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This was a bunch of BabyBoomers who thought that they could explain thecomputer revolution...

This was a bunch of Baby
Boomers who thought that they could explain the
computer revolution by using 50 and 60-year-old writers

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This was a bunch of Baby Boomers who thought that
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they could explain the computer revolution by using
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50 and 60-year-old writers.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
46
Timestamp in Movie
01:43:28
Uploaded
Nov 02, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, comedy
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Movie Summary

A Personal Journey Into The Uncharted Depths Of Nerd Culture, A Realm Full Of Dangers, Creatures And More Or Less Precarious Working Conditions...
Sometime around, you know, the '50s and '60s, - Traceroute 00:11
Sometime around, you know, the '50s and '60s,
In the same way you might not get worked up - Traceroute 00:13
In the same way you might not get worked up
And what we've discovered is that, no, it has real - Traceroute 00:07
And what we've discovered is that, no, it has real
Floppy disks, if you're a younger kid, - Traceroute 00:07
Floppy disks, if you're a younger kid,
What I and others have to do is go through them, - Traceroute 00:13
What I and others have to do is go through them,
The third font disk, this is the second font disk. - Traceroute 00:06
The third font disk, this is the second font disk.
Manuals to machines or equipment or software - Traceroute 00:14
Manuals to machines or equipment or software
There's even, to a lighter extent, a patent aspect - Traceroute 00:07
There's even, to a lighter extent, a patent aspect
Minimum COBOL, this is a business language - Traceroute 00:09
Minimum COBOL, this is a business language
American civilization and perhaps worldwide civilization - Traceroute 00:06
American civilization and perhaps worldwide civilization
When somebody says to me like, "I think you have - Traceroute 00:15
When somebody says to me like, "I think you have
I feared he would awake the Balrog. - Traceroute 00:05
I feared he would awake the Balrog.
En route to New York, or N'Ork, - Traceroute 00:08
En route to New York, or N'Ork,
Laughing Squid's Scott Beale - Traceroute 00:06
Laughing Squid's Scott Beale
A good chance to record drunk, - Traceroute 00:07
A good chance to record drunk,
It's really weird being mainstream now. - Traceroute 00:06
It's really weird being mainstream now.
And I used to write down URLs - Traceroute 00:10
And I used to write down URLs
URL, university tilde user, you know. - Traceroute 00:05
URL, university tilde user, you know.
This recent hype - Traceroute 00:12
This recent hype
I mean, I definitely think the nerds-nerds- - Traceroute 00:10
I mean, I definitely think the nerds-nerds-