FILE_ID.DIZ Description (1994)

Re:FILE_ID.DIZ Description (1994) by herodoturtle on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:20AM (#40488133)

I’m the biggest fan of Hackers but that scene has always irked me.

They’re all so impressed with Dade’s knowledge yet he simply appears to be reading the cover title of each book as it gets passed.

Someone please give me a meta explanation that justifies this so that my inner fanboy can sleep better at night. I’ve probably watched Hackers 100s of times. Best love story ever.

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Re:FILE_ID.DIZ Description (1994) by doublerabbit on Monday May 27, 2024 @10:23AM (#40490986)

The nicknames given to each book is what he's being tested on.

"The dragoon book", "That ugly red book that wont sit on the shelf" and so on.

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Re:FILE_ID.DIZ Description (1994) by fragmede on Monday May 27, 2024 @12:19PM (#40492174)

physical books weren't just given away to anyone who asked back then, so getting a copy of one is an achievement in the first place so the assumption is if you got it, you read it and by reading the title out loud he's saying I know what's in those books, like the anarchist cookbook

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