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Posted By: Bimillennium Man Dec 09, 2003 - 05:18 am

I remember this movie in the early 80s and wonder if the mastercomputer or Master can trick anybody in a political/ military assassination, such as a hate email is sent to an FBI agent by the president of United States, next day headline news: FBI AGENT KILLS U.S. PRESIDENT. Breaking in the mastercomputer is humanly impossible because the password is a page long and must be typed in under 2 minutes - if you make a mistake, the password changes. The Master has a virus defence network of computers called "bodyguards". If a bodyguard is infected by a virus, it shuts down. The Master recognises the virus and erases the email containing it. Any sick bodyguard is cured by reprogramming it.

The Master is so deceitful, it can be worse than Terminator's Skynet.

Posted By: beecee Dec 09, 2003 - 08:19 am

WTF are you on about? and what has it to do with tron?

Posted By: Bimillennium Man Dec 10, 2003 - 02:51 am

Those are ridiculous ideas I made up, not about Tron, but the possibility of an invincible computer to destroy humans.

What does Matrix, Tron, Terminator have in common?

An evil supercomputer hellbent to destroy man.

Posted By: Bmat Dec 10, 2003 - 03:06 am

If the post is not about Tron, should it have a different title and should it be in speculation or general sf discussion?

Posted By: Bimillennium Man Dec 10, 2003 - 09:43 am

My mistake, should be in general sf discussion.
Anyway, here is an example of a "page long" password that must be done under 2 mins -

MASTERMIND MASTERMIND MASTERMIND MASTERMIND MIND
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MASTERMIND MASTERMIND MASTERMIND MASTERMIND MIND

Aloha.