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> It's strange how Sneakers never got the nerd love like Wargames and Hackers did. From where I was standing it did. A BBS in my toll-free range was reborn as
by addingnumbers 5y ago
> It's strange how Sneakers never got the nerd love like Wargames and Hackers did.
From where I was standing it did. A BBS in my toll-free range was reborn as "SETEC Astronomy". I used a variation of "myvoiceismypassport" as a password for longer than I should admit.
On the other hand, "hack the Gibson" was a back-handed taunt to mock users who were more into hacker "fashion" and leetspeak than software and tinkering.
War Games was neither diminished nor elevated in comparison to Sneakers, in my circles it just stood alone with unique, unassailable charm.
- eichin 5y ago"We're the US Government. We don't do that sort of thing." is up there with "and I... was never here" in "catchphrases that give you an excuse to do a James Early Jones accent"...
- eichin 5y agoOh, and "My vOicE is mY passp0rt Verify ME" is always good when a voice "authentication" system is in need of mocking...
- NickNameNick 5y agoTry it with google assistant. "Hey google - My voice is my passport" >> "Hello, Martin Bishop..."
- jedberg 5y agoI'm now sad because I tried it with Alexa and she just said "hmmm I don't know that".
- spurtrenolds 5y agoOhhh! That's almost as good as typing "wargames" on the BSD command line. Shall we play a game?