lauren%LBL-CSAM@vortex.UUCP (06/23/83)
From: Lauren Weinstein <vortex!lauren@LBL-CSAM> Regardless of where the idea of "The Doomsday Machine" originated, it remains a completely unrealistic concept. There are those of us who have been affiliated with Rand (one way or another) for quite a number of years who always get a chuckle out of Dr. Strangelove's line, "... I commissioned a study by the 'Bland' Corporation ..." However, it should be noted that some "Dr. Strangelove" fans consider the title character to be modeled after Dr. Teller (the so-called "father" of the hydrogen bomb) and not after the RANDite mentioned previously. --Lauren--