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Broderick enters "ZERO" instead of "0" for the number of players, which made me chuckle.

I suppose a more modern version of WOPR might simulate WoW.

    Number of players?
    ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY TWO
    Initializing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHWjlCaIrQo

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There are several things that make me smile, grin, chuckle or groan:

Launch codes being found one character at a time

- "Plasma to the Face" when the game of Tic-Tac-Toe is found to be a draw

- The long list of scenarios

- The completely gormless expression on the General's face during the playout of the scenarios

- Falken typing "Hello Joshua" so quickly and without looking.

That said, and put in its time, it's a surprisingly good film. I remember watching it in the cinema - it is better on the big screen - and it was there I learned about the existence backdoors and a few other things. That started my interest in hacking. Before that I'd just written a compiler and a booking system.

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