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Offline Kosh

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BBC documentary - "crossing the line"
on: September 07, 2007, 12:52:44 am
Recently DL'd this and thought it was pretty interesting. A BBC film crew went to North Korea to interview the last remaining American defector that lives there. It goes into his personal history, why he decided to make a run for it over the DMZ, and his life in NK. Definately worth seeing.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Re: BBC documentary - "crossing the line"
Reply #1 on: September 07, 2007, 01:12:13 am
Wait, he defected into North Korea? ****, that guy must have an IQ of about 40!
 

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Re: BBC documentary - "crossing the line"
Reply #2 on: September 07, 2007, 02:03:36 am
I'd bet money that this story involves a woman.

EDIT : Oh, tell a lie. He defected cause he was facing a court martial. Would have been my second choice.
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Re: BBC documentary - "crossing the line"
Reply #3 on: September 07, 2007, 02:55:02 am
Quote from: karajorma on September 07, 2007, 02:03:36 am
I'd bet money that this story involves a woman.

EDIT : Oh, tell a lie. He defected cause he was facing a court martial. Would have been my second choice.

He was facing a court martial because of a woman.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Re: BBC documentary - "crossing the line"
Reply #4 on: September 07, 2007, 04:58:46 am
Yay! I win! :D
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Re: BBC documentary - "crossing the line"
Reply #5 on: September 08, 2007, 03:00:32 am
Quote from: Mefustae on September 07, 2007, 01:12:13 am
Wait, he defected into North Korea? ****, that guy must have an IQ of about 40!


His childhood and subsequent life in america was pretty ****ed up. that + court martial = nothing to lose.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Re: BBC documentary - "crossing the line"
Reply #6 on: September 08, 2007, 05:37:49 am
Yeah, but North Korea!?

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Re: BBC documentary - "crossing the line"
Reply #7 on: September 08, 2007, 05:28:50 pm
Quote from: Mefustae on September 08, 2007, 05:37:49 am
Yeah, but North Korea!?

That's like asking for a transfer from County Jail to Gitmo Abu Gharib!

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Re: BBC documentary - "crossing the line"
Reply #8 on: September 08, 2007, 11:20:06 pm
After the Korea war something like 12 US service members stayed in the country.  They did not WANT to return to the USA.

That was one of the reasons the USAF SERE program was started.
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