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    submitted 8 months ago by yesman@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    Kid told me that he just watched "some crazy old movie" about how a kid hacked into NORAD.

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    [–] unlawfulbooger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    That movie is WarGames (1983)

    [–] yesman@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    The kid was blown away by the modem. For those who don't know it's a cradle type dial up modem where you place the (land line) phone on a receiver instead of plugging the computer into the cat4. You could get up to 150 bits per second on one of those bad boys.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler

    [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    You misspelled "RJ11"

    [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)
    [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 2 points 8 months ago

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    [–] JustUseMint@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

    Wow. Genuinely blew my mind

    [–] VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

    Had a hayes 300 ftw

    [–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Oh God am I old now? I never had to use one but know of their existence from said movie.

    [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    No, that makes you young

    [–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

    Whew that was close

    [–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

    I've not seen some of these words in decades.