On 7/17/06, Rogelio Serrano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
arms race. dunno if that's good. mutually assured destruction is what they used to call it. MAD-- where both superpowers had the assurance that the other had nukes pointed at them and both were afraid to destroy the world but not afraid to retaliate if the other so much as twitches. the software that runs missiles and antimissile technology is a matter of simple physics if one really wants to focus on such things. however knowing how to build something doesn't mean you have to. its not a perfect world i suppose. weapon systems have their uses but maybe we can turn most of our attention to healthcare and education to help improve people's lives. open source--- in healthcare, in education for example have far reaching effects that levels the playing field for the under privilege and the privilege and gives people the opportunity to be better than they are.
Why not? Relying on peoples good will and character does not always
work. Who is the perfect judge of character? This is technology and
its going to be passed around regardless. Iran is building their own
nuclear weapon which it intend to use on isreal as soon as possible,
Pakistan and india have their own long range missiles. So whats if we
acquired our own long range missile software? Or our own antimissile
software? If everybody had acess to that people will hesitate to build
missiles in the first place. Its all about balance of power and dual
use open software can dramatically improve that.
arms race. dunno if that's good. mutually assured destruction is what they used to call it. MAD-- where both superpowers had the assurance that the other had nukes pointed at them and both were afraid to destroy the world but not afraid to retaliate if the other so much as twitches. the software that runs missiles and antimissile technology is a matter of simple physics if one really wants to focus on such things. however knowing how to build something doesn't mean you have to. its not a perfect world i suppose. weapon systems have their uses but maybe we can turn most of our attention to healthcare and education to help improve people's lives. open source--- in healthcare, in education for example have far reaching effects that levels the playing field for the under privilege and the privilege and gives people the opportunity to be better than they are.
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