Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!we13!mgweed!kek From: kek@mgweed.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: War Games is Science Fiction Message-ID: <1676@mgweed.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Jun-83 12:21:09 EDT Article-I.D.: mgweed.1676 Posted: Tue Jun 28 12:21:09 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jun-83 09:09:38 EDT Lines: 26 Hooray for Brad Templeton! I think people on the net are taking this movie too seriously. Maybe that is just the nature of most hackers. This movie was a message movie, but it was also suspenseful and enjoyable. I went with my wife and another couple that have little knowledge about computers in general and security precautions in particular. I spent a long time over coffee after the movie explaining why things couldn't happen the way it was depicted in the movie and what computers can and cannot do. Everyone enjoyed the movie and were ready to see it again so they could look for some of the inaccuracies that I pointed out. I think that movies like this one gives us a chance to inform an uninformed public about the world of computers because it raises their curiousity and gives us a chance to 'set the record straight'. Moral: If you have non-technical friends that are looking for a good movie to see, TAKE them to see "Wargames". You'll be surprised at the intelligent questions they can come up with. Kit Kimes Western Electric Co. Montgomery Works ..!lime!we13!mgweed!kek