Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!vortex!lauren@LBL-CSAM From: lauren%LBL-CSAM@vortex.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: "The Doomsday Machine" Message-ID: <2463@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jun-83 04:18:39 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2463 Posted: Thu Jun 23 04:18:39 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jun-83 19:38:40 EDT Lines: 14 From: Lauren WeinsteinRegardless of where the idea of "The Doomsday Machine" originated, it remains a completely unrealistic concept. There are those of us who have been affiliated with Rand (one way or another) for quite a number of years who always get a chuckle out of Dr. Strangelove's line, "... I commissioned a study by the 'Bland' Corporation ..." However, it should be noted that some "Dr. Strangelove" fans consider the title character to be modeled after Dr. Teller (the so-called "father" of the hydrogen bomb) and not after the RANDite mentioned previously. --Lauren--