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Computer from ‘WarGames’ going up for sale
The Sideshow-Yahoo News ^
| 6/26/13
| Mike Krumboltz
Posted on 06/27/2013 2:04:00 PM PDT by Kartographer
Good news for anyone looking to buy a computer capable of starting World War III. One of the computers used in the 1983 film "WarGames" is going up for sale, IT World reports.
"WarGames," the classic hacker flick starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, told the story of a high school student and computer genius (Broderick) who hacks into a military computer that controls the U.S. nuclear missile supply.
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To: Kartographer
I think the “WOPR” was IBM’s first attempt at a “laptop” computer.
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posted on
06/27/2013 3:36:26 PM PDT
by
Towed_Jumper
(What does it mean to be declared "guilty" in a nation without the rule of law?)
To: dfwgator
Does Ally Sheedy come with it? Do not want:
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posted on
06/27/2013 3:54:56 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
06/27/2013 3:55:25 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Not when its Aliyson Camarota!
BTW...Id love to be between Ally and Ms. Molina! NOT GUILTY!
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posted on
06/27/2013 4:09:30 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: Kartographer
But even the WOPR is no comparison to the computer of The Sea View! The SeaView's computer ruled! I'm not sure if any since have been more powerful. I mean, the blinking lights alone.
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posted on
06/27/2013 4:35:38 PM PDT
by
BfloGuy
(The imposition of a duty on the importation of a commodity burdens the consumers. --Ludwig Von Mises)
To: Kartographer
I imagine these days your home computer cell phone could run rings around WOPR in a test of computing power.Fixed it.
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posted on
06/27/2013 5:08:17 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: Rodamala
Depends on your cell phone. What if you have one of these?
Or something more modern like?
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posted on
06/27/2013 5:16:28 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Secret Agent Man
I want the WOPR.
Have it your way!
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posted on
06/27/2013 5:24:37 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: Rodamala
wopr is not black slang for whopper.
i want the wopr.
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posted on
06/27/2013 5:26:46 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/27/2013 5:32:32 PM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: dfwgator
Homely got her early on. :-P
To: fieldmarshaldj
She was cute in that one, though...guess she did too many drugs like the rest of the Brat Pack.
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posted on
06/27/2013 7:01:14 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
I saw that movie more than a few times when it came out (I remember it was playing at the same time as “Risky Business”, which I really wanted to see, but I was just 9, so...). I never did find her attractive, perhaps her weird teeth. She was also too old for “The Breakfast Club” (actually, aside from Ringwald and Hall, they were all too old). Then again, she was probably too old for WG.
To: Rodamala
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posted on
06/27/2013 8:13:06 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
To: DCBryan1
Hey, they don’t look 17 forever, and she’s not bad at all.
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posted on
06/27/2013 8:27:11 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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