Another thought about the movie "Dr. Strangelove".

Peter Sellers as "Dr. Strangelove"

Another thought about the movie "Dr. Strangelove". 

Somebody has sometimes asked me is this funny? When we are looking at Dr. Strangelove, we must realize that the movie is full of symbols, and the thing is that the passphrases would be easy to create from the list of "prohibited words".

Have you noticed, that in that movie Peter Sellers, who is acting Dr. Strangelove is also a cigarette smoking man, the famous character of many other conspiracy movies? The idea of that character is that if a person blackmails some other people, they might not dare to say, that smoking is prohibited in the command center or governmental buildings.

The thing, that is also in that movie is the commanding system, which looks or acts like brains. In that system is possible to create the word, what would make something happen, but the thing, what those people must make is to collect it from the little pieces. That system emulates the human brains, and do you know why we have so many nerve cells? The reason for that is that if one of those cells is missing, the main image of memory remains.

So the loss of the single neuron means many times nothing, but if we would make the precise things in some data system, that one missing letter would mean that the system is useless. If one single word is missing in the codeword, the command would go to the wrong place or the system would not open to the user. When we are thinking about that kind of system, the one missing letter in the words like "AYFARE", where the first and possible some other letter is missing might mean nothing, if we are looking for some hotel from the city.

The name of that hotel could be "MAYFAIR", "RAYFARE", "FAYFARE" or rather saying the first and maybe some other letter would be everything from alphabets, and that means that guessing that word might mean quite easy. But for denying that kind of attempt the system will have a calculator, and when the user tries too many times, that word could be changed, or the person must ask the support.

When we are thinking about this kind of situation, we must realize that by destroying the one single memory cell, that word can be hidden. But when we are deciding, what is the word, we must realize that the form of the word or instructions is also important. The picture of the hotel might be important, but the written word and instructions are also effective, and they are giving more possibilities.

So when we are thinking about the "Dr. Strangelove" as an instruction on how to make strong passwords the nasty words, what is connecting to word STRANGELOVE are effective. And when we are thinking about things like Coca-Cola Company, that thing might mean some hidden command center but it might mean C³ Command Control and Communication (Or Covert- Combined Operations Commando, (C, CO, C) what could be an assassin, who is in the right place of the system), but it might also mean just word LEMONADE. But when we are also thinking the final scenes, where Dr. Strangelove rises from the wheelchair, we can say the there would need a MIRACLE if somebody would guess the nuclear code, what is one of the biggest secrets of the word.

Image: https://vancouverweekly.com/dr-strangelove-kubrick-sellers-cinematic-masterpiece/