> It's important to remember that Wargames wasn't about hacking and
> computers. It was about the foolishness of the Cold War. Basically it
> says, "Hey if a dumb computer can figure out how stupid it is, why can't
> we?" BTW General Berringer's line (something like) "I don't know about
> you but I'm not about to trust the security of the nation to a SILICON
> diode!" has a real-life origin. There was, in fact, in the late 70s or
> very early 80s a false missile launch detection resulting from a fried
> passive component like a diode. Somewhere I have an article about it.
It was traced to some "iffy" parts sold by National - probably simple
glue. It tends to get mentioned in several engineering ethics textbooks.
Wargames? Hated it.
William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Tue Sep 23 1997 - 14:19:39 BST
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