Wargames

From: Jack Peacock <peacock_at_simconv.com>
Date: Sun Mar 22 15:36:44 1998

>I just saw Wargames; what an excellent movie! I encourage
everyone who
>hasn't seen it already to see it.
>
>I ask this question when seeing any technology-based movie;
>how much of the technology is actually possible? Who was
Professor
>Falken in the movie based upon? Can a JOSHUA be built?
>


Look for another movie sometime, "Dr. Strangelove". The crazed
nuclear scientist character in most all movies is based on Dr.
Edward Teller, father of the US H-bomb (Sakharov produced the
soviet H-bomb at the same time) and an influential advisor to
Eisenhower. Teller is also the guy who convinced Reagan to go
ahead with the "Star Wars" missle defense program (and if you
think that "Star Wars" was a stupid idea that was cancelled,
guess again, it is alive and well, just goes by other names
these days).

As for the rest of the movie, it was pure Hollywood. Secure
facilities don't have unsecured phone line, and especially no
incoming phone lines. BTW, the kid's computer was an IMSAI
S-100, and the graphics (if I recall correctly) were generated
by Godbout S-100 systems.
        Jack Peacock
Received on Sun Mar 22 1998 - 15:36:44 GMT