Jack Peacock wrote:
> >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
Is it just me or have these movies been out and already been tossed in
the bargain rental area at the video stores? You guys need to get out
more ;-)
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