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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 - 07:55am Sep 30, 2002 EST (# 4677 of 4688)
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US to sell R&D
"" we're only selling it for good uses, even though its "dual use" could help them penetrate our defenses; http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/30/opinion/30SAFI.html

lchic - 08:12am Sep 30, 2002 EST (# 4678 of 4688)
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Morally Forcing ...

"" "Let's just say we understand the mechanics of the whole process" of the collapse, Mr. Levy said.

Monica Gabrielle, who lost her husband, Richard, when the south tower fell and who is a member of the Skyscraper Safety Campaign, said the information should be disclosed. "If they have answers and are not going to share them, I would be devastated," Mrs. Gabrielle said. "They have a moral obligation." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/30/nyregion/30TOWE.html

The same 'Morally Forcing' will apply to that Nuclear ....

"Let's just say we understand the mechanics of the whole process"
of the __________________

"If they have answers and are not going to share them, I would be devastated," s/he said. "They have a moral obligation."

A thing that strikes - reading the Saffire piece - is that no one says ....

"It's important to know all we can about the failure of these buildings .... so that .... adjustments and improvements to 'other' similar structures might be made."

lchic - 08:28am Sep 30, 2002 EST (# 4679 of 4688)
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Communication - the voice pattern - a give away?

"" The process of accommodation also works between men and women, Dr. Gregory says: Mr. King was hummed into submission by Elizabeth Taylor.

... In the new paper, the researchers took three recorded samples from presidential debates and created a score that described how much each subject's voice varied

... the pattern they found was "also an absolute aspect of an individual's personality," and that the dominant candidates gave off "a certain charisma and confidence and self-esteem in their persona" that came across to people. It is possible that the candidate who is accommodating his voice the most may be doing so because he senses that he is losing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/17/science/social/17DEBA.html

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