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From: lauren%LBL-CSAM@vortex.UUCP
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Subject: "The Doomsday Machine"
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Date: Thu, 23-Jun-83 04:18:39 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 23 04:18:39 1983
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From:  Lauren Weinstein 

Regardless 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--