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Subject: War Games
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Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 12:58:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 22 12:58:00 1983
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From:  Steven Tepper 

I finally got around to seeing War Games and noticed lots of little things
that didn't quite click, some of which I don't think have been mentioned
so far.  For example:

  One of the visitors from Alabama was carrying a camera.  Cameras are not
  allowed at military bases.

  When the FBI apprehended David, he was coming out of a store with a drink,
  which he had presumably just bought.  Later he found himself at a pay
  phone without even a dime.  Seems unlikely he would have spent his last
  dime buying a coke, and they don't usually take your money unless they're
  throwing you in the clink.

  WOPR could not possibly known what phone number he was calling from  --
  there's no way for the telephone subscriber to determine this.  (Someone
  *must* have brought this up so far, but I don't remember seeing it.)

  Teachers usually keep paper records of test scores and class grades.  I
  doubt anyone could get away with changing substandard grades into better-
  than-average ones without getting caught (at least in high school, where
  the teachers know the students  -- I can easily believe that could happen
  at a megaversity).

Anyway, I really liked the movie.  A lot of SF movies give me the
impression of being little more than copies of other movies, and this one
didn't.