Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site uwvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!myers From: myers@uwvax.ARPA Newsgroups: net.space,net.politics Subject: Re: Reagan's Star Wars plan (simple comment) Message-ID: <293@uwvax.ARPA> Date: Sat, 9-Jun-84 09:30:58 EDT Article-I.D.: uwvax.293 Posted: Sat Jun 9 09:30:58 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Jun-84 01:17:05 EDT References: <130@tellab3.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 24 >Man's fist was replaced by a club, the club was then >replaced by a spear, a spear by bow and arrow, arrows >by guns. . . .eventually man discovered Nukes were the >"ultimate" weapon to use against others. > >History shows it takes a BETTER weapon to make another >weapon absolete! *None* of the weapons mentioned are "absolete". Just watch TV for a few hours and you'll see them all. Possessing a superior weapon does not make other weapons obsolete, merely reduces their effectiveness in relative terms. There's a moral about SW systems here somewhere... P.S. Do *you* have enough faith in the programming ability of DOD programmers (or any programmers for that matter) to trust strategic decision making to an automated system? -- Jeff Myers ARPA: myers@wisc-rsch.arpa uucp: ..{seismo, ihnp4}!wisc-rsch!myers