We broke the rules, and now the computers are making us pay

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balderdash9@lemmy.zip · 24 pts · 177d (1 reply)

Just seeing that made me hear the classic Windows error sound

I’m old, but I’m not THAT old. I saw this setup only in Mathew Broderick’s War Games.

My first modem was a 14.400 bauds and the guy at the store in NY asked why I needed so much speed.

I saw this in real life once.

I used to cover the screams with a thick pillow when I was a kid.

Secure the WOPR.