Re: Are there any simple BBC internet radio programs for the Pi?

On 9/5/24 19:05, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
 

druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote at 20:33 this Wednesday (GMT):
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Our Trident nuclear subs check to see if civilisation still exists by
tuning in to Radio 4 long wave, if they don't hear anything, they
launch!

>
That is slightly scary.

 Can’t decide if that is less dumb or dumber than the Doomsday Machine in
“Dr Strangelove” ...

You want scary? It's not fictional. In 1985 the Soviet Union activated what they called the "Perimeter System" aka "Dead Hand", which once activated would look for signs of a nuclear strike on the "homeland", and if the algorithm decided they had been attacked, would launch every icbm in the arsenal, all pre-targeted. Still operational under the Russian Federation.