On this day 22 years ago, Stanislav Petrov saved the world.
posted by basicchannel on Sep 26, 2005 - 51 comments

You may owe your life to this man If it weren't for Stanislav Petrov, many or even most of us reading this might be dead now - or never born, for the teens among us. At least according to this article, and the other links above.
posted by ramakrishna on Sep 5, 2004 - 34 comments