This Is What I Think.

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Today is 05/14/2024, Post #1





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https://web.ornl.gov/~cabagewh/open/postma.html

Herman Postma, 1933-2004

Former director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Herman Postma, former director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a community leader since his arrival in Oak Ridge in 1954, died late Saturday, November 7

appointed Laboratory director in 1974, he was the first director without Manhattan Project experience.









excerpts

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/giuliani-bankruptcy-judge-frustrated-case-215433668.html

Yahoo! News

Giuliani bankruptcy judge frustrated with case, rebuffs attempt to challenge $148 million judgement

MICHAEL HILL

Tue, May 14, 2024, 2:54 PM PDT

“Tell your client to stop," Lane told lawyers for Giuliani. "It's not complicated.”









IMDb

WarGames (1983)

Quotes

Stephen Falken: Listen carefully. Path. Follow path. Gate. Open gate. Through gate. Close gate. Last ferry 6:37. Run. Run. Run.









IMDb

WarGames (1983)

Quotes

Stephen Falken: The whole point was to find a way to practice nuclear war without destroying ourselves. To get the computers to learn from mistakes we couldn't afford to make. Except, I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson.

David Lightman: What's that?

Stephen Falken: Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up.

Jennifer: What kind of a lesson is that?









From 5/28/1944 ( Rudy Guiliani ) To 6/3/1983 ( premiere USA film "WarGames" ) is 14250 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/7/2004 ( ) is 14250 days



From 6/8/1993 ( commencement, Princeton University Class of 1993 ) To 11/7/2004 ( ) is 4170 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/3/1977 ( premiere USA TV miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth" ) is 4170 days



From 1/3/1969 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Whom Gods Destroy" ) To 11/7/2004 ( ) is 13092 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/6/2001 ( United States Justice Department announces that it no longer seeks to break up software maker Microsoft and will instead seek a lesser antitrust penalty ) is 13092 days



From 12/7/1998 ( as Kerry Burgess my first day full-time employment Microsoft Corporation in Seattle until 02/06/2004 as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and the active duty United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel circa 1998 ) To 11/7/2004 ( ) is 2162 days

2162 = 1081 + 1081

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/18/1968 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Is There in Truth No Beauty?" ) is 1081 days



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Big_Fat_Obnoxious_Boss

My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss

From Wikipedia

My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss is an American reality television series broadcast by the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox). The series premiered on November 7, 2004









IMDb

WarGames (1983)

Quotes

Stephen Falken: Are either of you paleontologists? I'm in desperate need of a paleontologist.









https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani

From Wikipedia

Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (born May 28, 1944) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 107th mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He previously served as the United States Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 1983 and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1983 to 1989.









IMDb

WarGames (1983)

Quotes

Jennifer: No, we're high school students.










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https://papersofprinceton.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19641124-01.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------









From 11/24/1964 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication, Princeton University: The Princeton Engineer ) To 6/3/1983 ( ) is 6765 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/11/1984 ( IN THE FUTURE: as me, Kerry Burgess, my Ashdown Arkansas High School Class of 1984 graduation ceremony ) is 6765 days



From 11/24/1964 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication, Princeton University: Hoyle: Stellar Reactions Create Earth's Elements ) To 6/3/1983 ( ) is 6765 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/11/1984 ( IN THE FUTURE: as me, Kerry Burgess, my Ashdown Arkansas High School Class of 1984 graduation ceremony ) is 6765 days



From 5/21/1969 ( from the thoughts in my conscious mind, coinciding with United States of America Veterans Affairs hospital psychiatric doctor medical drugs: the Princeton University doctor of medicine degree graduation of my biological brother Dr Thomas Reagan MD and in 1973 the law-doctorate graduate of University of Oxford, England ) To 6/3/1983 ( ) is 5126 days

5126 = 2563 + 2563

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/8/1972 ( debut of HBO ) is 2563 days



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/releaseinfo

IMDb

WarGames (1983)

Release Info

USA 3 June 1983

Full Cast & Crew

Matthew Broderick ... David Lightman

Ally Sheedy ... Jennifer









excerpts

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-reception-for-representative-rush-d-holt-princeton-new-jersey

