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The proper experience is to copy it onto an old VHS, worn out and a bit stretched in places. Play it for the umpteenth time on a 1980s VCR feeding a fuzzy old tv in the basement for background noise (and a killer sound track) as you beat your head against a crt monitor wondering why your code won't compile.

Bonus points if you pause to watch the movie and wonder "how have I seen this movie countless times and only just now noticed there's a 6th hacker in the 'main' crew?".



Who’s that? The girl laughing as they rack up the score and declare a tie, then we never see her again?

Or how about when you realize you never see Phreak again once he makes his call from the jail?


> The girl laughing as they rack up the score and declare a tie

Yes exactly.




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