Posted on 12/22/2005 9:44:56 AM PST by SirLinksalot
I am the only person who gets that.
This guy deserves the 'Nobel Peace Prize'.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Muffley:
But, how is it possible for this thing to be triggered automatically, and at the same time impossible to untrigger?
Strangelove:
Mr. President, it is not only possible, it is essential. That is the whole idea of this machine, you know. Deterrence is the art of producing in the mind of the enemy... the fear to attack. And so, because of the automated and irrevocable decision making process which rules out human meddling, the doomsday machine is terrifying. It's simple to understand. And completely credible, and convincing.
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0055.html
I firmly believe that artificial intelligence will end the reign of man on earth.
Either that or the Holy Trinity will come unannounced to earth and there will be hell to pay!
God works in strange ways PING.
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The source is suspect
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We'd all be interested in knowing the reasons why...
World Nut Daily....enough said.
Their motto: We exist to make the Weekly World News look credible
Thanks for that info.....I just don't trust WND :)
"Do you remember what you were doing on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 25, of that year? Not likely. But you came within a whisker of dying that day. Amazingly, the news about this didn't come out until 1998. And only since 2004 has the press actually begun to pick up on the story. "
I remember. I was changing shifts at Oscar 1 outside of Rapid City South Dakota.
Actually I do. I was launching five silvery weather ballons filled with hydrogen from a truck in Montana, and exploding them in midair. It was loads of fun. Why do you ask?
Born, just not in office
"I remember. I was changing shifts at Oscar 1 outside of Rapid City South Dakota."
I take it "Oscar 1" was a Minuteman LCC.
Anything unusual happen on that watch?
Yes, the moon once impersonated several thousand Russian missiles.
This is why you need bright people in charge.
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World Nut Daily....enough said.
Their motto: We exist to make the Weekly World News look credible
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Actually you have to be selective and discerning regarding ALL news sources, not simply over-generalize and then call everything they report or opine wacko.
This piece of information seems to have some credibility. Here is what the ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA, Wikipedia says :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
Stanislav Evgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Ñòàíèñëàâ Åâãðàôîâè÷ Ïåòðîâ) (born c. 1939) is a retired Russian Army colonel who, on September 26, 1983, averted a potential nuclear war by refusing to accept that the United States had launched missiles against the USSR, despite the indications given by his computerized early warning systems. The Soviet computer reports were later shown to have been in error, and Petrov is credited with preventing World War III and the devastation of much of the Earth by nuclear weapons. Because of military secrecy and international policy, Petrov's actions were kept secret until 1998.
This incident is one of dozens of high-risk decisions that were made by strategic nuclear forces over the years of the Cold War, often at the last minute, by administrative personnel far from the chain of command. It only became known much later due to military secrecy. The US certainly experienced similar events, and the USSR may have experienced others that remain unknown to this day
If you read it in WorldNetDaily, it's got to be true! /s
Thanks, I appreciate the info. FReeper Brilliant confirmed the account after I made the posting too.
"Anything unusual happen on that watch?"
Oscar 1 was an LCC and nothing happened. I was at Ellsworth from 80-84 and aside from EWO exercises, nothing spectacular happened to speak about.
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If you read it in WorldNetDaily, it's got to be true!
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Every single piece of news, be it from Worldnetdaily or the NY Times or your standard Conservative Magazines has to be read with with DISCERNMENT.
Over-generalizing and then dismissing something simply because you don't like the source is close-minded IMHO.
This article seems to have good historical data to back it up.
Here is another (how shall I put it ) more MAINSTREAM account of the man -- Colonel Stanislav Petrov ( his picture is also shown ). This from the Christian Science Monitor :
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0506/p07s01-woeu.html
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