[fnordfnordfnord]

Yup in 1983. Thanks to both of them. Petrov is still alive, so you can send him a Hallmark card if you're over 30 and glad to be alive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

[enraged_camel]

Or if you are under 30 and glad to have been born. :)

[mietek]

Do you have his address?

[fnordfnordfnord]

The thread is two years old, but it is a start. Let me know if you have any luck. BTW, someone in the Reddit thread points out that cash sent through the mail _will_ be stolen, so if anyone wanted to send him money, we'd have to me more clever about it.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dkear/can_anyone_...