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Re: Newspeak 2003
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Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:11:32 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> And to the Turkish citizens throwing things at the people trying to retrieve
> errant missiles - SHAME on you. A major reason for retrieval is to help
> figure out WHY they were errant (of course naysayers will say they were
> retrieved so that other countries could not harvest the technology - while
> this is a true concern, stopping it from happening again in the future is
> the main concern).
Tom, I know yourself as one of the most reasonable guys here, much more than
most of the other guys here including myself.
But Iwhat you are doing right now is trying to rationalize the things in a
wrong way, I believe.
Just imagine:
Some company dropped a cruise missile in your backyard by mistake, actually
no one harmed - just by extreme luck, not even it detonated, but you still
have a crater in your garden big enough that you can bury your whole family
members in without facing any difficulties.
Wouldn't your first instinct to beat some representatives from the same
company, whoever appears first knocking your front door to collect their scrap?
What I think a shame on us is 14 of these protesters are on court right now.
> Oh, and BTW, errant missiles count for less than 1% of the ones launched.
> In just about ANY technology I can think of, a < 1% failure rate is pretty
> good.
Imagine the hypotetical cruise missile mentioned above was one in a million,
not even one in a hundred, would it be still pretty good?
Selçuk
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| (...) Heck no, I'd stick it on ebay. ;) (...) On what charge? (...) Indeed, cluster bomblets have a 16% failure rate; I wonder who'll come and collect them? Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Note - the word "hit" needs to be qualified here. Errant missiles have not made it to their targets, but they basically crash-landed. Tomahawks are not fully armed until just before reaching their targets, so errant missiles may cause small (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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