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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:06 PM Original message |
Did the Russians actually build a "doomsday machine?" (And is it still "ticking?") |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Double bad for us |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Hmmm, I thought they were best of buds! |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. There's that |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Still controlled by a 1980s Russian computer - OMG. Here's a Top Secret CIA photo> |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Steampunk, much? ;-) |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Just a tad. Russian Punk> |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:42 PM Original message |
"P3TPO" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Well... at least it's not filled with Microsoft bloatware. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Reminds me of the old expression |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Case modding, gone horribly wrong. |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Yea but was it patched for Y2K??? |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Nope, I use real languages :P n/t |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Automated communication network |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The USA built a communication network designed to withstand a nuclear strike too |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I remember when a Foxbat pilot defected |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Funny thing about vacuum tubes |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I have vacuum tubes from the 40s and 50s that are still working. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You might not believe this |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Actually several of my tube amps are hand-built... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Good on you |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I could as well... |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Lt. Viktor Belenko |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
40. Also found out that the wing root castings were steel. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thing to remember is |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
32. These aren't special missiles |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. but they still have a limited lifetime |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Ahhh.... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. yep |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Exactly! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Where's Slim Pickens when you need him? n/t |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. Relax... in reality, ANY nuclear launch system requires constant maintenence. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. Da! It is called Stolichnaya! Nostrovia, tovarich! |
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Danascot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. I thought all the Russian nukes |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. Check youtube for video of their hydrogen bomb, the Czar or Tzar, IIRC. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. Better pray to god we have one... else there'll be a doomsday gap! |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. It was to be announced at the next Party Conference |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. it's cuz of the flourine... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. This guy saw everything... He saw the Big Board. n/t |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
35. Skynet becomes self-aware at 2:14AM... |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. ...still beating everyone in the Bush Administration |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 06:55 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. And, it becomes activated by Dick Cheny's pacemaker! |
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