• Huh

    From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to All on Friday, September 06, 2024 22:52:23
    Hello everybody!

    I'm watching Miami Vice and in S04E07 ("Missing Hours") at around 12 minutes in, a very young Chris Rock is talking about being on a BBS.

    Ah, the 80s.

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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to Sean Dennis on Saturday, September 07, 2024 06:47:57
    On 06 Sep 24 22:52:23, Sean Dennis said the following to All:

    I'm watching Miami Vice and in S04E07 ("Missing Hours") at around 12 minute in, a very young Chris Rock is talking about being on a BBS.

    Ah, the 80s.

    Good catch, I'll have to revisit that episode....

    I heard that "Global Thermonuclear War" was a popular 80's door game, haha

    Nick

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Nick Andre on Saturday, September 07, 2024 11:53:44
    Good catch, I'll have to revisit that episode....

    James Brown also stars in that episode. It's a really bizzare episode.

    I heard that "Global Thermonuclear War" was a popular 80's door game, haha

    Along with chess.

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to digimaus on Saturday, September 07, 2024 11:54:28
    James Brown also stars in that episode. It's a really bizzare episode.

    /bizarre dangit



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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to Digimaus on Saturday, September 07, 2024 12:02:39
    On 07 Sep 24 11:53:44, Digimaus said the following to Nick Andre:

    I heard that "Global Thermonuclear War" was a popular 80's door game, haha

    Along with chess.

    What I always found amusing was the animated flying envelopes for emails and Usenet postings in Mission Impossible.... Tom Cruise being a super hacker spamming every group involving the Book of Job.

    And every movie involving tech just HAS to have a big countdown timer, big 24-point fonts etc. Beep beep beep.

    Remember Under Siege where the entire navy ship's computers have to reboot and its the sound of the Apple 2 floppy-boot sequence? Same with The Fugitive where Harrison Ford searches a database for one-armed men. Apple floppy noise.

    Nick

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  • From Kurt Weiske@618:300/16 to digimaus on Saturday, September 07, 2024 10:52:01
    Re: Re: Huh
    By: digimaus to Nick Andre on Sat Sep 07 2024 11:53 am

    I heard that "Global Thermonuclear War" was a popular 80's door game, hah
    Along with chess.

    In case anyone's looking for a list of games...

    U.S. FIRST STRIKE
    USSR FIRST STRIKE
    NATO / WARSAW PACT
    FAR EAST STRATEGY
    US USSR ESCALATION
    MIDDLE EAST WAR
    USSR CHINA ATTACK
    INDIA PAKISTAN WAR
    MEDITERRANEAN WAR
    HONGKONG VARIANT
    SEATO DECAPITATING
    CUBAN PROVOCATION
    ATLANTIC HEAVY
    CUBAN PARAMILITARY
    NICARAGUAN PREEMPTIVE
    PACIFIC TERRITORIAL
    BURMESE THEATERWIDE
    TURKISH DECOY
    ANGENTINA(SIC) ESCALATION
    ICELAND MAXIMUM
    ARABIAN THEATERWIDE
    U.S. SUBVERSION
    AUSTRALIAN MANEUVER
    SUDAN SURPRISE
    NATO TERRITORIAL
    ZAIRE ALLIANCE
    ICELAND INCIDENT
    ENGLISH ESCALATION
    MIDDLE EAST HEAVY
    MEXICAN TAKEOVER
    CHAD ALERT
    SAUDI MANEUVER
    AFRICAN TERRITORIAL
    ETHIOPIAN ESCALATION
    TURKISH HEAVY
    NATO INCURSION
    U.S. DEFENSE
    CAMBODIAN HEAVY
    PACT MEDIUM
    ARCTIC MINIMAL
    MEXICAN DOMESTIC
    TAIWAN THEATERWIDE
    PACIFIC MANEUVER
    PORTUGAL REVOLUTION
    ALBANIAN DECOY
    PALESTINIAN LOCAL
    MOROCCAN MINIMAL
    BAVARIAN DIVERSITY
    CZECH OPTION
    FRENCH ALLIANCE
    ARABIAN CLANDESTINE
    GABON REBELLION
    NORTHERN MAXIMUM
    DANISH PARAMILITARY
    SEATO TAKEOVER
    HAWAIIAN ESCALATION
    IRANIAN MANEUVER
    NATO CONTAINMENT
    SWISS INCIDENT
    CUBAN MINIMAL
    CHAD ALERT
    ICELAND ESCALATION
    VIETNAMESE RETALIATIO
    SYRIAN PROVOCATION
    LIBYAN LOCAL
    GABON TAKEOVER
    ROMANIAN WAR
    MIDDLE EAST OFFENSIVE
    DENMARK MASSIVE
    CHILE CONFRONTATION
    S.AFRICAN SUBVERSION
    USSR ALERT
    NICARAGUAN THRUST
    GREENLAND DOMESTIC
    ICELAND HEAVY
    KENYA OPTION
    PACIFIC DEFENSE
    UGANDA MAXIMUM
    THAI SUBVERSION
    ROMANIAN STRIKE
    PAKISTAN SOVEREIGNTY
    AFGHAN MISDIRECTION
    ETHIOPIAN LOCAL
    ITALIAN TAKEOVER
    VIETNAMESE INCIDENT
    ENGLISH PREEMPTIVE
    DENMARK ALTERNATE
    THAI CONFRONTATION
    TAIWAN SURPRISE
    BRAZILIAN STRIKE
    VENEZUELA SUDDEN
    MAYLASIAN ALERT
    ISREAL DISCRETIONARY
    LIBYAN ACTION
    PALISTINIAN TACTICAL
    NATO ALTERNATE
    CYPRESS MANEUVER
    EGYPT MISDIRECTION
    BANGLADESH THRUST
    KENYA DEFENSE
    BANGLADESH CONTAINMENT
    VIETNAMESE STRIKE
    ALBANIAN CONTAINMENT
    GABON SURPRISE
    IRAQ SOVEREIGNTY
    VIETNAMESE SUDDEN
    LEBANON INTERDICTION
    TAIWAN DOMESTIC
    ALGERIAN SOVEREIGNTY
    ARABIAN STRIKE
    ATLANTIC SUDDEN
    MONGOLIAN THRUST
    POLISH DECOY
    ALASKAN DISCRETIONARY
    CANADIAN THRUST
    ARABIAN LIGHT
    S.AFRICAN DOMESTIC
    TUNISIAN INCIDENT
    MALAYSIAN MANEUVER
    JAMAICA DECOY
    MALAYSIAN MINIMAL
    RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNTY
    CHAD OPTION
    BANGLADESH WAR
    BURMESE CONTAINMENT
    ASIAN THEATERWIDE
    BULGARIAN CLANDESTINE
    GREENLAND INCURSION
    EGYPT SURGICAL
    CZECH HEAVY
    TAIWAN CONFRONTATION
    GREENLAND MAXIMUM
    UGANDA OFFENSIVE
    CASPIAN DEFENSE
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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/10 to Sean Dennis on Sunday, September 08, 2024 12:44:13
    I'm watching Miami Vice and in S04E07 ("Missing Hours") at around 12
    minutes
    in, a very young Chris Rock is talking about being on a BBS.

