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tesla Member (Idle past 1622 days) Posts: 1199 Joined: |
that's absurd. the chances are astronomical.
keep your mind from this way of enquiry, for never will you show that not-being is ~parmenides
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Hyroglyphx Inactive Member |
*deleted content because it was too voluminous especially when it didn't answer the question.
Edited by Nemesis Juggernaut, : delete content “First dentistry was painless, then bicycles were chainless, and carriages were horseless, and many laws enforceless. Next cookery was fireless, telegraphy was wireless, cigars were nicotineless, and coffee caffeineless. Soon oranges were seedless, the putting green was weedless, the college boy was hatless, the proper diet -- fatless. New motor roads are dustless, the latest steel is rustless, our tennis courts are sodless, our new religion -- Godless” -Arthur Guiterman
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tesla Member (Idle past 1622 days) Posts: 1199 Joined: |
no...i meant of worldwide global issues of impending disaster like global warming....wow....thats.alot of uh..stuff. sorry not what i was referring
keep your mind from this way of enquiry, for never will you show that not-being is ~parmenides
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Hyroglyphx Inactive Member |
no...i meant of worldwide global issues of impending disaster like global warming....wow....thats.alot of uh..stuff. sorry not what i was referring Dammit!!! I guess I should erase it then since it takes up so much space. I guess I'm not sure what you are asking then... Can you elaborate? “First dentistry was painless, then bicycles were chainless, and carriages were horseless, and many laws enforceless. Next cookery was fireless, telegraphy was wireless, cigars were nicotineless, and coffee caffeineless. Soon oranges were seedless, the putting green was weedless, the college boy was hatless, the proper diet -- fatless. New motor roads are dustless, the latest steel is rustless, our tennis courts are sodless, our new religion -- Godless” -Arthur Guiterman
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molbiogirl Member (Idle past 2670 days) Posts: 1909 From: MO Joined: |
that's absurd. Only the President can authorize a nuclear missile launch.
A military aide is near the president 24 hours a day with the football (the briefcase containing the codes and machinery to authorize launch of the United States' nuclear weapons). In the event of an act of war against the United States that would require a nuclear response, the president would turn to the aide and open the briefcase to initiate the protocols that authorize the military nuclear chain of command to launch strategic missiles at preselected enemy targets. The president enters a personal-identification number (PIN) assigned to him by the National Security Agency (NSA), the service based at Fort Meade, Md., responsible for electronic intelligence and cryptography. That PIN allows the president to authenticate himself as the commander in chief. The authentication code generated through the PIN proves to military leaders and the men on the nuclear platforms that the order is genuine and that the president has activated the launch-authorization codes to let fly the missiles. http://findarticles.com/...cles/mi_m1571/is_7_17/ai_72328612 The launch happens within minutes. You wanna point out where in that scenario someone might intervene? Aside from wholesale mutiny, I mean.
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tesla Member (Idle past 1622 days) Posts: 1199 Joined: |
yes but as the article points out: not exclusively.
keep your mind from this way of enquiry, for never will you show that not-being is ~parmenides
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tesla Member (Idle past 1622 days) Posts: 1199 Joined: |
I guess I'm not sure what you are asking then... Can you elaborate?
~nemesis juggernaut~ i believe that the impending issues facing a real threat to mankind would be : 1: global warming (or more pointedly, the effects of it)2: undocumented mass slamming the planet I'm just wondering what other "annihilation" scenarios there are that can be proven? and if proven, how do we potentially prepare to avoid them given awareness? Edited by tesla, : changed subtitle keep your mind from this way of enquiry, for never will you show that not-being is ~parmenides
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molbiogirl Member (Idle past 2670 days) Posts: 1909 From: MO Joined: |
yes but as the article points out: not exclusively. Wrong. The President, alone, makes the decision. Period. End of sentence.
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tesla Member (Idle past 1622 days) Posts: 1199 Joined: |
if you are willing to believe that, you should go to The White House and submit the question. that the possibility, that a president could be taken over by a fit of mental illness, permitting that the potential exists for world annihilation under the "exclusive" ability of the president to launch multiple nuclear missiles.
however, i believe the sharing of powers designed in our government make such an assertion silly. Edited by tesla, : No reason given. keep your mind from this way of enquiry, for never will you show that not-being is ~parmenides
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molbiogirl Member (Idle past 2670 days) Posts: 1909 From: MO Joined: |
however, i believe the sharing of powers designed in our government make such an assertion silly. To repeat: the balance of power HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A NUCLEAR LAUNCH. The President has exclusive authority. If you think otherwise, prove it. ABE: In the past, command and control of nuclear weapons was in the hands of dozens of people. In the 1950s, Ike predelegated launch authority to top military commanders. The situation remained unchanged until the 1980s. Which means: for over 30 years, dozens of people had the ability to initiate worldwide thermonuclear war.
The documents show that in January 1963, McNamara told other U.S. officials that he worried that a designated commander might confuse an accidental nuclear launch or explosion with an all-out attack. This problem convinced him only the President should "decide to launch in response to an apparent nuclear attack." 19980319 Edited by molbiogirl, : No reason given.
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tesla Member (Idle past 1622 days) Posts: 1199 Joined: |
DEFCON DEFense CONdition - United States Nuclear Forces
seriously, write a letter to the whitehouse. keep your mind from this way of enquiry, for never will you show that not-being is ~parmenides
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molbiogirl Member (Idle past 2670 days) Posts: 1909 From: MO Joined: |
DEFCON status has nothing to do with the decision to launch.
And the command and control procedures are classified you ninny. All we know, and all we will know, is that the President has SOLE COMMAND.
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tesla Member (Idle past 1622 days) Posts: 1199 Joined: |
i refuse to believe that. it would go against the purpose of shareing power. i don't see congress allowing one person to be able to initiate a multiple nuclear attack no questions asked.
i will submit for documentation for you, but it may take a couple days before it will be available. no promises. Edited by tesla, : sumbiting. keep your mind from this way of enquiry, for never will you show that not-being is ~parmenides
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molbiogirl Member (Idle past 2670 days) Posts: 1909 From: MO Joined: |
Your belief, of lack thereof, have no bearing on the truth of the matter at hand.
I suggest you read the link I provided:
Recently declassified U.S. government documents, now published by the National Security Archive, disclose one of the Cold War's deepest secrets, that during the most dangerous phases of the U.S.-Soviet confrontation during the early 1960s top military commanders had presidentially-authorized instructions providing advance authority to use nuclear weapons under specified emergency conditions. The documents show that President Eisenhower approved "predelegation" instructions in late 1959 so that top commanders would have the authority to make a rapid nuclear response if a Soviet attack on Washington killed national command authorities, such as the President. The instructions remained in place in "basically the same" form through the 1960s, although information on the later period and the current situation is still classified. ABE:
Nuclear Command and Control (NC2). The exercise of authority and direction by the President, as Commander in Chief, through established command lines, over nuclear weapon operations of military forces; as Chief Executive over all Government activities that support those operations; and as Head of State over required multinational actions that support those operations. Authority and direction are exercised through the NCCS. http://www.fas.org/...guide/usa/doctrine/dod/dodd-3150_6.htm Edited by molbiogirl, : No reason given. Edited by molbiogirl, : No reason given.
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tesla Member (Idle past 1622 days) Posts: 1199 Joined: |
that's some pretty old documentation. I'm not willing to trust it.
i don't believe if it did apply at all, that it applies today. Ive submitted an inquiry to the whitehouse. however, i still don't believe its a realistic threat. Edited by tesla, : No reason given. keep your mind from this way of enquiry, for never will you show that not-being is ~parmenides
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