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   Mikkel Haaheim to All   
   Re: James S.A. Corey's answer to There A   
   17 Sep 16 09:50:43   
   
   From: mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com   
      
   Le vendredi 16 septembre 2016 02:33:04 UTC+2, Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw a   
   Ă©crit :   
      
   I should point out that your method of observation is entirely realistic, and   
   is most likely how arrays would actually be deployed... mostly. Your   
   expectations of what they would be able to achieve, however, are not.   
   Your proposed system is the equivalent of a beat cop or security officer. When   
   they find something uspicious, they will call in more resources. It is a   
   system that has worked for millenia.   
   The problem is, you don't quite understand what stealth really is, or how it   
   is, or might be, used.   
   Take the scenario from whence stealth derived its name: you could have a cop   
   on every city block, and that cop might actually see the two pedestrians bump   
   into one another. However, this cop is unlikely to see the thief pick the   
   wallet any more than the    
   victim noticed. Stealth is NOT about not being seen. It is about not being   
   noticed.   
   The catburglar will also likely be seen dozens of times, perhaps even hundreds   
   of times, during the night. Passing patrol cars will see the catburglar. But   
   then they drive on. No one sees the catburglar when s/he goes behind a hedge   
   or over a fence, into    
   the back yard, and then through the window. No one sees the moment s/he leaves   
   the property. Dozens or hundreds of people, and the passing patrol car, WILL   
   see when the catburglar is back on the street going to the next target, or   
   going home. But these    
   observers will never stop the thief, or suspect the illegal activity.   
      
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