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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 - 06:37am Oct 31, 2002 EST (# 5395 of 5396)
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.

To "connnect the dots" it is necessary to " collect the dots " - - and lchic and I have been working to show how "dots" of evidence and argument can be collected using the internet. Information can only be considered, weighed, focused, and used to draw conclusions when it is available together - closely and conveniently enough in space and time.

Other people might collect other "dots".

Different staffs, with different viewpoints, might collect different evidence and opinions - not just individuals.

Patterns of umpiring can be fit into the crossreferencing format.

This thread has shown some of what can be done - and some things about this thread are organized if you click "rshow55" in the upper left hand of my postings.

One point I'd like to emphasize is the mass of material that can be collected and organized - with a lot of potential for crossreferencing - with this thread as an example.

Many postings have been made here - and many others have been made on the Guardian Talk threads - which are a more open format than the one here - one I very much admire.

Since this thread was rebooted in March of this year, there have been more than 700 links to Guardian Talk threads. To get and example of the number of links, and the way they are used, I'm collecting this sample - the links to the Guardian since #5000 on this thread. I deeply appreciate the chance to post here, and on the Guardian.

5045-46 rshow55 10/19/02 9:39am
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.eea14e1/1253 to http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.eea14e1/1318

5053 rshow55 10/19/02 5:04pm
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@116.j47Aa1Pz1m8.4@.ee7b085/383

5072 rshow55 10/19/02 9:55pm
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/350

5074 rshow55 10/19/02 10:50pm
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/289

5096 rshow55 10/20/02 10:20pm
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7b085/391

5146 rshow55 10/23/02 8:26am
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7b085/365
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7b085/383
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee79f4e/619
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee79f4e/618

5149 rshow55 10/23/02 12:17pm
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee79f4e/1556

5192 rshow55 10/24/02 1:03pm
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee79f4e/1556

5215 lchic 10/25/02 10:41am
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.3ba765cf/233
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.3ba76633/44
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@@.3ba76681/0

5229 rshow55 10/25/02 9:19pm
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/159
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/281
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/0
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/12
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/25
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7a163/218
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee79f4e/1556

5257 rshow55 10/26/02 12:30pm
http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?14@@.ee7b085/376

5307 rshow55 10/27/02 11:59am
http://talk.guard/

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