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Stephen Falken:
The whole point was to find a way to practice nuclear war without destroying ourselves. To get the computers to learn from mistakes we couldn't afford to make. Except, I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson. David Lightman:
What's that? Stephen Falken:
Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up. Jennifer:
What kind of a lesson is that? Stephen Falken:
Did you ever play tic-tac-toe? Jennifer:
Yeah, of course. Stephen Falken:
But you don't anymore. Jennifer:
No. Stephen Falken:
Why? Jennifer:
Because it's a boring game. It's always a tie. Stephen Falken:
Exactly. There's no way to win. The game itself is pointless! But back at the war room, they believe you can win a nuclear war. That there can be "acceptable losses."
The whole point was to find a way to practice nuclear war without destroying ourselves. To get the computers to learn from mistakes we couldn't afford to make. Except, I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson. David Lightman:
What's that? Stephen Falken:
Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up. Jennifer:
What kind of a lesson is that? Stephen Falken:
Did you ever play tic-tac-toe? Jennifer:
Yeah, of course. Stephen Falken:
But you don't anymore. Jennifer:
No. Stephen Falken:
Why? Jennifer:
Because it's a boring game. It's always a tie. Stephen Falken:
Exactly. There's no way to win. The game itself is pointless! But back at the war room, they believe you can win a nuclear war. That there can be "acceptable losses."
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The whole point was to practice nuclear war
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without destroying ourselves
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To get the computers to learn from mistakes we couldn't make
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Except that I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson
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What's that
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Futility That there's a time when you should just give up
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What kind of lesson is that
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Did you ever play tic tac toe
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Yeah Of course
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But you don't anymore No
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Why
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Because it's a boring game It's always a tie
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Exactly There's no way to win The game itself is pointless
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But back at the war room they believe you can win a nuclear war
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that there can be acceptable losses
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Movie Summary
High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
