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Unfair? I think someone can deduce what's going on while he's calling in to the computers. It's not genius level stuff. From there they can research more if the
by CountDrewku 5y ago
Unfair? I think someone can deduce what's going on while he's calling in to the computers. It's not genius level stuff. From there they can research more if they're interested instead of asking random people on hackernews what's going on.
>You called a phone number (your modem could do this for you), the target modem answered the call, and they negotiated the maximum (but still ridiculously low) speed.
Yes exactly what it shows in the movie... and I think he even explains some of that.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoYou're assuming too much, there's people who have never used a landline, and would not know what an acoustic coupler, like the one in the movie, is used for. Even more confusing because the WOPR uses text-to-speech and natural language processing, which seem anachronistic for the 80s. Answering a simple question with "see X movie" is the same as answering with "read Y book", and borderline like "do some research" or "google it".