A five for him. I wonder how many times the world has almost died like that.

+5

This is nothing more than "This guy did a good thing. 5 if you agree!"

-2

He truly does win the internets.

seriously, this guy deserves way more credit...computers will cause the end of the world some day because of an error like this

+1

he should have talked to professor falken

+1

LOL @ roddy. Yeah, sounds like a real life War Games.

Giving credit where credit is due.

LOL i would have pressed the button!

+3

To unsung heroes

+2

Interesting. Learn somethin new everyday. 5'd

I never knew of this guy. Wow.

Indeed. 5 stars to him for saving everyone's asses.

I remember learning about him in history class.

Wow, very scary that we were that close to the brink of destruction! Very informative, I will remember the name Petrov indefinitely. Is there a website I can read more on this?

+5 for schooling me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

10/10+++ Would view again

http://www.brightstarsound.com/ Someone's tribute site to this heroic man. Contains clips of interviews, etc.

Microsoft(TM) Missile Detection XP

+6

Yeah, it's a good decision he made, but to be honest.. he would have to be pretty stupid to think it was a real attack. So this is more like, 'Celebration of the day a man used common sense and didn't do something stupid like 80% of the world's populatio

-4

Thanks for the history lesson. Btw, the music rocks... had it looping for 20 minutes lol. /fived

This story is old, and most certainly not worth 4.54 rating.

-5

I wouldn't say history's greatest hero, but certainly a hero.

I'd say the guys a hero for saving the human race....

5 Starred For Awesome. This guy deserves a statue.

I WOULD say history's greatest hero. Without him, the PCs upon which YTMND (and the Internets that it defends) would be reduced to cinders, under a mountain of LOL.

+2

anyone who downvotes this is a communist!

-1

Kinda makes me think of the movie The Hunt for Red October.. for some reason.

+1

A serious YTMND actually made it to the top 5? Is this one of the signs of the apocalypse?

upon which YTMND (and the Internets that it defends) RUNS. I fail at comment.

Press START to play.

+6

What a great man.

Now all it needs is a clip of a man riding a nuclear missile. YEEEHAW!

I'd let him store his missiles in my launch bay and day.

5'd cause that's the most kickass national anthem ever.

This man does indeed seem to be a hero.

A great unsung hero.

Man, what a pussy...

Just kidding, he pwns.

good music

awesome!

5 because it's the first time I've learned something besides "LOL BLACKS LIKE CHICKEN" from a ytmnd.

+2

Of course, for failure to carry out his duty, regardless of circumstances, he should have been subject to a court martial, possibly w/ capital punishment. A disgrace to his uniform !

-1

damn, he wins

OMG! 0_0 You just blew my mind!

^ wait, so Stanislav was the one who literally ran out the door? LOL.

+1 for education +3 for saving the world +1 for informing everybody

PUNCH THE KEYS FOR GODS SAKE!! LOL

I'm not a bitch. That must have sucked waiting to see if nukes actually were coming.

Wait. I just realized I learned something on YTMND. Never thought I'd see the day.

also cocks

brb, defecting!

Yeah I heard about this guy a while back, he rules.

QFT. I'd heard this story before but never seen a pic of the guy. 5'd for saving my ass.

five for soviet hero, Ohurrah Pobieda!!!!

Not Funny, but interesting and definitely cool.

Being new to voting confuses and infuriates me!

I always wondered if it would be worth being the man in the position to push the button. Just so that I could make sure it would never be pushed under any circumstances.

Hurray for Communism!

Let's see if 5 stars works in IE instead of firefox...

awesome

Where is your downvoter now?

5 for actually getting something educational on the top 5 (even though it's life there was evanescent).

he r great!

wait, so we're thanking this guy for not doing his job?

5 for Soviet Union's Anthem, by far the best national anthem that there ever was. It's a shame that it's gone.

+1

Actually that anthem is back thanks to Putin with some words changed around. I agree it is the best national anthem.

A big, American "TYTYTYTYTY" to you, sir.

Actually, those missiles I heard were really Norwegian weather rockets who misfired and headed toward the Soviet Union. Funny -- being Swedish I always knew Norway would do something like this!

Thank-god for this Comrad!

+1

I heard of this, but never knew his name. Too bad the Bush Administration hasn't ruled out using a nuclear strike against Iran...

One minute to midnight.

if it was me in his position, we would all be pretty dead by now

That is a great anthem for a country. Reminds me of a great drunken sing along with naked burly soviets.

Your missing one important detail. He was imprisoned for his acts of defiance.

this guy = teh win

Needs more 99 Red Balloons. (Back at base, bugs in the software/Flash the message, "Something's out there")

5'd for being true to himself. I think he prefered imprisonment to nuclear winter... just a thought.

I knew this

kind of means their whole system was useless. USA had the element of suprise, and they wasted it...

5 because soviet anthem kicks ass. also we are not dead. yay

Thank you, guy.

then, computers can error on that sort of.. oh geez, I need to call the white house back NOW!

this guy truly is a hero, communist or not, still a hero

Spasibo balshoye, Comrade Petrov.

He is the pimp of nations.

even if it weren't a false alarm, I wouldn't counterattack, and revel in how great I am. But good job for him.

nice

In Soviet Russia, Internet Wins You

wow, amazing history. Thanks for teaching me :)

O_o

I almost shed a tear. Bravo

Holy sh*t!

Impressive, good work bringing this to everyones attention

-1 because EVERYONE know captain planet is history's greatest hero. "The power is YOURS!"

Holy f*ck! kumakouji, it wouldn't just be the Americans getting "wiped off the face of the planet" if it wasn't for this man, you ignorant ass.

The missiles would have molested Planet and its Captain.

+1

+1 for Chav-Slayer telling the truth.

1.21 gigawatts!

Being computer illiteratedoes not make a person a hero.

-2

salut

awesome, 5 stars

"illiteratedoes" lol nice

"5 because it's the first time I've learned something besides "LOL BLACKS LIKE CHICKEN" from a ytmnd." Quoted for truth!

yay for him

I salute you, Mr. Petrov!

The text is too small.

Very true.

Informative, but really bad image and a generally effortlessly made site.

5 for feelgood ytmnd and warming my heart

Being computer illiterate does not make a person a hero. There corrected now f*ck off. He is the reason Bush is in office. His failure has cost the word more lives than a nuclear war to begin with. He slings from Bush's dick...f*cking piece of sh*t.

-3

I hate Bush too, but I'm pretty sure Bush hasn't killed 300 million people.

+2

Icewarm, your logic is flawed. Nuclear annhilation is not better than the Bush Presidency.

1 because I'm too drunk to read this. I'll change the score tomorrow.

...^Yeah, a nuclear war would only cost.. What. 3/4ths the world's population?

+1

Icewarm, your logic is messed up enough, but saying "He slings from Bush's dick...f*cking piece of sh*t." kind of renders your whole argument invalid anyway.

OLD still 5