When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina
Remenber well, how jealous we were about his acoustic modem.We didn' t even know about things like that.
And about the passwords....
nah, don' even mention it, or I' ll get nuts
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina that can't be happening, right?
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@Oggie @nina_kali_nina I had one in my office for years. Haven’t been to that building in a while, but I should rescue it if it’s still there.
Honest to god what I 'want' is a sort of faux 'old school' setup in a few ways, and among other things a nice heavy clunker of a landline rotary phone (if it doesnt' weigh at least 7 or 8 lbs and couldn't be used as a murder weapon in a 1940s movie, get out of here), that I can drop onto that cradle which could ping to a pi to open the firewall for that machine, etc.
Just lots of silly retro/fun touches like that.
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina "We built Joshua, from the hit film 'Don't Build Joshua'."
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@nina_kali_nina that can't be happening, right?
@mmu_man from the script:
- General, we know they're fine men, but in a nuclear war we can't afford to have missiles lying dormant in those silos because those men refuse to turn the keys when the computers tell 'em to!
- You mean when the president orders them to.
- The president will probably follow the computer war plan. That's a fact!
I wept T_T
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Honest to god what I 'want' is a sort of faux 'old school' setup in a few ways, and among other things a nice heavy clunker of a landline rotary phone (if it doesnt' weigh at least 7 or 8 lbs and couldn't be used as a murder weapon in a 1940s movie, get out of here), that I can drop onto that cradle which could ping to a pi to open the firewall for that machine, etc.
Just lots of silly retro/fun touches like that.
@Oggie @nina_kali_nina I’d very much like to hang out in the office you describe. I’ve wanted an old school TTY for similar reasons, but the old western union one I found was way too heavy to sneak out.
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina Well, they didn't want to get left behind.
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@nina_kali_nina
Remenber well, how jealous we were about his acoustic modem.We didn' t even know about things like that.
And about the passwords....
nah, don' even mention it, or I' ll get nuts
@desatyr @nina_kali_nina The only thing unrealistic in War Games are the huge screens and that the computer actually learns.
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina
And some researcher had enough access to run a personal project directly on prod. -
When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
Released 1983-06-03. Of course, a Friday.
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina Ha-ha.
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina Just let em cook.
That's a good film too.
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
Actually…. as in admin admin?
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Actually…. as in admin admin?
@xs4me2 no, just some random name
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@xs4me2 no, just some random name
Louvre's video surveillance system password was "Louvre"…
Can’t make stuff like this up…
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
Me, today: You connected WHAT to an MCP service!?
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina@tech.lmucho still cannot get my head around the idea of "negotiating" with a computer and gaslighting it with natural language, as a real hacking technique
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When I first watched War Games (1983) I thought "wow, so weird, not only they had terrible password management, but their test 'AI' system was directly linked to the prod".
Ha-ha.
@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt Welcome to War Games 2026 🫠
