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In <KRAZYKID.92Sep15081612@csa.bu.edu> krazykid@csa.bu.edu (Ernest Kim) writes:

>In a more realistic movie, they wouldn't be using modems where you put
>the telephone mouth piece on a suction cup to make a connection with a
>computer.  How about using a logic probe to connect the black box to
>the computer??  These aren't meant to be flames, just realism
>comments.  I really liked the movie because it was funny and kept me
>entertained, not for it's representation of technology.  

Well, now wait a minute.  Let us turn on our "willing suspension of
disbelief"-icators and review these scenes.  1) It was certainly my
impression that the acoustic coupler was being used for the voice-
stress analyzer hookup, a reasonable hack.   2) Who says that was
a logic probe?  It looked more like a scope probe, or possibly a
*signal injector* probe.  Again, not *entirely* unreasonable.  It's
not like they named the computer WOPR again.

(Yes, admittedly, there were some pretty obvious foulups, particularly
in proceedure, but none of them were movie-busters, and the above two
were far from heinous.)

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