Daily Dialogue — July 22, 2015

“A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?”

— WarGames (1983), written by Lawrence Lasker & Walter F. Parkes

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Last Line. Today’s suggestion by Will King.

Trivia: This movie inspired congress to create and update the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984. Representative Dan Glickman (D-Kansas), opened the proceedings by saying: “..are gonna show about four minutes from the movie ‘WarGames,’ which…outlines the problem fairly clearly.” A House committee report solemnly intoned: “‘WarGames’ showed a realistic representation of the automatic dialing and access capabilities of the personal computer.”

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Will: “Not only is this Joshua’s final line, but it’s also a bold statement against the mentality that ruled the Cold War: Mutually-Assured Destruction (M.A.D.).”