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Not gunna lie, defcon sounds pretty awesome and the callsign of SKYKING is pretty freaking amazing and dystopian sounding.
by edm0nd 5y ago
Not gunna lie, defcon sounds pretty awesome and the callsign of SKYKING is pretty freaking amazing and dystopian sounding.
- themodelplumber 5y agoI think the writers of the film WarGames liked it too. They seemed to imitate the call with the phrase "Skybird calling Dropkick" in an impressive radio DJ voice. I noticed that GMRS radio IDs also have these effects on people sometimes. When I call with my ID in a place like Yosemite I'll hear other people on their FRS radios ask if they have a cool ID too. (Not that I think it is cool, but it's certainly different...and I think most prefer it to calling family and friends by name on a public radio band)
- aerostable_slug 5y agoThe Wargames RED DASH ALPHA MESSAGE bit has some relation to real life. There were RED DOT and BLUE DOT messages back in the old days (though that was in the encrypted payload, not the preamble) [0]. [0] https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2019-02-25/how-strategic-air-command-would-go-nuclear-war https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2019-0...
- a-dub 5y agoTURN YOUR KEY, SIR. click-click