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stupid premise that seeks to justify unilateral disarmament
Matthew Broderick plays a teenager whose hobbies are video games (like the classic [[Galaga]]) and cracking into computer systems.
Matthew Broderick plays a teenager whose hobbies are video games (like the classic [[Galaga]]) and cracking into computer systems.
In typical [[liberal style]], the movie takes as a premise that a crucially important military computer system would provide a list of its resources to someone who had not logged in.
In typical liberal style, the movie takes as a premise that a crucially important military computer system would provide a list of its resources to someone who had not logged in.
But it also has the not so far-fetched idea that someone might use his own son's name as a login code. This is such an elementary breach of [[computer security]] that it provides redeeming value to an otherwise useless piece of liberal propaganda.
The movie ends with a "convincing" rationale, that the only way to deal with the risks of international nuclear war is to "refuse to play", presumably meaning that the US should have adopted a pacifist approach such as [[unilateral disarmament]]. Fortunately, [[Ronald Reagan]] did exactly the opposite and outspent the Soviets to win the [[Cold War]].