The American Presidency Project

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

42nd President of the United States: 1993 ‐ 2001

Remarks at a Reception for Representative Rush D. Holt in Princeton, New Jersey

August 23, 2000

Bill Clinton: I was thinking the other day









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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-reception-for-representative-rush-d-holt-princeton-new-jersey

The American Presidency Project

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

42nd President of the United States: 1993 ‐ 2001

Remarks at a Reception for Representative Rush D. Holt in Princeton, New Jersey

August 23, 2000

Bill Clinton: So that's why we're for this. This is not complicated. So if you vote for Jon and Rush and Al and Joe and Hillary, you get—you don't get people that want these managed care companies to go broke. You don't get people that say, "Throw all the money you want to. Don't oversee doctors and whether they're wasting your money." You don't get all that. What you get is people who say, "Any institution, if left without any limits, is capable of forgetting its fundamental mission. The fundamental mission is the health care of America. That's what this whole thing is about."










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From 6/3/1983 ( premiere USA film "WarGames" ) To 10/7/2005 ( ) is 8162 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/8/1988 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2), my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Terrier MK 152 guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex Operator (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance) - CF-division, Missile Plot, USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, following my graduation Naval Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia ) is 8162 days










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IMDb

WarGames (1983)

Quotes

voice over intercom: Skybird, this is Dropkick with a red dash alpha message in two parts. Break. Break. Stand by to verify.

Captain Jerry Lawson: [grabs red binder] Stand by to copy message.

voice over intercom: Red dash alpha.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: [grabs his red binder] Standing by.

voice over intercom: Romeo. Oscar. November. Charlie. Tango. Tango. Lima. Alpha. Authentication: two, two; zero, zero; four, zero; Delta, Lima.

Captain Jerry Lawson: I have a valid message. Stand by to authenticate.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: I agree with authentication also, sir.

[they move to the red lock box, unlock it, remove cards from box, return to stations, snap open the card cases, and compare the card text to the message]

Captain Jerry Lawson: Enter launch code.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Entering launch code.

[Phelps enters DLG2209TVX]

Captain Jerry Lawson: Launch order confirmed.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Holy shit. Target selection complete. Time on target sequence complete. Yield selection complete.

voice over intercom: Begin countdown. T minus 60.

Captain Jerry Lawson: All right, let's do it. Insert launch key.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Stand by. Launch key inserted.

Captain Jerry Lawson: Roger. On my mark, rotate launch key to "set". Three, two, one, mark.

voice over intercom: T minus 50.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Roger, at "set".

[Phelps moves to next panel, pauses and looks over at Lawson]

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Sir.

voice over intercom: T minus 40.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Oh, uh, enable missiles.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: [flipping switch covers and switches] Number one enabled. Two, enabled. Three, enabled. Four. Five. Six...

Captain Jerry Lawson: [to himself, grabbing phone] I wanna get this straight with someone on the goddamn phone.









IMDb

WarGames (1983)

Quotes

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Seven... Eight... Nine... Ten... All missiles enabled.

Computer Voice: T-minus thirty.

Captain Jerry Lawson: Get me Wing Command post on your direct line.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: That's not the correct procedure, Captain.

Captain Jerry Lawson: SAC? Try SAC on the HF.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: That's not the correct procedure...

Captain Jerry Lawson: Screw the procedure, I want somebody on the goddamn phone before I kill 20 million people!

Computer Voice: T-minus twenty.

[LT Phelps tries the phone lines]

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: I got nothing here! They might've been knocked out already.

Captain Jerry Lawson: Right... On my mark, rotate launch keys to Launch.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Roger. Ready to go to launch.

Captain Jerry Lawson: Thirteen... twelve... eleven...

Computer Voice: [CAPT Lawson takes his hand off the key] Seven... six... five... four...

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Sir, we have a launch order. Put your hand on your key, sir!

Captain Jerry Lawson: [softly] I'm sorry...

Computer Voice: Two... one... Launch!

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: [pulls out his sidearm and aims at CAPT Lawson] Sir, we are at launch, turn your key!










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IMDb

WarGames (1983)

Quotes

Captain Jerry Lawson: I'm sorry.

1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: [cocks his sidearm] Turn your key, sir!










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- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 7:32 PM Pacific-time USA Tuesday 05/14/2024