Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!flink From: flink@umcp-cs.UUCP (Paul V. Torek) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: "The `Star Wars' Defense Won't Compute" in Atlantic Message-ID: <235@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 17:23:51 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.235 Posted: Mon Jun 17 17:23:51 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Jun-85 11:11:25 EDT References: <2111@ut-sally.UUCP> Reply-To: flink@maryland.UUCP (Paul V. Torek) Distribution: na Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 4 There was a letter to the editor on the subject of the computing requirements for "star wars" in a recent issue of *Science* or *Scientific American*, I'm not sure which. The author argues that it is impossible to meet those requirements.