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		<title>&#8220;Hope you like vodka!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, I watched (again) one of my childhood favorite movies, WarGames. This is a classic, and a must see for anyone involved in technology. Some of the concepts used, are accurate (war-dialing) while others, a little far-fetched (war-dialing into NORAD). Anyways, in one scene the WOPR  is running a simulation of a USA/Russia attack. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This weekend, I watched (again) one of my childhood favorite movies, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/" target="_blank">WarGames</a>.  This is a classic, and a must see for anyone involved in technology.  Some of the concepts used, are accurate (war-dialing) while others, a little far-fetched (war-dialing into NORAD).  Anyways, in one scene the WOPR  is running a simulation of a USA/Russia attack.  One of the computer technicians views his screen and sees the continental US surrounded by 10 &#8211; 15 &#8216;red&#8217; submarines.  He turns to his colleague and says &#8220;Hope you like vodka&#8230;&#8221;.  <img class="alignleft" title="WOPR" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/WOPR.jpg" alt="" width="252" height="134" /></p>
<p>I then thought to myself, what an interesting state of mind to be in.  Growing up, and even today, I would laugh at the idea of another country attacking us, and having any sort of success.  But, I realize there was/is a time in our history (and today) where we have vulnerabilities, and we&#8217;re not necessarily the huge powerhouse I grew up thinking we were.  That said, it was interesting to see the characters in the movie, playing technicians in one of the safest places in the world, and they assume the Russians would clean up.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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