LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL Ronald Reagan was deeply influnced by SciFi when implementing policy. He reportedly initiated cybersecurity changes within the DoD after watching the movie WarGames and asking if it was plausible.www.newamerica.orgexternal-linkmessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1334arrow-down13
arrow-up1331arrow-down1external-linkTIL Ronald Reagan was deeply influnced by SciFi when implementing policy. He reportedly initiated cybersecurity changes within the DoD after watching the movie WarGames and asking if it was plausible.www.newamerica.orgLincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square35linkfedilink
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month ago… With space ships, lasers, and aliens. Is this like when people say heavy metal isn’t rock?
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoyeah…you think space ships, lasers, and aliens is science? How do you focus a laser to project a meter only?
minus-squareuselessartifact@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWell, it wouldn’t be a laser, more something like magnetically confined plasma.
… With space ships, lasers, and aliens. Is this like when people say heavy metal isn’t rock?
yeah…you think space ships, lasers, and aliens is science?
How do you focus a laser to project a meter only?
Well, it wouldn’t be a laser, more something like magnetically confined plasma.