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Zero Cool? Crashed fifteen hundred and seven systems in one day? Biggest crash in history, front page, New York Times, August 10th, 1988.

On this day: Front page, New York Times, August 10th 1988

Thanks to digtization efforts we can check out the coverage in the NYT archive webpages and TimesMachine. Far out!

Screenshot of New York Times archives webpage from Wednesday, August 10, 1988. Headline: 'Wall Street Stocks Take a Plunge As Computer Crash Hits Markets'

1,507 systems. Happy Zero Cool Day.

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Kate, you’re not going into that computer shit now, right?

Scene from Hackers (1995) film with the characters Kate Acid Burn, Phantom Phreak, Lord Nikon and Dade Crash Override gathered around a laptop in Kate's darkened bedroom. Kate's boyfriend Curtis appearing behind them annoyed at the distraction, 'Kate, you're not going into that computer shit now, right?'

Get out of here Curtis, go back to just looking slick all day.

RISC Architecture Really Did Change Everything

When Angelina Jolie (of all people) predicted a hardware revolution 30 years ago, it barely made sense. Now her iconic “Hackers” line is truer than ever.

Don’t think it was that ‘incredible’ a leap to make a claim about RISC architecture but kudos to the film writers for the relevant tech jargon. Anyway, a fun way to get into the premise of this Wired piece. Yeah, RISC (or RISK) is good.

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