<html dir="ltr"><head></head><body style="text-align:left; direction:ltr;"><div>Best computer movie EVER:</div><div><br></div><div>Independence Day</div><div><br></div><div>Nothing says good computer knowledge by the writers like WRITING A COMPUTER VIRUS IN ONE DAY THAT INFECTS AN ALIEN SYSTEM!!!</div><div><br></div><div>sorry for the spoilers</div><div><br></div><div>Will Smith was, well, Will Smith.</div><div><br></div><div>Second best:</div><div><br></div><div>Jurassic Park</div><div><br></div><div>"I know this. It's UNIX!" And then the nerd girl saves they day.</div><div><br></div><div>Third best:</div><div><br></div><div>The Matrix</div><div><br></div><div>I keep taking the red pill but nothing happens. Damn!</div><div><br></div><div>On Mon, 2018-09-24 at 14:54 -0400, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><pre>At ALE-NW yesterday, we were discussing some Computer-related movies</pre><pre>because "The Net" was on TV at the time.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>A few came up:</pre><pre>* Hackers (1995)</pre><pre>* Tron (1982)</pre><pre>* WarGames (1983)</pre><pre>* Hacker (2016)</pre><pre>* Her (2013) - set in the near-future</pre><pre>* CitizenFour</pre><pre>* Snowden</pre><pre>* The Circle (2017)</pre><pre>* Antitrust (2001)</pre><pre>* The Pirates of Silicon Valley</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>and that PBS documentary _The Triumph of the Nerds_ with an insider view</pre><pre>from an early Apple employee</pre><pre> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX5g0kidk3Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX5g0kidk3Y</a></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Hackers and WarGames are the worst in the list. The Net was terrible and</pre><pre>so was the sequel. The last 3 are worth a watch if you haven't seen</pre><pre>them. These are historical and current year movies.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>TV</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>There have been many recent TV series about computing. Silicon Valley</pre><pre>and Halt and Catch Fire come to mind. The IT Crowd and Chuck are always</pre><pre>funny.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Many are on APV or Netflix or Youtube (free).</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>We avoided all the Hacking-centric shows. Mr. Robot S3 will be on</pre><pre>Amazon Prime next month. S1 and S2 are there already. Real hackers</pre><pre>validate that everything they claim on the show is possible, BTW.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Antitrust and The Circle show how far fictitious companies are willing</pre><pre>to go. I suspect they aren't far from reality at all.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>What movies in the same "computing startup" vein did we miss?</pre><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>Ale mailing list</pre><pre><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a></pre><pre><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a></pre><pre>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</pre><pre><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a></pre><pre><br></pre></blockquote><div><span><pre><pre>-- <br></pre>James P. Kinney III
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