    Was it one about cyber crime? ;)

    Mike


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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Mike Powell on Sunday, September 08, 2024 15:55:08
    Mike Powell wrote to Sean Dennis:

    Was it one about cyber crime? ;)

    The one about UFOs with James Brown and Chris Rock.

    A very strange episode.

    -- digi



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  • From Arelor@618:250/24 to Nick Andre on Sunday, September 08, 2024 18:26:00
    Re: Re: Huh
    By: Nick Andre to Digimaus on Sat Sep 07 2024 12:02 pm

    What I always found amusing was the animated flying envelopes for emails and Usenet postings in Mission Impossible.... Tom Cruise being a super hacker spamming every group involving the Book of Job.

    It was worse in Spain because we didn't have much knowledge of what Usenet was back then (or now, for that matter). I think in the Spanish version they refered to it as "The Internet" so a lot of people didn't really know what the fuck was going on XD


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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to Arelor on Sunday, September 08, 2024 19:44:57
    On 08 Sep 24 18:26:00, Arelor said the following to Nick Andre:

    What I always found amusing was the animated flying envelopes for emails and Usenet postings in Mission Impossible.... Tom Cruise being a super hacker spamming every group involving the Book of Job.

    It was worse in Spain because we didn't have much knowledge of what Usenet w back then (or now, for that matter). I think in the Spanish version they refered to it as "The Internet" so a lot of people didn't really know what t fuck was going on XD

    Ha! All I know is the first time I saw that movie, when I saw that particular "email client" I actually took a moment to search for one like it :)

    Nick

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  • From digimaus@618:618/1 to Arelor on Sunday, September 08, 2024 21:11:42
    It was worse in Spain because we didn't have much knowledge of what Usenet was back then (or now, for that matter). I think in the Spanish version they refered to it as "The Internet" so a lot of people didn't really know what the fuck was going on XD

    There is a Linux program (the name escapes me now) that turns your desktop
    into a "Hollywood hacker" screen. It's hilarious.

    -- digi




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  • From Shurato@618:300/50 to digimaus on Sunday, September 08, 2024 21:07:00

    It was worse in Spain because we didn't have much knowledge of what
    Usenet
    was back then (or now, for that matter). I think in the Spanish version

    they refered to it as "The Internet" so a lot of people didn't really
    know
    what the fuck was going on XD

    There is a Linux program (the name escapes me now) that turns your desktop into a "Hollywood hacker" screen. It's hilarious.

    hacknet on Steam is something I've always wanted to play on a laptop in an airport... It's a fun hacking game with some interesting visuals...

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  • From Jas Hud@618:250/1 to Shurato on Monday, September 09, 2024 09:10:33
    To: Shurato
    Re: Re: Huh
    By: Shurato to digimaus on Sun Sep 08 2024 09:07 pm

    From Newsgroup: micronet.chat.general


    It was worse in Spain because we didn't have much knowledge of what
    Usenet
    was back then (or now, for that matter). I think in the Spanish version

    they refered to it as "The Internet" so a lot of people didn't really
    know
    what the fuck was going on XD

    There is a Linux program (the name escapes me now) that turns your desktop into a "Hollywood hacker" screen. It's hilarious.

    hacknet on Steam is something I've always wanted to play on a laptop in an airport... It's a fun hacking game with some interesting visuals...


    why in a airport?
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  • From Shurato@618:300/50 to Jas Hud on Monday, September 09, 2024 14:16:00

    * In a message originally to Shurato, Jas Hud said:

    To: Shurato Re: Re: Huh By: Shurato to digimaus on Sun Sep 08 2024
    09:07 pm

    From Newsgroup: micronet.chat.general


    It was worse in Spain because we didn't have much knowledge of
    what
    Usenet
    was back then (or now, for that matter). I think in the Spanish version

    they refered to it as "The Internet" so a lot of people didn't
    really
    know
    what the fuck was going on XD

    There is a Linux program (the name escapes me now) that turns your desktop into a "Hollywood hacker" screen. It's hilarious.

    hacknet on Steam is something I've always wanted to play on a laptop in
    an
    airport... It's a fun hacking game with some interesting visuals...


    why in a airport?
    It was a joke. It would look particularly suspicious.


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