Phew.

[jwgh]

kevinpease points out that twenty-two years ago today last month Stanislav Evgrafovich Petrov saved all of our lives.

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[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

Not "today," actually. It was on September 26. I just happened to be made aware of it. I think there are better reasons than anniversaries to get people talking about something.

[jwgh]

Thanks, I corrected this. I could use a little more sleep, I guess.

[muffyjo]

Wow! Very cool, if you have no objections, I'm going to post this, too.

[jwgh]

By all means.

[crisper.livejournal.com]

Now, now, let's not overstate the case: some LiveJournal readers may have been in the Southern Hemisphere in 1983 and probably would have survived.

[jwgh]

Come to think about it, it seems kind of inefficient for the planet to have TWO hemispheres.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

Ours has built-in redundancy, with two hemispheres, North and South, and two parity hemispheres, East and West. This is known either as RAIP6 or as RAIP5 with a spare parity hemisphere, depending on who you ask.

[donutgirl.livejournal.com]

we should watch Dr. Strangelove in his honor.

[jwgh]

Or 'War Games'.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

Or "Fail Safe" or "On the Beach" or "Russkies" or "Spies Like Us" or "Matinee" (in Atomovision!) or "The Package."

[cpr94.livejournal.com]

Or "Atomic Cafe". Just in case you've never seen the Duck and Cover filmstrip.