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Oh, well actually one thing, I've never met a hacker that looked like her!!
From: Joshua Mazess <mazessj@op.net>
Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [Plug] Kill Switch
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:59:05 -0400
Ok, you caught me. The X-Files episodes are usually only written by one or
a
few people. I didn't check on this one, but should have known better.
Anyway,
you haven't argued against anything else I wrote. It's computer fantasy for
the masses. I might have tried to make the story a little more believable.
--Josh
Andrew Brennan wrote:
> "room full of writers" ??
>
> While I agree the facts are "facts" and the show exists as a form of
> entertainment ... you might want to double-check the writers of that
> particular episode. In fact, I'll help you:
>
> http://www.thex-files.com/epi511.htm
>
> andrew. (brennan@auhs.edu)
>
> HAL's last concert ('Daisy Daisy') in October! Buy your tickets
now!!
>
> On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Joshua Mazess wrote:
>
> > 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
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