-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 18:06:19 -0800 From: Wes Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MC] Space warz, anyone? Well, it looks like the DoD is crossing over into the forbidden zone, merging with a civilian agency and the entertainment industry. Isn't this a blatant violation of a U.S. law? Alfred? Bruce? Carol? Is this a covert step toward a Star Wars joint venture? (See www.globenet.free-online.co.uk/index.htm) And consider this curious quote at the end: "I would warp people from different parts of the world into that room, like a Star Trek holodeck environment that could transport you anywhere. And then, talking in natural language, you could literally do things in months that would otherwise take you years." .... like blow up the world? What happens when a ritalin-Quake-crazed psycho hacker gets his hands on a cool tool like this? Army, NASA Merger Urged by Michael Stroud 3:00 a.m. 27.Jan.2000 PST There's nothing like hard times to bring folks together. Take, for example, NASA and the US Army. NASA's botched missions to Mars have put it on Washington's short list for budget cuts. And the Cold War has made Army spending another prime target. That's why the two are pooling their resources to improve something they both do undeniably well: computer simulation. Who, after all, but the Army can virtually fire a Howitzer? And who but NASA can simulate a space station docking? On Wednesday, the two government agencies announced plans to jointly develop simulation technologies. They hope teamwork will make the Army a lighter force and help NASA build the International Space Station and launch future space missions. "Some of our failures with the station and the [space] program helped sell the [collaboration]," said Samuel Venneri, NASA's chief technologist, in an interview. "People realized that we are at a limit of our capabilities." Neither the Army nor NASA disclosed financial details about the relationship. The agreement follows on the heels of a 1999 announcement that the Army would fund an "Institute for Creative Technologies," affiliated with the University of Southern California, to explore common uses for simulation technologies developed by both the entertainment industry and the Army. Announcement of the NASA partnership coincided with a conference on the Army's Simulation and Modeling for Acquisition, Requirements, and Training (SMART) program. The collaboration provides a way for the Army to train its troops to be combat-ready more cost-effectively and with less risk, said Paul Hoeper, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisitional logistics and technology. "Training is dangerous. We need to make it more effective at all levels." Hoeper wants Howitzer-firing simulators that look, sound, feel, and even smell like the real thing. While simulations are getting better, they're not good enough. "If you have a very good imagination and withhold skepticism, you can imagine that you're in the vehicle," Hoeper said. "We need to work harder on the sense of balance, the passage of time, some of the emotional issues soldiers feel when they're really in combat. Years from now, you shouldn't be able to tell the difference." If that conjures up bizarre images of virtual wars fought by virtual warriors, NASA's Venneri has an even more developed view of the kind of simulation he hopes the partnership will achieve. "In 20 years, I'd like to have people walk into a virtual room that would engage all your senses, hearing, touch, and smell," Venneri said. "I would warp people from different parts of the world into that room, like a Star Trek holodeck environment that could transport you anywhere. And then, talking in natural language, you could literally do things in months that would otherwise take you years." ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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