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 [F] New York Times on the Web Forums  / Science  /

    Missile Defense

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 - 05:16pm Jan 14, 2003 EST (# 7638 of 7644)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Negotiation

As Showalter said, we communicate and speak regularly.

When his Coin : Heads-Tails where Tails - Showalter wouldn’t return the call, was posted:

Then a list of factors, as to what he was actually saying, ran through my mind:

?? WAS

    Showalter creating wibble-wobble-dither for response measurement
    Was a guineaPig factor being introduced
    I supposed to call – or not call
    Something happening that i had no knowledge of
    OR
    it a ‘Don’t call me – I’ll call you’ hint
With contact taboo i was left pondering these factors.

Knowing neither direction, nor what was expected, was a frustrating ‘time-mind-waster’ for me. That's a a frustrating ‘time-mind-waster’ !!

I tossed my coin – if Showalter rang – would i speak to him?

The reason I’m posting the above points is to illustrate that even where people have had strong, clear communication .... and then there’s a ‘switch’ .... as in one party switches off .... the whole working relationship becomes untenable.

My feelings and frustration were very real.

HOW REAL THEN ARE THE CONCERNS AND FRUSTRATIONS

of a country trying to negotiate with an other/s when there is :

    no history
    few bonds
    much distrust
    little cultural affinity
    no CLEAR aims
    language barriers

Back to Negotiating*Risks*Gambles:

Tossing the coin ... where/when he rang

“Heads I’d speak to him”

....... it landed Heads-up ...... the funny thing was ... when i turned it over .... there was a head on the other side too !

lchic - 05:21pm Jan 14, 2003 EST (# 7639 of 7644)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

robkettenburg01 - 05:16pm Jan 14, 2003 EST

    Your links no one opens and your timing is terrible - were the HTML God on duty my post would have followed on .... one assumes Johnson has to make his presence --- piece-work-postings earn him disrespect and dollars

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