Taking this back, as I finally saw the starter for this thread, listing this.
Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the prompt, folks.
Worse sci-fi save ever- Data in "The Best of Both Worlds" Part 2, when he puts
the Borg to sleep. Don't scream too loudly, Keith...
Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ha! Those dumb machines...
"Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That
outsmarting the computer theme seems to appear every season on the
Original Star Trek and Next Generation
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> How about, Kirk saving the day by outsmarting a super computer, causing it to
> self-destruct in self-loathing and unreconcilable programming loops? He did
> that with M5 ("How will you atone for the sin of murder"..."This computer
> must die..."), Nomad ("Nomad, you've made three errors, you are flawed.
> Execute your prime directive". "Boom!") and Landru ("You are not protecting
> the Body!".... "Landru! Help me! Boom!")
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>> During our discussion about over the top with bad plot block busters, we
>> started talking about over the worse saves in speculative fiction
>> movies. So far two were raised. They are:
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>> 1. "Data putting the freakin' Borg *to sleep* to save the day in Star
>> Trek Next Generation
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>> 2. How Jeff Goldblum was able to with "his Mac laptop and a few hours of
>> virus coding couldn't topple the computer system of a technologically
>> superior society of interstellar conquerors on the first try in
>> Independence Day"
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>> Got any others....
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