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From thecure@ee.mu.OZ.AU Wed Oct 16 21:41:09 1991
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From: thecure@ee.mu.OZ.AU (TheCure)
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Newsgroups: rec.humor,aus.jokes,ee.general,decr.chat
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Subject: *WAR GAMES* - Top 25
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Date: 10 Oct 91 05:17:13 GMT
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Organization: Royal Australia electronic Wrestling Association - Network ( RAeWA )
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-=[ The top 25 *unbelievable* things in War Games ]=-
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[1] 15 digits to dial a local number? He dials 15 digits to connect
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to his school computer. Sounds the recordings studio went a bit
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over board with the sound effects...
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[2] The modem carrier tones. Really... Beeeeeep Beeeeeeeep Slllllh is
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normal. Not "diddly-de-duh" "diddly-de-duh" Again, the public wants
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cool noises, not the real thing...
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[3] The time taken to establish carrier. Really, hear the tone - and
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pmf! You're on? Handshaking? Anything? Naaah..
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[4] This is a beauty. He connects using a 300bps modem, and then gets
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the information on his screen at real time! Where can I get one
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of these?
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[5] A tiny technicality. I think the movie was made in 1982. (yes/no?)
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Anyway - he frequently uses full screen editing. Something that
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didn't really appear until vi hit the screen. (remember the curse
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of edlin?)
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[6] He *always* takes the correct disk from the shelf. Always. He has
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tonnes of 8 inches around the place, but always takes just one
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from the shelf, and it's always the right one. Really..
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[7] During his demon-dialling, he has the most fantastic modem detector.
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Not only does it detect carriers, it detects busy signals, *and*
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voice, all within half a second! Wow. (Want this as well!)
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[8] The *classic*. He attack dials with an acoustic coupler. How the
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hell is this possible? Really. And why did he bother to dial
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the first number in his demon list?
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[9] A tiny glitch. At one stage he's playing galaga (for the second
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time) - and he's "doing well" with 3 lives left. He dies, and
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pmmf! All his lives are gone, and he says he's owed a quarter
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for the game.
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[10] Whilst he's attack dialling, he picks up the acoustic coupler,
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shows it off (to show what's it's doing) - but the modem just
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keeps on going. What a clever little modem.
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[11] A dream this one. He calls a computer, is given a LOGON prompt
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(nb , not login:) - and manages to get information from WOPR
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without being logged on as any one. Wouldn't that be nice?
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[12] During his elite hacking, he asks for the printer to be turned
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on so he can get a hard copy. But! There is no noise! None!
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A silent dot-matrix printer! (or perhaps daisy-wheel! gasP!)
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[13] I wish I had a terminal like him. He connects at 300bps, and
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manages to get fantastic graphics up on the screen , on
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a tty terminal!
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[14] While he's playing with WOPR (the 1st time) he decides to
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turn off his computer. By flicking one switch, he manages
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also turn off every screen at the Defence Center! Gosh,
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does that mean when I turn off my computer without logging
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off, the other computer dies as well????
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[15] How is it that WOPR is able to trace where he lives, when even
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the telephone companies are unable to do it? Sheeeze, really..
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[16] He disconnects his computer frow WOPR (only a terminal remember)
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closes the phone line, yet the clock still counts down the time
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on his terminal (with a great deal of background ooooooohhs).
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[17] How is it that the most top secret military installation allows
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visitors to walk around on guided tours of it? really....
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[18] Another amazing feat, the "voice-synthesiser" he has in his
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bed room suddenly appears in the defence headquaters. And
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anywhere else he happens to be. Wow! That's a loud voice synth.
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[19] They apparently scramble f16's , but it's actually two f15's that
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take off into the air..
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[20] As they're running around on the island away from Falken's place,
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before the helicopter arrives, the island is *bathed* in light.
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Where from ? Amazing...
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[21] Look out DES. As WOPR is sprinting the launch password, it finds
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once character at a time! How long did it take to find the last
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character? Aaaaaaages. How long does it take to go through the
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alphabet?
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[22] As he's playing tic-tac-toe, the game gets faster, and faster,
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etc, and actually *drains* power to help WOPR think. I know
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for a fact that my lights dim when it comes to number
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crunching ..... :)
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[23] That woman taking damn notes from WOPR. Why? What is her job
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title? The "offical-watch-the-flashy-lights-on-wopr" job?
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[24] After all the lights and everything gets really flashy, the
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place is still in darkness. After the lights have blown, WOPR
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manages to turn all the lights back on!
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[25] The little clock on the side of WOPR only turns on when someone
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is looking at it? Wow! How about that for reliable!
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__ __ __ __ __
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/ /_/ /_ / / / /_/ /_ On candystripe legs the spiderman comes
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/ / / /_ /_ /_/ / \ /_ Softly through the shadow of the evening sun
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thecure@ee.mu.oz.au thecure@ecr.mu.oz.au thecure@phoenix.pub.oz.au
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__ __ __ __ __
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/ /_/ /_ / / / /_/ /_ On candystripe legs the spiderman comes
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/ / / /_ /_ /_/ / \ /_ Softly through the shadow of the evening sun
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