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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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lchic - 06:44am Aug 23, 2002 EST (# 3919 of 3932)

Look again at 'freedom' and 'democracy' in the USA

Lchic contents that EVERY adult should be enfranchised, not disenfranchised, those imprisoned should have political representation - through which they can work to right the civil, civic, and cumulative wrongs of their environment to ensure, for example, that all kids learn to read - get literacy, and status and can feel proud of themselves and take their place in the community.

lchic - 07:03am Aug 23, 2002 EST (# 3920 of 3932)

Status credentials careers
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http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=status

Showalter - did you get that 'letter' from the CIA to give you the STATUS to function ?

Back to Showalter rshow55 8/22/02 9:18pm

lchic - 08:14am Aug 23, 2002 EST (# 3921 of 3932)

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rshow55 - 10:04am Aug 23, 2002 EST (# 3922 of 3932)
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.

Draper's Dictum:

To control a given system of any kind, the control elements of the system, whether autonomic or human, must be able to effect changes in the system in times less than one fourth (and preferably one tenth) of the characteristic time of the change of the parts of the system that have to be controlled.

That is, if the control system models the thing controlled well . If the model is too simple or otherwise defective, actuation and feedback must be faster.

Control speed has to be fast enough. Faster is better. But beyond a point, not much better. We've had computers "fast enough" for a long time.

rshow55 - 10:10am Aug 23, 2002 EST (# 3923 of 3932)
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.

EDITORIAL OBSERVER Mayor Bloomberg's Test: Teaching the Teachers How to Teach Reading By BRENT STAPLES http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/opinion/23FRI4.html

New York City's schools will continue to fail at reading instruction until the system embraces methods that have been shown to work.

I'll be working out arguments that are more general- specifically keying them to reading instruction, today.

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