Topic: 00000000
started by: Paul
Posted by Paul on May 27 2004,13:34
"That's the stupidest combination I ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"-Dark Helmet
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< http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2004/05/27/007.html > Blair was a Minuteman nuclear missile launch officer in the 1970s, and regularly ran through simulations in which he and his colleagues launched up to 50 missiles at the Soviet Union. To launch a Minuteman in those days, one had to "unlock" the missile by dialing in a code -- the equivalent of a safety catch on a handgun. However, Blair reports, the U.S. Strategic Air Command was worried that a bunch of sissy safety features might slow things down. It ordered all locks set to 00000000 -- and in launch checklists, reminded all launch officers like Blair to keep the codes there. "So the 'secret unlock code' during the height of the nuclear crises of the Cold War," Blair says, "remained constant at 00000000." |
Posted by thibodeaux on May 27 2004,15:33
I blame Bush.
Posted by mbilderback on May 27 2004,15:38
^ :laugh:
Posted by unkbill on May 28 2004,06:42
I would have went with the Beatles. #9 #9 #9 #9
Posted by GORDON on May 15 2014,08:10
Bump. Oldest thread.
Posted by TPRJones on May 15 2014,08:15
Oldest original post date, or oldest last reply date?
Posted by GORDON on May 15 2014,08:16
(TPRJones @ May 15 2014,11:15)
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Oldest original post date, or oldest last reply date?
I dunno. Last one in the list.
Posted by TPRJones on May 15 2014,08:20
Ah, then it was the oldest last reply date.Was being the key word there.
Posted by Cakedaddy on May 15 2014,09:01
This thread used to brag to all the other threads about the record it held. Then Gordon came along and ruined it. For no reason. Gordon hates threads. Racist.
Posted by TheCatt on May 15 2014,09:02
So we should save the new oldest one.... and then the oldest one after that...
Posted by TPRJones on May 15 2014,09:05
So the only way to stay the oldest thread is to not be posted in and not be noticed, but once it does get posted in to point out it's the oldest thread it no longer ...... shit, I just lost The Game.