Independence Day (1996)

They just walked in to the underground lab beneath Area 51. The president was curious how it was paid for.

Personally, it’s amusing at best. In the same way as the girl in Jurassic Park using “Unix” to hack the system.

That being said, I still give mad props for the development that occurred during that era.

The joke is that a couple of drunk guys enduring an eternal winter came up with something better than silicon valley could.

The TI83 Plus was my gateway drug. Learning BASIC and the fundamentals behind connecting it to my computer. Emulating software to test code on different models. It was fascinating and engaging. The fun and learning involved with doing anything and everything you can with the technology that’s available to you is something that I think is lost for a depressing majority of youth now.