Nukefix: Simulating your nuclear weapons program

If you want less Excel and more Wargames in your nuclear simulations, DEFCON is fun to spend a few hours in once in a while.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;store.steampowered.com&#x2F;app&#x2F;1520&#x2F;DEFCON&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;store.steampowered.com&#x2F;app&#x2F;1520&#x2F;DEFCON&#x2F;</a>

I was pretty young when I last saw web pages look like this but it warms my heart to see one again (unmodified since October 2001!). I think I’m going to find a way to get this running on an old machine this week…

On the topic of nukes, the latest Hardcore History addendum is kind of terrifying. It&#x27;s an interview with author Annie Jacobsen about her new book, &quot;Nuclear War&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dancarlin.com&#x2F;addendum&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dancarlin.com&#x2F;addendum&#x2F;</a>

Strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?

The website looks like it hasn’t been updated in decades, but did they add the bit about the epidemic recently or should we be worried that these folks just about predicted the present?

The screenshots are very confusing to me... it appears to be a Windows (95?) application, with variable width fonts, graphs, mouse support [0], but then certain elements, like the menu [1], look like a class DOS apps, with fixed width fonts and ANSI line drawing characters. Some screens, like data tables [2], look like they&#x27;re completely DOS-based, while others have a weird combination of DOS and Windows elements [3] [4] [5].<p>Quite strange! I suppose perhaps it started life as a DOS application and then moved to Windows, with old pages keeping the same fonts&#x2F;layouts to save time. Makes for an odd look...<p>0: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;stpage.gif" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;stpage.gif</a><p>1: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;stmenu.gif" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;stmenu.gif</a><p>2: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;twork.gif" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;twork.gif</a><p>3: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;preempt.gif" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;preempt.gif</a><p>4: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;ageone.gif" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;ageone.gif</a><p>5: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;mseefran3.gif" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukefix.org&#x2F;pixx&#x2F;mseefran3.gif</a>

Wow blocked by my work filter for &quot;Compromised Sites&quot; wonder how old that entry is.

There was also this site to simulate area affected : <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukethis.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nukethis.com&#x2F;</a>

This looks pretty neat to play around with, too bad the download link appears dead.