Michael Madsen Has Died

Re:Michael Madsen Has Died by StopTheWorld on Thursday July 03, 2025 @07:04PM (#44459843)

Can't forget his appearance at the beginning of the classic hacker movie, WarGames.

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Re:Michael Madsen Has Died by genghisjahn on Thursday July 03, 2025 @07:26PM (#44459953)

My kids and I use that phrase "THAT'S NOT THE CORRECT PROCEDURE!" whenever one of us isn't doing what we're supposed to.

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Re:Michael Madsen Has Died by bombcar on Friday July 04, 2025 @08:44AM (#44464024)

Reminds me of college days; we had a bit of tradition of changing Windows error sounds when the owner wasn’t looking.

Depending on which sound you chose it could be weeks or months until they hit it.

So maybe …

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Re:Michael Madsen Has Died by matt-attack on Sunday July 06, 2025 @03:07PM (#44483166)

“Turn your key sir.”

Always stuck with me.

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Re:Michael Madsen Has Died by jonbaer on Thursday July 03, 2025 @09:38PM (#44460465)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6aCpS0-yls

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Re:Michael Madsen Has Died by anon7725 on Thursday July 03, 2025 @09:40PM (#44460479)

I rewatched WarGames recently. It holds up and is worth watching again. In particular with our current concerns over AI it feels ahead of its time.

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Re:Michael Madsen Has Died by somenameforme on Friday July 04, 2025 @12:16AM (#44461084)

The interesting thing is that I think WarGames was likely [heavily] inspired by Colossus: The Forbin Project [1], released in 1970! It too, holds up extremely well.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project

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Re:Michael Madsen Has Died by jonbaer on Friday July 04, 2025 @01:47AM (#44461479)

Also Fail Safe ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_Safe_(1964_film)

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Re:Michael Madsen Has Died by cbanek on Thursday July 03, 2025 @10:45PM (#44460733)

Sir we are at launch, TURN YOUR KEY.

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