Re:Best Hacker Movies of All Time [Vote]
by jksmith on Thursday November 14, 2013 @11:23AM
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They need to have "Real Genius" on there somewhere. Symbolics is actually listed in the credits, presumably for the contrived simulations that were run.
Re:Best Hacker Movies of All Time [Vote]
by ethomson on Thursday November 14, 2013 @10:38AM
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Jurassic Park may have been a bit silly with the Dennis Nedry "you didn't say the magic word" but at least it had some photogenic computers.
The CM-5 was a real beauty, certainly one of the more attractive supercomputers that ever was. (I think it was a Y/MP in the book which, while resplendent with a stately elegance, lacks the visceral blinkenlights of the Connection Machine.)
Also that weird Irix Motif-based file navigator thingy. Which I guess is cool, too.
Re:Best Hacker Movies of All Time [Vote]
by Baustin on Thursday November 14, 2013 @09:11AM
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A Listly user must have added one that they thought belonged on the list. I guess this could really become the top ##, depending on how many additions are made.
The CM-5 was a real beauty, certainly one of the more attractive supercomputers that ever was. (I think it was a Y/MP in the book which, while resplendent with a stately elegance, lacks the visceral blinkenlights of the Connection Machine.)
Also that weird Irix Motif-based file navigator thingy. Which I guess is cool, too.
The movie seemed more interested in product placement for SGI and Apple.
... although I still can't tell if it's a joke list or not because Hackers is on it.
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