology, for anything I actually turned out to be wrong about.

lchic - 12:02pm Jul 21, 2002 EST (#3218 of 3327)

Showalter says he's listed here (2002) http://www.cinet.net/~mhundt/fonebook.jpg

mazza9 - 01:41pm Jul 21, 2002 EST (#3219 of 3327)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

wrcooper:

Luigi Vampa was a thief who is saved by Edmund Dantes, (aka the Count of Monte Cristo). This particular piece of literature has always been one of my favorites. The byzantine plot of this classic novel reminds me of the story being spun by RShowalter, RShow55, and RShowalt.

I think RShow55 is really lchic, gisterme and almarst. I've connected the dots and determined that the truth will out when RShowalt conceeds his true identity. And who is that? The dots are really Dorothy of the ruby slippers. lchic is Toto and Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly lion all rolled into one. Who better to discuss missile defense?

BTW I have, on several occassions alluded to the manner in which I might be contacted since my name is listed at the NSS of North Texas website at www.nssnt.org.

Luigi (my baptismal name!)

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