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1950's (?) black and white movie, husband and wife scientists have radio in their home picking up transmissions possibly from Mars. Their kid says "How about Pi?" (the number) while eating a piece of pie, suggesting that the number Pi be used as a code to check if the signals are intelligent by testing if they recognize the sequence of digits and continue it.
Movie had political overtones.
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1950's (?) black and white movie, husband and wife scientists have radio in their home picking up transmissions possibly from Mars. Their kid says "How about Pi?" (the number) while eating a piece of pie, suggesting that the number Pi be used as a code to check if the signals are intelligent by testing if they recognize the sequence of digits and continue it.
Movie had political overtones.
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1950's (?) black and white movie, husband and wife scientists have radio in their home picking up transmissions possibly from Mars. Their kid says "How about Pi?" (the number) while eating a piece of pie, suggesting that the number Pi be used as a code to check if the signals are intelligent by testing if they recognize the sequence of digits and continue it.
Movie had political overtones.
story-identification movie
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1950's (?) black and white movie, husband and wife scientists have radio in their home picking up transmissions possibly from Mars. Their kid says "How about Pi?" (the number) while eating a piece of pie, suggesting that the number Pi be used as a code to check if the signals are intelligent by testing if they recognize the sequence of digits and continue it.
Movie had political overtones.
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Red Planet Mars (1952)?
From Wikipedia:
An American astronomer obtains images of Mars suggesting large-scale environmental changes are occurring at a pace that can only be accomplished by intelligent beings with advanced technology. At the same time a colleague claims to have been contacting Mars by radio, using technology stolen from the Nazis after World War II. He communicates first through an exchange of mathematical concepts, like the value of pi, and then through answers to specific questions about Martian life. The transmissions claim that Mars is a utopia, which has led to great technological advancement and the elimination of scarcity, but that there is no fear of nuclear war.
This revelation leads to political and economic chaos, especially in the Western hemisphere, and is said to have "done more to smash the democratic world (or Capitalist?) in the last four weeks than the Russians have been able to do in eleven years."1 The U.S. government imposes a news blackout and orders the transmissions to stop due to fears that the Soviet Union could pick up and decode their messages. This ends when the next message reveals that the Earth is condemned to the constant fear of nuclear war as a punishment for straying from the teachings of the Bible. Revolution sweeps the globe, including the Soviet Union, which is overthrown and replaced by a theocracy, which is met with celebration in America.
But doubts about the authenticity of the messages remain. An ex-Nazi who developed the original communication device prototype wants to announce that he has been duping the Americans with false messages from a secret Soviet-funded radio transmitter high in the Andes mountains of South America. He says that he transmitted the original messages supposedly from Mars, but that the United States government made up the religious messages, which he allowed because he wanted to see the destruction of the Soviet Union. The mystery thickens as it appears the messages may have continued even after the secret transmitter was destroyed in an avalanche, but the American transmitter is blown up before the message can be received.
The line "How about Pi?" occurs at 22:24 in the video below:
All info blatantly taken from Boy asks 'How about pie?'
answered 27 mins ago
Jenayah
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Yes indeed, that is it exactly. Thank you! I had searched google for "How about Pi?" but not this site for that particular phrase. It seems that I visited that answer back in February 2018 which makes it particularly embarrassing that I've asked again here.
– uhoh
22 mins ago
@uhoh you're welcome! As for searching... Eh, I guess I spent way too much time on SFF - I Googled"How about Pi?"and the question linked was the second result... Web history when you hold us :^)
– Jenayah
19 mins ago
Also, search results are not the same everywhere on the planet. I'm in the far east and get the "first result in google" scold every few months and have to re-explain. See for example "After getting beaten up here for not pre-Googling, I can testify that..." in What is BECO? (Gemini) Same as MECO?
– uhoh
15 mins ago
1
@uhoh eh, that too! (Western Europe here) And by the way, that baby carrier example is gold :'D
– Jenayah
12 mins ago
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active
oldest
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
3
down vote
Red Planet Mars (1952)?
