[ExI] david statue coincidence

[William Flynn Wallace]

So back then, Israelite vs Philistine.  Now, Israeli vs Palestinian.  Shows
to go ya: some things never change.  Well, OK they do: now the Israelis have
nukes.  The original story has the little shepherd boy David defeating the
big Goliath using technology.  Today, well, some things really never change.
In the long run, superior technology always wins.  Be the side with the most
and best technology.  spike

Here is a quote from an Israeli politician, I don't remember who, that has
stuck in my brain and I think I know why:

'Tiny Israel'

Yeah - look at the Arabian peninsula on a map.  Tiny.

The Arabs seemingly could overwhelm Israel with ease, but have been beaten
in more than one war.  They just can't stand it.

What DNA differences do you think exist between Arab and Jew?  I suspect
very little. Nothing worse than getting beaten by your brother.

bill w

On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 11:08 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Chris Hibbert
>
>
> On 8/21/16 "spike" <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
>
> > It wouldn't matter if David toppled if first you used a ultraviolet
> > LIDAR to make precise measurements of the statue, because then you
> > could use a 3D printer to make as many Davids as you want...
>
>
>
> I think this was John Clark's notion, even though it has my name above it.
>
>
> >...I've seen this suggestion a few times on this list, so apparently y'all
> aren't aware that this work has been done already at Stanford...
>
>
> Wooohoooo!  Go Stanford!  You guys are really on the ball up there.  And
> you
> don't even gobble up my tax dollars.  Life is goooood...
>
>
> >...Anyway, high-res scans are available.
>
> http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/dmich-sig00/
>
> Chris
> --
>
>
>
> Chris, if I hadn't already beaten this subject to death, do allow me to
> take
> another whack, orthogonal to the 3D mapping problem.
>
> David was an Israelite, who today we call Israelis, a slight variation in
> vocabulary.  His enormous adversary Goliath was a Philistine; today he
> would
> be called a Palestinian.
>
> In light of these observations, is it any wonder that the real art is
> locked
> away out of public view, while the one on display is a replica?
>
> So back then, Israelite vs Philistine.  Now, Israeli vs Palestinian.  Shows
> to go ya: some things never change.  Well, OK they do: now the Israelis
> have
> nukes.  The original story has the little shepherd boy David defeating the
> big Goliath using technology.  Today, well, some things really never
> change.
> In the long run, superior technology always wins.  Be the side with the
> most
> and best technology.
>
> spike
>
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