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Love the reference, but I'm sure all young phillistines that hang out in HN have missed it completely. :-( You have my upvote. Time to die.

by vorbote 12y ago

yzzxy 12y ago
This is hardly an obscure reference... I think you underestimate the pop culture literacy of young programmers.
- noir_lord 12y ago
  Shhh allow them their "programmers these days" elitism. My 25 year old non-techie gf would have gotten that reference. Blade runner is hardly an underground cult classic.
  - nealabq 12y ago
    Eh, what's that, you young whippersnapper? In my day we had to debug our difference engine with a flyswatter.
  - xcntktn 12y ago
    Blade Runner is different because of the attention it received due to the "Final Cut" version that came out in 2007. If it hadn't been for that, references to it would probably be a lot less recognizable with the younger crowd. Case in point: I recently made a "2001: A Space Odyssey" reference in front of a room full of 20-something programmers and not one person picked up on it. It wasn't even that obscure -- it was a picture of the monolith, one of the most recognizable images from the movie (and in science fiction in general). The people in the room generally just hadn't seen or even heard of (really all that is required to get the reference) the movie.
    - nullc 12y ago
      Good luck finding a copy of it with the original film noir-esq voiceover.
      - sp332 12y ago
        It's expensive, but not difficult to find. http://www.amazon.com/Runner-Five-Disc-Complete-Collectors-Blu-ray/dp/B000UBMWG4 http://www.amazon.com/Runner-Five-Disc-Complete-Collectors-B... (The version without the voiceover is "the Director's Cut.")
- nealabq 12y ago
  Your username, which I assume is a re-spelling of xyzzy, is itself a cultural reference. I don't know how obscure.
  - yzzxy 12y ago
    I'm also 17.
- bsaul 12y ago
  Is it a reference to blade runner ? I've guessed that from the following comments, but otherwise i wouldn't have known ( and i have seen the movie). I don't even know what part of the movie that comment makes reference to... Edit : ok, found it. I remember that scene but nothing from the speech... Glad to know that was a cult moment.

Love the reference, but I'm sure all young phillistines that hang out in HN have missed it completely. :-( You have my upvote. Time to die.

by vorbote 12y ago

Love the reference, but I'm sure all young phillistines that hang out in HN have missed it completely. :-( You have my upvote. Time to die.

yzzxy 12y ago

This is hardly an obscure reference... I think you underestimate the pop culture literacy of young programmers.

noir_lord 12y ago
Shhh allow them their "programmers these days" elitism. My 25 year old non-techie gf would have gotten that reference. Blade runner is hardly an underground cult classic.
- nealabq 12y ago
  Eh, what's that, you young whippersnapper? In my day we had to debug our difference engine with a flyswatter.
- xcntktn 12y ago
  Blade Runner is different because of the attention it received due to the "Final Cut" version that came out in 2007. If it hadn't been for that, references to it would probably be a lot less recognizable with the younger crowd. Case in point: I recently made a "2001: A Space Odyssey" reference in front of a room full of 20-something programmers and not one person picked up on it. It wasn't even that obscure -- it was a picture of the monolith, one of the most recognizable images from the movie (and in science fiction in general). The people in the room generally just hadn't seen or even heard of (really all that is required to get the reference) the movie.
  - nullc 12y ago
    Good luck finding a copy of it with the original film noir-esq voiceover.
    - sp332 12y ago
      It's expensive, but not difficult to find. http://www.amazon.com/Runner-Five-Disc-Complete-Collectors-Blu-ray/dp/B000UBMWG4 http://www.amazon.com/Runner-Five-Disc-Complete-Collectors-B... (The version without the voiceover is "the Director's Cut.")
nealabq 12y ago
Your username, which I assume is a re-spelling of xyzzy, is itself a cultural reference. I don't know how obscure.
- yzzxy 12y ago
  I'm also 17.
bsaul 12y ago
Is it a reference to blade runner ? I've guessed that from the following comments, but otherwise i wouldn't have known ( and i have seen the movie). I don't even know what part of the movie that comment makes reference to... Edit : ok, found it. I remember that scene but nothing from the speech... Glad to know that was a cult moment.