[Gllug] OT computers in the movies

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 22:16, Dave Cridland wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 20:16, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> > On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 11:49, SteveC wrote:
> > > 
> > > Anyone have better examples of computer fantasy at the movies? I know 
> > > MacOS made it into Independance Day right? Windows has been in lots of 
> > > films but what about Linux? :-)
> > 
> > Not sure about Linux, but there was a great scene in "The Net" where
> > Sandra Bullock tracks down the villains IP address, and the last octet
> > is three hundred and something....
> 
> If it were a real one, think of the hundreds of folk trying to ping it
> and suchlike... Probably quite sensible using one that's impossible.

$ host www.microsoft.com
www.microsoft.com is an alias for www.microsoft.akadns.net.
www.microsoft.akadns.net has address 207.46.197.102
www.microsoft.akadns.net has address 207.46.197.113
www.microsoft.akadns.net has address 207.46.230.218
www.microsoft.akadns.net has address 207.46.230.219
www.microsoft.akadns.net has address 207.46.230.220
www.microsoft.akadns.net has address 207.46.197.100

If I was writing the script ;-P

Mike.


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