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From: glenn1@mtuxt.UUCP (G.SCHWARTZ)
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Subject: Star-wars,heh,heh
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Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 16:14:35 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 26 16:14:35 1985
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Star Wars is not only the biggest joke of the 20th century but a 
foolish and dangerous prospect.
First of all some backround: UNIX is written with approx. 10,000
lines of code, has been around for years, and is by no means
bug free. UNIX also has very limited real time capabilities.
Star wars would require approx. 2 MILLION lines of code, and
have to run in real time BUG FREE. This is completely ludicrous.
While we may be able to accomplish this one day in the 21st
century, we may not make it in the interim for various reasons:
1)The russians will just increase the number of warheads past
the saturation point of the system, rendering it useless.
2)The russians will continue to develop killer satelites that
are easily built TODAY. These devices need no advanced intelligence.
All you have to do is get them in the general vicinity of a
Star Wars station and BOOOM!
3)What do we do in the interim?
4)What do we do about the ever increasing deficit?
The mere controversy surrounding this beast could in itself start
the holocoust. By the way ask your local nuclear physicist what
would happen to the earths atmosphere when all these nukes are
detonated in the stratosphere. Break up of the ozone layer by
itself (which will be the first to go) will kill us from UV
exposure alone, not to mention radiation swirling around the earth.
Any one who supports this fiasco is an ignorant idiot who is also
suicidal. Go ahead and kill yourself but don't take us with you.
I don't need to mention names. And by the way don't you care about
your kids and the financial headache that youre leaving them with?
Or are all you Far Wars supporters selfish old people like Ronnie.
The only way to overcome this nuclear nightmare is through peacefull
discussion and carefull disarmement. It somehow must be done.
We must all make it possible. We must learn to have faith in
humanity. And we must put our ability to accomplish anything
into usefull purposes, not unreachable idiotic plans designed
to make industrialists richer. Reagan can go where the sun doesn't
shine.
       "Ashes to ashes all fall down".........................