myers@uwvax.ARPA (06/09/84)
>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