Thursday 31 March 2011

scenario





15 comments:

xtina said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQmkiKXB47M

xtina said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_%28audio_CD_standard%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Series

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_American_Scientists

xtina said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove

The title character, Dr. Strangelove, who was not in the original book,[9] serves as President Muffley's scientific advisor in the War Room, presumably making use of prior expertise as a Nazi physicist. When General Turgidson wonders aloud what kind of name "Strangelove" is, saying to Mr. Staines (Jack Creley) that it is not a Kraut name, Staines responds that Strangelove's original German surname was "Merkwürdigeliebe," without mentioning that "Merkwürdigeliebe" translates to "Strangelove" in English. Twice in the film, Strangelove 'accidentally' addresses the President as "Mein Führer."

The character is an amalgamation of RAND Corporation strategist Herman Kahn, mathematician and Manhattan Project principal John von Neumann, German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun and Edward Teller, the "father of the hydrogen bomb."

xtina said...

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to using science and scientific analysis to make the world more secure. FAS was founded in 1945 by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs. These scientists recognized that science had become central to many key public policy questions, and that they had a unique responsibility to inform public policy makers of potential dangers from scientific and technological advances, and to show how good policy could increase the benefits of new scientific knowledge. Priding itself on an ability to bring together people from many disciplines and organizations, FAS often addresses critical policy topics that are not well covered by other organizations.

With 86 Sponsors[1], FAS promotes a safer and more secure world by developing and advancing solutions to important science and technology security policy problems by educating the public and policy makers, and promoting transparency, through research and analysis to maximize impact on policy.[2] FAS projects are organized under four main program areas: Biosecurity, Earth Systems, Educational Technologies, and Strategic Security.

xtina said...

The Rainbow Series (sometimes known as the Rainbow Books) is a series of computer security standards and guidelines published by the United States government in the 1980s and 1990s. They were originally published by the U.S. Department of Defense Computer Security Center, and then by the National Computer Security Center.


These standards describe a process of evaluation for trusted systems. In some cases, U.S. government entities (as well as private firms) would require formal validation of computer technology using this process as part of their procurement criteria. Many of these standards have influenced, and have been superseded by, the Common Criteria.

The books have nicknames based on the color of its cover. For example, the Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria was referred to as "The Orange Book." In the book entitled Applied Cryptography, security expert Bruce Schneier states of NCSC-TG-021 that he "can't even begin to describe the color of [the] cover" and that some of the books in this series have "hideously colored covers." He then goes on to describe how to receive a copy of them, saying "Don't tell them I sent you."

Red Book is the standard for audio CDs (Compact Disc Digital Audio system, CDDA or CD-DA). It is named after one of the Rainbow Books, a series of books (bound in different colors) that contain the technical specifications for all CD and CD-ROM formats.

The first edition of the Red Book was released in 1980 by Philips and Sony; it was adopted by the Digital Audio Disc Committee and ratified as IEC 60908 (published in 1987).

xtina said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kahn

xtina said...

Kahn was reportedly one of the models for Dr. Strangelove from the eponymous film by Stanley Kubrick, released in 1964 (other prominent influences were Edward Teller, Robert McNamara, and Wernher von Braun). It was said that Kubrick immersed himself in Kahn's book On Thermonuclear War. Kubrick actually met Kahn personally, and Kahn gave him the idea for the Doomsday Machine, which would immediately destroy the entire planet in the event of a nuclear attack. In the film, Dr. Strangelove refers to a report on the Doomsday Machine by the "BLAND Corporation". The Doomsday Machine is precisely the sort of destabilizing tactic that Kahn himself sought to avert, since its only purpose was a threat or bluff rather than actual military application.

xtina said...

Dr.Strangelove as a true lie bluff

xtina said...

Ever wondered what a CD-R is doing
back in 1964?

xtina said...

girlz&boyz we'd better start working on the best case scenario

xtina said...

ok computer

ΑΡΝΗΤΙΚΟΣ said...

εμένα μ' αρέσει και το κομμάτι παντως http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rli7Lox113g

xtina said...

“Οι Πόρνες του Παρισιού” χτύπησαν κι εδώ;!
strange

ΑΡΝΗΤΙΚΟΣ said...

Το red book που χτυπάει εδώ, μήπως είναι του Μάο τελικά?

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Little_Red_Book

:D

xtina said...

είναι κι άνοιξη, πού να διαβάζεις φιλοσοφίες (χαιρετίσματα στο Βλάσση)