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by StopTheWorld 345 days ago
Can't forget his appearance at the beginning of the classic hacker movie, WarGames.
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My kids and I use that phrase "THAT'S NOT THE CORRECT PROCEDURE!" whenever one of us isn't doing what we're supposed to.
Reminds me of college days; we had a bit of tradition of changing Windows error sounds when the owner wasn’t looking.

Depending on which sound you chose it could be weeks or months until they hit it.

So maybe …

“Turn your key sir.”

Always stuck with me.

I rewatched WarGames recently. It holds up and is worth watching again. In particular with our current concerns over AI it feels ahead of its time.
The interesting thing is that I think WarGames was likely [heavily] inspired by Colossus: The Forbin Project [1], released in 1970! It too, holds up extremely well.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project

Sir we are at launch, TURN YOUR KEY.