From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Movies of Interest
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:22:48 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

	Agree:  Building the unique hardware required to display/support the
software was undoubtedly part of the process that the movie merely hinted
at.  I believe that this movie was an example of what John W. Campbell meant
when he said "I grant you the gadget.  Tell me how it affects people!"

-----Original Message-----
From: Ted White [mailto:twhite8 at cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:18 PM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Movies of Interest

----- Original Message -----
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