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The robot that Yul Brynner portrays in 1973's scif-fi thriller Westworld is an homage/spoof of his character Chris from The Magnificent Seven and he wears the same costume.

Archive 2008-04-01 Chuck Wells 2008

There, Mitchell, Jessen maintains a Secure Compartmented Information Facility, or scif, for handling classified materials under C.I.A. guidelines, says a person familiar with the facility.

Rorschach and Awe Eban, Katherine 2007

The cunningly plotted mystery, the frenetic thriller and wildly inventive space operatic scif-novel live here.

Archive 2006-09-01 Tripp 2006

The cunningly plotted mystery, the frenetic thriller and wildly inventive space operatic scif-novel live here.

The four kinds of novels Tripp 2006

For me, scif-fi means that I have a huge amount of control over every aspect of the story, and ideally, that means that the characters and plot which I create can then be reinforced, hopefully quite strikingly, with the settings and technologies that I choose for it.

Archive 2004-09-01 2004

Abruptly, Baal's tormentor squats down, grabs the poet by the hair, jerks his head up, whispers into his ear: "Baal, she wasn't the mistress I meant," and then Baal lets out a howl of hideous scif-pity, because he knows his life is about to end, to end when he has so much still to achieve, the poor guy.

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

Also, typically an SPM doesn't have to do much once the scif is approved.

Firedoglake emptywheel 2010

Uglies and Leviathan author Scott Westerfeld said that young adult fiction isn't constrained by traditional categories like "horror" or "scif."

"MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader 2010

Dan: My vision is for CSF to continue to grow and evolve as a place for discussion of scif-fi and sci-fi MOCs.

The Brothers Brick 2009

It will cover reading material hazard data sheets, writing a Cal/OSHA hazard communication program and proper labeling of chemical containers.www. scif.com.

Bakersfield.com Latest news 2009

All the classified material she would need to consult could be accessed only in a room on the ninth floor of the courthouse—a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or scif, designed to house classified information.

The Surreal Case of a C.I.A. Hacker’s Revenge Condé Nast 2022

Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (pronounced “skiff”), a U.S. Department of Defense term for a secure room. It can be a secure room or a data center that guards against electronic surveillance and suppresses data leakage of sensitive military and security information. SCIFs are used to deny unau­tho­rized per­son­nel, such as for­eign intel­li­gence ser­vices or corporate spies, the oppor­tu­nity for unde­tected entry into facil­i­ties for the exploita­tion of sen­si­tive activ­i­ties.

What is a SCIF? - SCIF (Skiff) Definition - SCIF Global Technologies 2023

If officials want to discuss military activity, they should go into a specially designed space known as a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIF—most Cabinet-level national-security officials have one installed in their home—or communicate only on approved government equipment, the lawyers said.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans Jeffrey Goldberg 2025