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Originally Posted by TallMomof2
Back in the 80's I loved Tom Clancy's books. When Hunt for the Red October came out it was literally required reading at work. I was a first year engineer working on submarine design.
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Yes, I did mean early Clancy. I think some writers start resting on their laurals. Grisham was the same, his first 3 or 4 were the best.
Ah, your an engineer, that explains alot... kidding. As a private pilot I cringe when they do airplane stuff on TV or movies. They get most of it wrong. As a software developer I cringe when they do computer, network, virus, etc stuff in TV and movies cause they get alot wrong. Of course, if they had the right info, the whole show/plot woudn't exist.
Then again, some great movies, the PC is just a tool to move the story, so even the technical mistakes are easily overlooked... like War Games, one of my all time favorite movies.
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