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Post #15,980
by brettj
10/31/01 11:01:07 PM
11/1/01 1:08:23 AM
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New In other words: Use IT to your advantage.
Information and knowledge are powerful tools. Some have even said, "knowledge is power". Does anyone disagree?

P.S. What is one of the first thing the Taliban did to the Afghan people?


Cut off their information lines, their communication with the outside world.

Do you think that is accidental?
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Post #15,983
by a6l6e6x
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10/31/01 11:10:47 PM
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New Suppose you know....
for a fact that within a minute your location will be hit by a 60 megaton warhead.

More power to you! :)

In this case, ignorance *is* bliss.
Alex
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #15,992
by Ashton
10/31/01 11:55:02 PM
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New Relax. They don't make those.
IIRC that was a Russian one-shot to see if it's true: no virtual limit to a thermonuclear device, once the fire is lit. Just add those Li spools and left-over -238...

So it's much more likely < 1 Megaton coming. Ergo:

Go ahead and putt; it'll be a minute or so ... before the shockwave hits. (Great cartoon, only a few years prescient, it seems)



Ashton
you'll have to catch the replay on cable, though..
Post #15,996
by brettj
11/1/01 12:52:08 AM
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New An ounce of prevention ...
... is worth a pound of cure.

Information/knowledge is as much about prevention as it is about healing.

There are two main ways to solve a problem: remove the cause, or dampen the effect.
Who would have thought IT and Medicine had so much in common?!
     Which side of the Intelligence dilemma are you on? - (brettj) - (20) - Oct. 31, 2001, 10:35:41 AM EST
         There's not a "side" to this, IMO. - (addison) - (15) - Oct. 31, 2001, 10:51:34 AM EST
             I disagree - (ben_tilly) - (7) - Oct. 31, 2001, 01:38:54 PM EST
                 But you didn't. :) - (addison) - (6) - Oct. 31, 2001, 02:34:38 PM EST
                     But I did - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Oct. 31, 2001, 03:39:41 PM EST
                         Media/government - (Brandioch) - Oct. 31, 2001, 05:06:20 PM EST
                         Terrorism isn't statistical - (kmself) - (2) - Oct. 31, 2001, 06:08:28 PM EST
                             True but... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Oct. 31, 2001, 09:45:38 PM EST
                                 Repeated warnings - (wharris2) - Nov. 2, 2001, 03:28:45 PM EST
                         NY may no longer be the top target. - (brettj) - Oct. 31, 2001, 10:52:53 PM EST
             Good answer. - (brettj) - (6) - Oct. 31, 2001, 01:45:25 PM EST
                 What can you do? - (Brandioch) - (5) - Oct. 31, 2001, 02:27:55 PM EST
                     It's not so much about what to do but what to look for. - (brettj) - (4) - Oct. 31, 2001, 08:58:11 PM EST
                         In other words: Use IT to your advantage. - (brettj) - (3) - Nov. 1, 2001, 01:08:23 AM EST
                             Suppose you know.... - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Oct. 31, 2001, 11:10:47 PM EST
                                 Relax. They don't make those. - (Ashton) - Oct. 31, 2001, 11:55:02 PM EST
                                 An ounce of prevention ... - (brettj) - Nov. 1, 2001, 12:52:08 AM EST
         One theory - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Oct. 31, 2001, 05:31:17 PM EST
             Sshhhh! -NT - (Ashton) - Oct. 31, 2001, 05:51:50 PM EST
             Disagreement - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 31, 2001, 09:24:14 PM EST
             Another theory - (jb4) - Nov. 1, 2001, 10:09:34 AM EST

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