Clark Morris asked:


>>It's interesting to note that this mailing list indirectly contributed to the 
>>movie. The directors contacted several people on this list whose experience 
>>goes

>>back to the days when 7090s walked the earth, and we were able to correct a 
>>number of issues about what would have been possible or permitted with such a 
>>machine.

>> [snip -- look, ma, no 700 lines of stuff you've already seen. Totally 
>> painless. Really.]

> Were any of you listed in the credits?  I didn't recognize any names.



I don't think so. It pretty much fell into the category of "don't do *this*, or 
you'll look dumb to the people who know something about these machines" and 
"no, end users weren't permitted to do *that*" advice.

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