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|    Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw to Mikkel Haaheim    |
|    Re: James S.A. Corey's answer to There A    |
|    04 Dec 16 03:33:39    |
      From: chakatfirepaw@gmail.com              On Fri, 25 Nov 2016 06:49:26 -0800, Mikkel Haaheim wrote:              > Le dimanche 16 octobre 2016 07:19:43 UTC+2, Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw a       > écrit :              >> "Was I to die this moment, ‘Want of Frigates’ would be found stamped on       >> my heart." -- Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson       >>       >> The sensor platforms we are talking about are to interplantary war what       >> frigates were to Napoleonic naval war. (or radar stations and       >> satellites are to modern war).       >       > You appear to have a misperception of what such platforms can actually       > do.              Nope, plus: Non sequitur.              That was a response to your claim that the combat platforms are       "systematically considered more important." Thus I responded with a       relatively famous quote showing the claim to be false.              Given that you felt the need to delete the context that was literally two       lines above it and then lie about it: I accept your blanket concession       of the entire discussion.              --       Chakat Firepaw - Inventor and Scientist (mad)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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