From Wikipedia:
An American astronomer obtains images of Mars suggesting large-scale environmental changes are occurring at a pace that can only be accomplished by intelligent beings with advanced technology. At the same time a colleague claims to have been contacting Mars by radio, using technology stolen from the Nazis after World War II. He communicates first through an exchange of mathematical concepts, like the value of pi, and then through answers to specific questions about Martian life. The transmissions claim that Mars is a utopia, which has led to great technological advancement and the elimination of scarcity, but that there is no fear of nuclear war.
This revelation leads to political and economic chaos, especially in the Western hemisphere, and is said to have "done more to smash the democratic world (or Capitalist?) in the last four weeks than the Russians have been able to do in eleven years."1 The U.S. government imposes a news blackout and orders the transmissions to stop due to fears that the Soviet Union could pick up and decode their messages. This ends when the next message reveals that the Earth is condemned to the constant fear of nuclear war as a punishment for straying from the teachings of the Bible. Revolution sweeps the globe, including the Soviet Union, which is overthrown and replaced by a theocracy, which is met with celebration in America.
But doubts about the authenticity of the messages remain. An ex-Nazi who developed the original communication device prototype wants to announce that he has been duping the Americans with false messages from a secret Soviet-funded radio transmitter high in the Andes mountains of South America. He says that he transmitted the original messages supposedly from Mars, but that the United States government made up the religious messages, which he allowed because he wanted to see the destruction of the Soviet Union. The mystery thickens as it appears the messages may have continued even after the secret transmitter was destroyed in an avalanche, but the American transmitter is blown up before the message can be received.
The line "How about Pi?" occurs at 22:24 in the video below:
All info blatantly taken from Boy asks 'How about pie?'
answered 27 mins ago
Jenayah
10.8k45686
Yes indeed, that is it exactly. Thank you! I had searched google for "How about Pi?" but not this site for that particular phrase. It seems that I visited that answer back in February 2018 which makes it particularly embarrassing that I've asked again here.
– uhoh
22 mins ago
@uhoh you're welcome! As for searching... Eh, I guess I spent way too much time on SFF - I Googled"How about Pi?"and the question linked was the second result... Web history when you hold us :^)
– Jenayah
19 mins ago
Also, search results are not the same everywhere on the planet. I'm in the far east and get the "first result in google" scold every few months and have to re-explain. See for example "After getting beaten up here for not pre-Googling, I can testify that..." in What is BECO? (Gemini) Same as MECO?
– uhoh
15 mins ago
1
@uhoh eh, that too! (Western Europe here) And by the way, that baby carrier example is gold :'D
– Jenayah
12 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
Red Planet Mars (1952)?
From Wikipedia:
An American astronomer obtains images of Mars suggesting large-scale environmental changes are occurring at a pace that can only be accomplished by intelligent beings with advanced technology. At the same time a colleague claims to have been contacting Mars by radio, using technology stolen from the Nazis after World War II. He communicates first through an exchange of mathematical concepts, like the value of pi, and then through answers to specific questions about Martian life. The transmissions claim that Mars is a utopia, which has led to great technological advancement and the elimination of scarcity, but that there is no fear of nuclear war.
This revelation leads to political and economic chaos, especially in the Western hemisphere, and is said to have "done more to smash the democratic world (or Capitalist?) in the last four weeks than the Russians have been able to do in eleven years."1 The U.S. government imposes a news blackout and orders the transmissions to stop due to fears that the Soviet Union could pick up and decode their messages. This ends when the next message reveals that the Earth is condemned to the constant fear of nuclear war as a punishment for straying from the teachings of the Bible. Revolution sweeps the globe, including the Soviet Union, which is overthrown and replaced by a theocracy, which is met with celebration in America.
But doubts about the authenticity of the messages remain. An ex-Nazi who developed the original communication device prototype wants to announce that he has been duping the Americans with false messages from a secret Soviet-funded radio transmitter high in the Andes mountains of South America. He says that he transmitted the original messages supposedly from Mars, but that the United States government made up the religious messages, which he allowed because he wanted to see the destruction of the Soviet Union. The mystery thickens as it appears the messages may have continued even after the secret transmitter was destroyed in an avalanche, but the American transmitter is blown up before the message can be received.
