Re: Whatever (was a lot of things)

Kevin Walker wrote:
> Another consideration is that some of these transport ships may not be
full
> military vessels although not with troop transports.	;-)  True, few
> governments probably employ civilian transport into combat zones these
day,
> but there is always the possibility that to keep logistics fleet costs
down
> some FT militaries might employ contracted transport ships.

In the last serious naval war (the Falklands) virtually all the
logistics
and troops transport vessels were ex-civilian transports, from passenger
liners to container vessels. One of the latter was even used as an
ad-hoc
aircraft carrier

> > Ever seen a chess player accused of cheesy tactics?
>
> Ahhh...but chess doesn't allow you to design the game pieces that are
used
> on the board or to alter the composition of the forces usually unless
you're
> playing some sort of variant.  ;-)
>
> --->8---
>

Have you ever followed the world chess championships ? Sure, game rules
were
strictly defined, but there was a lot of cheesy meta-gaming stuff going
on
(complaints about the shape of the figures, the game schedule, chairs,
lighting, food, protests about
hypnotic influencing by the opponent and all kinds of psychological
tricks)

Greetings
Karl Heinz