Re: Scouts.....
From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:53:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Scouts.....
--- John Crimmins <johncrim@voicenet.com> wrote:
> Isn't there a book by Stirling? Drake, maybe?
> ...in which hi-tech insurgents kick off the fun by
> knocking out the government's recon satellites? _Go
> Tell
> the Spartans_, I think.
>
> For more fun, electronic warfare: the enemy has
> hacked into the system and is scrambling your
> satellite view. You're seeing things as they were
> yesterday, or seeing an entirely different area
> altogether.
>
> Knocking them out entirely is more efficient...but
> less entertaining.
Uh. . . your maps are hardcopy (even now that we're
digital, we have hardcopy maps also). You can blow up
all the satellites you want, but the data ain't going
anywhere.
John
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