The line "How about Pi?" occurs at 22:24 in the video below:
All info blatantly taken from Boy asks 'How about pie?'
answered 27 mins ago
Jenayah
10.8k45686
Yes indeed, that is it exactly. Thank you! I had searched google for "How about Pi?" but not this site for that particular phrase. It seems that I visited that answer back in February 2018 which makes it particularly embarrassing that I've asked again here.
– uhoh
22 mins ago
@uhoh you're welcome! As for searching... Eh, I guess I spent way too much time on SFF - I Googled"How about Pi?"and the question linked was the second result... Web history when you hold us :^)
– Jenayah
19 mins ago
Also, search results are not the same everywhere on the planet. I'm in the far east and get the "first result in google" scold every few months and have to re-explain. See for example "After getting beaten up here for not pre-Googling, I can testify that..." in What is BECO? (Gemini) Same as MECO?
– uhoh
15 mins ago
1
@uhoh eh, that too! (Western Europe here) And by the way, that baby carrier example is gold :'D
– Jenayah
12 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
Red Planet Mars (1952)?
From Wikipedia:
An American astronomer obtains images of Mars suggesting large-scale environmental changes are occurring at a pace that can only be accomplished by intelligent beings with advanced technology. At the same time a colleague claims to have been contacting Mars by radio, using technology stolen from the Nazis after World War II. He communicates first through an exchange of mathematical concepts, like the value of pi, and then through answers to specific questions about Martian life. The transmissions claim that Mars is a utopia, which has led to great technological advancement and the elimination of scarcity, but that there is no fear of nuclear war.
This revelation leads to political and economic chaos, especially in the Western hemisphere, and is said to have "done more to smash the democratic world (or Capitalist?) in the last four weeks than the Russians have been able to do in eleven years."1 The U.S. government imposes a news blackout and orders the transmissions to stop due to fears that the Soviet Union could pick up and decode their messages. This ends when the next message reveals that the Earth is condemned to the constant fear of nuclear war as a punishment for straying from the teachings of the Bible. Revolution sweeps the globe, including the Soviet Union, which is overthrown and replaced by a theocracy, which is met with celebration in America.
But doubts about the authenticity of the messages remain. An ex-Nazi who developed the original communication device prototype wants to announce that he has been duping the Americans with false messages from a secret Soviet-funded radio transmitter high in the Andes mountains of South America. He says that he transmitted the original messages supposedly from Mars, but that the United States government made up the religious messages, which he allowed because he wanted to see the destruction of the Soviet Union. The mystery thickens as it appears the messages may have continued even after the secret transmitter was destroyed in an avalanche, but the American transmitter is blown up before the message can be received.
The line "How about Pi?" occurs at 22:24 in the video below:
All info blatantly taken from Boy asks 'How about pie?'
answered 27 mins ago
Jenayah
10.8k45686
Red Planet Mars (1952)?
From Wikipedia:
An American astronomer obtains images of Mars suggesting large-scale environmental changes are occurring at a pace that can only be accomplished by intelligent beings with advanced technology. At the same time a colleague claims to have been contacting Mars by radio, using technology stolen from the Nazis after World War II. He communicates first through an exchange of mathematical concepts, like the value of pi, and then through answers to specific questions about Martian life. The transmissions claim that Mars is a utopia, which has led to great technological advancement and the elimination of scarcity, but that there is no fear of nuclear war.
This revelation leads to political and economic chaos, especially in the Western hemisphere, and is said to have "done more to smash the democratic world (or Capitalist?) in the last four weeks than the Russians have been able to do in eleven years."1 The U.S. government imposes a news blackout and orders the transmissions to stop due to fears that the Soviet Union could pick up and decode their messages. This ends when the next message reveals that the Earth is condemned to the constant fear of nuclear war as a punishment for straying from the teachings of the Bible. Revolution sweeps the globe, including the Soviet Union, which is overthrown and replaced by a theocracy, which is met with celebration in America.
