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For "authorized" advice, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2v0YuDatpc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2v0YuDatpc (Declassified USAF training material, 1958)

For "authorized" advice, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2v0YuDatpc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2v0YuDatpc (Declassified USAF training material, 1958), alternate source: https://archive.org/details/AirForceSpecialFilmProject416powerOfDecision https://archive.org/details/AirForceSpecialFilmProject416pow... (Amazing actors' performance included.)

simonswain 11y ago
SAGE is the inspiration for this... https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sage+computer https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sage+computer This thing was off the hook...
- masswerk 11y ago
  I once included this video in something similar (also relating to SAGE) as the help option, see this easter-egg: http://www.masswerk.at/google60/?q=list%20games http://www.masswerk.at/google60/?q=list%20games (option 4) (Edit: Similar just intention-wise, else much simpler, since just in ASCII, meant to be EBCDIC.) BTW: "System Technology" (SDC, 1960) is also an impressive source in this context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqu3YX2cLA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqu3YX2cLA8
  - simonswain 11y ago
    Nice Easter Egg!
    - masswerk 11y ago
      On "System Technology": See esp. at 17:00, ca., this is very similar to the view conveyed by your rendition (note the swarming aircrafts).
simonswain 11y ago
This video is great... and so dark. This stuff was for real.
- masswerk 11y ago
  Personally, I think the opening sequence can't be topped by anything in the context of Cold War.
patio11 11y ago
This film is a very good use of one hour of your time if you have any interest in history and a high tolerance for mind-numbing terror.
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krylon 11y ago
The Power of Decision is easily one of the most scary and disturbing films I have ever watched. I always used to think that Doctor Strangelove was a really funny movie, but after this, it was a lot less funny somehow (still a great movie, though).

simonswain 11y ago

SAGE is the inspiration for this... https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sage+computer https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sage+computer This thing was off the hook...

masswerk 11y ago
I once included this video in something similar (also relating to SAGE) as the help option, see this easter-egg: http://www.masswerk.at/google60/?q=list%20games http://www.masswerk.at/google60/?q=list%20games (option 4) (Edit: Similar just intention-wise, else much simpler, since just in ASCII, meant to be EBCDIC.) BTW: "System Technology" (SDC, 1960) is also an impressive source in this context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqu3YX2cLA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqu3YX2cLA8
- simonswain 11y ago
  Nice Easter Egg!
  - masswerk 11y ago
    On "System Technology": See esp. at 17:00, ca., this is very similar to the view conveyed by your rendition (note the swarming aircrafts).

simonswain 11y ago

This video is great... and so dark. This stuff was for real.

masswerk 11y ago
Personally, I think the opening sequence can't be topped by anything in the context of Cold War.

patio11 11y ago

This film is a very good use of one hour of your time if you have any interest in history and a high tolerance for mind-numbing terror.

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krylon 11y ago

The Power of Decision is easily one of the most scary and disturbing films I have ever watched. I always used to think that Doctor Strangelove was a really funny movie, but after this, it was a lot less funny somehow (still a great movie, though).