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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>…> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat<br>Subject: Re: [ExI] Missile Coordinates</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 at 14:20, spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Omar, what if… a missile battery commander switched the target coordinates, a missile went into a NATO country accidentally triggering World War 3, the POTUS couldn’t remember the code for the football, the USA ended up getting nuked beyond recognition before the American people even knew how to pronounce the name Lviv.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Oh the writers of this sim are so imaginative.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> _______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>…It's a war, remember? Everybody is lying / producing propaganda… BillK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Ja. This one appears to have a modicum of plausibility:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=447 height=162 style='width:4.6562in;height:1.6875in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D8FA60.421DC000" alt=image.png><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>…Using million dollar missiles to shoot down cheap drones is draining Ukrainian funds, so Uncle Joe better keep sending money and weapons…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Draining Ukrainian funds? Last I heard the USA was paying for those missiles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>>…</span>Or, if Ukraine 'accidentally' sent a missile into Poland and blamed Russia, maybe NATO or the US might send troops to help fight Russia and get World War III really started. BillK<o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoPlainText style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Ja. One might think we would be in some ways better off without nukes. Oy vey.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>BillK, it all causes me to occasionally let my mind wander into places where perhaps it is best to not go, and imagine, just for fun, just imagine… that all this… really is not a digital simulation. What if… it isn’t all just a game? It is some kind of… non-artificial… real reality? The mind boggles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>