But doubts about the authenticity of the messages remain. An ex-Nazi who developed the original communication device prototype wants to announce that he has been duping the Americans with false messages from a secret Soviet-funded radio transmitter high in the Andes mountains of South America. He says that he transmitted the original messages supposedly from Mars, but that the United States government made up the religious messages, which he allowed because he wanted to see the destruction of the Soviet Union. The mystery thickens as it appears the messages may have continued even after the secret transmitter was destroyed in an avalanche, but the American transmitter is blown up before the message can be received.
The line "How about Pi?" occurs at 22:24 in the video below:
All info blatantly taken from Boy asks 'How about pie?'
answered 27 mins ago
Jenayah
10.8k45686
answered 27 mins ago
Jenayah
10.8k45686
answered 27 mins ago
Jenayah
10.8k45686
answered 27 mins ago
Jenayah
10.8k45686
10.8k45686
Yes indeed, that is it exactly. Thank you! I had searched google for "How about Pi?" but not this site for that particular phrase. It seems that I visited that answer back in February 2018 which makes it particularly embarrassing that I've asked again here.
– uhoh
22 mins ago
@uhoh you're welcome! As for searching... Eh, I guess I spent way too much time on SFF - I Googled"How about Pi?"and the question linked was the second result... Web history when you hold us :^)
– Jenayah
19 mins ago
Also, search results are not the same everywhere on the planet. I'm in the far east and get the "first result in google" scold every few months and have to re-explain. See for example "After getting beaten up here for not pre-Googling, I can testify that..." in What is BECO? (Gemini) Same as MECO?
– uhoh
15 mins ago
1
@uhoh eh, that too! (Western Europe here) And by the way, that baby carrier example is gold :'D
– Jenayah
12 mins ago
add a comment |Â
Yes indeed, that is it exactly. Thank you! I had searched google for "How about Pi?" but not this site for that particular phrase. It seems that I visited that answer back in February 2018 which makes it particularly embarrassing that I've asked again here.
– uhoh
22 mins ago
@uhoh you're welcome! As for searching... Eh, I guess I spent way too much time on SFF - I Googled"How about Pi?"and the question linked was the second result... Web history when you hold us :^)
– Jenayah
19 mins ago
Also, search results are not the same everywhere on the planet. I'm in the far east and get the "first result in google" scold every few months and have to re-explain. See for example "After getting beaten up here for not pre-Googling, I can testify that..." in What is BECO? (Gemini) Same as MECO?
– uhoh
15 mins ago
1
@uhoh eh, that too! (Western Europe here) And by the way, that baby carrier example is gold :'D
– Jenayah
12 mins ago
Yes indeed, that is it exactly. Thank you! I had searched google for "How about Pi?" but not this site for that particular phrase. It seems that I visited that answer back in February 2018 which makes it particularly embarrassing that I've asked again here.
– uhoh
22 mins ago
Yes indeed, that is it exactly. Thank you! I had searched google for "How about Pi?" but not this site for that particular phrase. It seems that I visited that answer back in February 2018 which makes it particularly embarrassing that I've asked again here.
– uhoh
22 mins ago
@uhoh you're welcome! As for searching... Eh, I guess I spent way too much time on SFF - I Googled
"How about Pi?" and the question linked was the second result... Web history when you hold us :^)– Jenayah
19 mins ago
@uhoh you're welcome! As for searching... Eh, I guess I spent way too much time on SFF - I Googled
"How about Pi?" and the question linked was the second result... Web history when you hold us :^)– Jenayah
19 mins ago
Also, search results are not the same everywhere on the planet. I'm in the far east and get the "first result in google" scold every few months and have to re-explain. See for example "After getting beaten up here for not pre-Googling, I can testify that..." in What is BECO? (Gemini) Same as MECO?
– uhoh
15 mins ago
Also, search results are not the same everywhere on the planet. I'm in the far east and get the "first result in google" scold every few months and have to re-explain. See for example "After getting beaten up here for not pre-Googling, I can testify that..." in What is BECO? (Gemini) Same as MECO?
– uhoh
15 mins ago
1
1
@uhoh eh, that too! (Western Europe here) And by the way, that baby carrier example is gold :'D
– Jenayah
12 mins ago
@uhoh eh, that too! (Western Europe here) And by the way, that baby carrier example is gold :'D
– Jenayah
12 mins ago
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