Stanislav Petrov, 'The Man Who Saved The World,' Dies At 77.
If you don't recognize the name, perhaps you recognize the story -- his refusal to launch a counterstrike when a Soviet computer reported that the US had launched an improbably-small handful of missiles in 1983 kept World War III from starting over a computer bug. According to the article he actually passed away in May, but no one realized at tthat he was the officer whose insistence on checking the results he saw saved the world from nuclear annihilation.
If you don't recognize the name, perhaps you recognize the story -- his refusal to launch a counterstrike when a Soviet computer reported that the US had launched an improbably-small handful of missiles in 1983 kept World War III from starting over a computer bug. According to the article he actually passed away in May, but no one realized at tthat he was the officer whose insistence on checking the results he saw saved the world from nuclear annihilation.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....