comprehensive early to mid-90s computer/hacker movie motifs thread

datasuspect

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Thu Jul-12-07 09:31 AM
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comprehensive early to mid-90s computer/hacker movie motifs thread

-a 28.8 bps modem connection

-anthropomorphized "avatar" that shows us how a "virus" works in the "mainframe"

-cascading fields of random characters that only the ragtag group of teen hackers can understand

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mikeytherat

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Thu Jul-12-07 09:40 AM
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1. OMG. The movie Hackers. What a POS!

Got thrilled at a "28.8 baud modem and a PCI bus." And why was everyone dressed like extras from Michael Jackson's "Thriller." All of the perps on rollerblades was oh so special as well.

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Thu Jul-12-07 09:44 AM
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2. "it's got a PCI bus"

"i was admiring the refresh rate"

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