Talk:The Ultimate Computer

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I think it may be worthwhile to discuss how this episode is reminiscent of 2 movies:

1) "2001" written by Arthur Clarke in 1968 http://imdb.com/title/tt0062622/

2) "Wargames" written by Lawrence Lasker & Walter F. Parkes in 1983 http://imdb.com/title/tt0086567/

The reason is: HAL in 2001 is a renegade computer that takes over and then kills people before being disabled -- just like the M5 in "The Ultimate Computer".

And in "Wargames", the computer is unable to distinguish between a game and a real-life situation.

Copyedit responding to request to shorten Plot
I did a basic copyedit, reducing the length without any significant changes to the meaning. Responding to the tag to "shorten or make less detailed", a couple details incidental to the plot were cut. A rewrite was not really necessary.

Alpha Ralpha Boulevard (talk) 11:30, 3 May 2008 (UTC)