From: utzoo!watmath!bstempleton
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: Star Trek II **SPOILER**
Article-I.D.: watmath.2885
Posted: Wed Jun 30 14:11:49 1982
Received: Wed Jun 30 23:38:36 1982
References: sri-unix.1951

On the question of the access code - I would suspect that the knowledge
of such codes is TOP TOP TOP secret, ie. not even in the computer's
concious memory banks.  Probably even an Admiral like Kirk could not
ask for the code.  Even if it were in the computer, Kahn would never have
been shown it.

Anyway, I was under the impression that Spock actually had to get the code
out of a paper book hidden somewhere on the bridge and it had to be
manually typed in.  Not the kind of thing you have to do when it is in
the computer.  A very clever idea those codes, designed exactly for the
purpose Kirk used them for, which is when a federation ship has been captured
by the enemy.  Surprised you can't disable the engines on the ship that way.