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War in the Heavens.
Lee
—
12/23/2005 8:53:21 AM
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An interesting link on how
space combat
will be done.
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War in the Heavens.
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Lee
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12/23/2005 8:53:21 AM
re: War in the Heavens.
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Vince
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12/27/2005 3:57:00 AM
How do they afford all these battleships - isn't that kindof expensive?
(n/t)
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SDF
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12/24/2005 1:46:28 PM
Comparative costs
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RNE
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12/26/2005 4:55:16 AM
So you've read SF by Alastair Reynolds? He writes about the possibility of xenocidal interstellar machines.
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SDF
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12/27/2005 12:19:13 PM
Or Fred Saberhagen
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alcaray
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12/28/2005 5:15:00 PM
Or Dietz, now that I think about it
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alcaray
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12/28/2005 5:19:32 PM
I have...
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Fox
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12/27/2005 8:18:25 PM
re: So you've read SF by Alastair Reynolds? Not that I recall
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RNE
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12/27/2005 5:00:55 PM
Ok. I've read an awful lot of sci-fi and I can't really say that my opinons haven't been at least influenced by their books.
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SDF
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12/27/2005 6:25:59 PM
Hmmmmm, could be me
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RNE
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12/27/2005 7:33:09 PM
Can't argue with that, most sci-fi authors have been wrong about the future
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SDF
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12/28/2005 7:17:06 AM
re: Can't argue with that, most sci-fi authors have been wrong about the future
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LJK
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12/30/2005 4:09:18 PM
ROFLMAO!
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RNE
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12/30/2005 7:35:29 PM
LOL!
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RNE
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12/28/2005 5:28:58 PM
Office of Home World Security
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Peter Bruener
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12/25/2005 6:43:23 AM
Smoking ruins
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RNE
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12/26/2005 4:39:38 AM
Littoral Strategy
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Peter Bruener
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12/28/2005 11:34:14 PM
Takes a deep breath.
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RNE
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12/29/2005 2:29:34 AM
The Big Deep...
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Peter Bruener
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12/30/2005 6:32:45 AM
Everybody fights, nobody quits
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RNE
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12/30/2005 7:28:47 PM
Which begs the question of what exactly they are fighting over to make it worthwhile?
(n/t)
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SDF
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12/24/2005 2:16:11 PM
Not sure I agree with this guy
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alcaray
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12/23/2005 6:54:38 PM
Would it?
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Lee
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12/23/2005 7:59:34 PM
Mass goes up with the cube, as I said. So, yes.
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alcaray
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12/23/2005 8:09:27 PM
re: "mitigating architecture"
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Fox
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12/24/2005 3:46:33 AM
re: "mitigating architecture", and Moore's Law
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RNE
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12/26/2005 5:20:31 AM
It would still be cool to see space battles portrayed that way.
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Lee
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12/23/2005 10:01:52 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.