From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Movies of Interest
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:17:38 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

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From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 7:48 AM
Subject: [WSFA] Movies of Interest

> I believe that we were supposed to accept for purposes of the movie
> that the Simulation One (Sim One; Simone) program that Victor Taransky
(Al
> Pacino) used was of such power and sophistication that even a novice
could
> learn to use it successfully.  The movie did show that there was a 9
month
> gap between obtaining the software and using it.  During this time,
Taransky
> presumed studied it intently.  In any event, I believe that the movie is
> spoofing celebrity culture and people's willingness to believe, not
> super-Photoshop software.

That nine-month gap must have been occupied with the construction of that
unique "computer" console he used.

--Ted White