Re:Show HN: Is the stock market going to crash?
by truffle_pig on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:59AM
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Yeah was trying to communicate "moderate risk", but it's kinda tongue in cheek.
Re:Show HN: Is the stock market going to crash?
by laumars on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:49AM
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We got the tongue in cheek point of the comment. However what is being discussed is the ordering. Defcon 1 is more serious than Defcon 5. ie it counts backwards from 5 to 1 as situations become more serious. So your comment should be Defcon 2.
Pedantics aside, I did enjoy those little comments you put alongside the threat level.
Re:Show HN: Is the stock market going to crash?
by jng on Monday August 07, 2017 @12:48PM
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You can just write DEFCON 3 and this will communicate the same "moderate risk" message to everyone, no matter their understanding of how DEFCON levels work.
Re:Show HN: Is the stock market going to crash?
by CWuestefeld on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:16AM
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The movie Wargames guessed wrong. As a result, the public understanding is backwards from the real NORAD numbers.
Re:Show HN: Is the stock market going to crash?
by dooglius on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:21AM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFCON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHBqJj0znYo
Seems consistent to me, DEFCON 1 is war, 5 is peace
Re:Show HN: Is the stock market going to crash?
by CWuestefeld on Monday August 07, 2017 @01:34PM
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My comment was from memory, based on my recollection of the director's commentary on the DVD. I'll have to see if I can find any supporting doc.
DEFCON 5 is peacetime, DEFCON 1 is imminent nuclear war. For example, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US reached DEFCON 2. Should this say DEFCON 2 instead? Or is "above" normal readiness the intended meaning?