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The Javanese alphabet, when recited in order, forms a poem.

The Javanese are an ethnic group native to the Indonesian island of Java. They are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia with a staggering 85 million people. Most Javanese call themselves Muslim. The Javanese people are known for their rigid social interactions and mannerisms and Javanese etiquette held high. Today, they seem to be more relaxed, though.

Interestingly, the Javanese are thought to have originated in Taiwan, travelling through the Philippines and arriving on the island of Java. They are influenced by the Indian culture, as well. The Javanese alphabet is very unique. The alphabet itself tells a poem and a perfect pangram.

The poem is a story about a Javanese mythology about how the people became a civilization on Java. The poem translated says “There were two messengers, they had animosity among each other, they were equally powerful in fight, here are the corpses.” The myth came from the Javanese King Java Aji Saka.

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His name was Major Harold Hering, and asked the question on the subject of the two man rule. The two man rule is a mechanism for high levels of security where two people are required for a certain function or authorization.

It’s used commonly in nuclear launch scenarios to ensure that one person’s misbehavior or misconduct cannot cause disastrous results. The two man rule is used in the US Air Force to manage the launch of nuclear weapons and prevent a single individual from launching.

Hering’s statement that landed him in hot water came from the issue of the credibility of the person giving the order to launch. Harold Hering was posing his question to point out that there are no safeguards to verify the person issuing the order (in that case the president) is actually sane enough to be doing so.

Unfortunately, the military higher ups didn’t think very highly of his comment, and dismissed him. Do you think he had a valid claim?

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