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Bernard wrote:_______________________________________________
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From: Bernard Cleyet [mailto:anngeorg@PACBELL.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:26 PM
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: Political (Military). Was: Re: Computer Games (was Mac vs. PC
[snip]
p.s. A sci-fi. film's, a few decades ago, plot was an alien powerplaced
games in small towns. The winners were abducted to pilot their
fighters. This was at a time the military had begun using games as
training.
I believe the film was "The Last Starfighter" -
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"Eternity is very long,
especially toward the end."
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