Seymour, Oh yes sir
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 5:54 AM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > Strangelove was twisted because the times were twisted. We're ripe for a > similar parody on our own times. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Farley, Peter x23353 [peter.far...@broadridge.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2020 11:39 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Developers say Google's Go is 'most sought after' programming > language of 2020 > > For relatively recent fare, I agree 100% - "Person of Interest" leads the > pack. My favorite oldie -- "Let's play Global Thermonuclear War . . . " > (War Games), right after Dr. Strangelove of course, simply because it was > so twisted. > > Mutual Assured Destruction indeed. Is SkyNet far away? > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Bob Bridges > Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2020 10:21 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Developers say Google's Go is 'most sought after' programming > language of 2020 > > I've always loved "Colossus: The Forbin Project". Not many people have > seen it, as far as I can tell. > > The only problem I have with that movie - well, the main problem - is that > no programmer in the world would make such a system and then throw away the > Stop button. No engineer would do that with a machine he built, either. > Too many things can go wrong. > > But a fun movie, if you can ignore that. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* The only thing UFO aliens deserve is to be ignored...and when we > finally develop the right missiles, to have their smug, silvery little > butts shot down. Not a single reported UFO sighting -- if true! -- > describes the behavior of decent, polite, honorable visitors to our world. > -David Brin in a 1998 on-line interview */ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of scott Ford > Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2020 11:38 > > Like the 1970s flick , ‘Colossus , The Forbin Project’, > > Colossus and American computer and Guardian a Russian computer take over > saying ‘ Colossus and Guardian we are one’, or better yet My favorite show, > ‘Person of Interest’..... > -- > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
