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Re:Why did words that end in "tron" once sound so futuristic... by moritzwarhier on Friday January 19, 2024 @01:28PM (#39059160)
Wow this is new to me, but is it true? Sources seem conflicting (on mobile, didn't watch and only did a brief google skim).

Edit: it seems to be false.

https://www.tampabay.com/trons-original-trailer-made-more-se...

> TRON is also a debugging command in the BASIC programming language, meaning "TRace ON." However, movie producers swear they didn't know this when naming the movie and just picked the name from inside the word "electronic."

Wikipedia agrees.

This just confirmed my principally suspicious attitude about trusting videos as sources.

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Re:Why did words that end in "tron" once sound so futuristic... by djmips on Friday January 19, 2024 @02:15PM (#39059734)
If you clicked on the video it was the DIY perks video...
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Re:Why did words that end in "tron" once sound so futuristic... by moritzwarhier on Friday January 19, 2024 @02:16PM (#39059744)
so? btw i did briefly (on mute) and was wondering it the commenter was joking or trolling, but it doesn't really matter.
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Re:Why did words that end in "tron" once sound so futuristic... by djmips on Friday January 19, 2024 @03:24PM (#39060598)
My bad, it was the the only video link in the comments and you had said "This just confirmed my principally suspicious attitude about trusting videos as sources." - so I just assumed that was the video you were referring too. Oops.
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Re:Why did words that end in "tron" once sound so futuristic... by moritzwarhier on Friday January 19, 2024 @04:06PM (#39061178)
Yes what I mean is that I just don't care about people supporting arguments online by any video, except when the arguments is about that video itself or events it is depicting. Video is, educational exceptions aside maybe, strictly superfluous or even detrimental as a medium to convey thoughts, except for rare circumstances.

But maybe that's just me.

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Re:Why did words that end in "tron" once sound so futuristic... by karmakaze on Saturday January 20, 2024 @09:58AM (#39068164)
I didn't hear the TRON/TROFF thing from the video, so I also won't trust comments made regarding a video by someone who hasn't watched it.

It was something that I heard around when the original Tron was released which I saw in theatres.

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