Joshua Mazess on Sat, 28 Aug 1999 21:16:17 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] Kill Switch


Not likely... definitely not with the background they gave him, which was
loosely knit anyway. He was supposed to be this computer software genius who
helped "invent" the Internet and wrote some of the first computer viruses. The
story was concocted by a room full of writers. They used every mainstream
buzzword they could fit into the one hour show. The Internet. AI. Viruses. Bill
Gates (excuse me for repeating myself). Not to say that I didn't like it -- the
X-Files is one of my favorite TV shows -- but you must understand that that's
all it is -- a show. To entertain you. I just sit back and chuckle at their
silly, exaggerated view of the electronic world. Unfortunately, the real world
is too boring for the mainstream.
--Josh

Nick R wrote:

> I was just watching Kill Switch (the X-Files episode w/ the murderous AI. It
> has a really cool beginning where the AI assasinates this guy by calling a
> whole bunch of unrelated drug dealers, murderers, and the like telling them
> that some guy they want is in the metro diner and then calls these 2 feds in
> who come in w/ guns raised, causing the place to explode) and they mentioned
> this hacker, Donald Melman. I was wondering, does he exist? I figure on a
> Linux mailing list somebody should've heard of him if he does.
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