A classic! A must watch on any rainy day.
Nice to see old computers struggling, compiling taking down systems. Great performances all around.
And of course “it’s a unix system”
Top 3 favorite movies, for sure. And it still holds up thanks to the practical effects.
To this day, I still say, “Hold on to your butts” every time I make a change to production.
Also, can’t forget the blinkenlights
- ACHTUNG!
- ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENSPEEPERS!
- DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN!
- ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKEN.
- IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN.
- DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
- ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.
Dumb question: Is any of that real German besides “Achtung”? I ask because I can make sense of most of it, and German is not a language I’ve ever studied lol.
Otherwise:
Pseudo German sounding BOFH chant.
From a german perspective it sounds like this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-wH8SrFro
Ah, okay. Whew. Thought I might have hit my head without remembering and woke up able to speak another language.
