70 years ago:
The Hitch-Hiker (US)
Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's p...
1953-03-30
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/41462
#TheHitchHiker #IdaLupino #EdmondOBrien #FrankLovejoy #WilliamTalman #WomenInFilm #RKO #ClassicFilm
#TheHitchhiker #idalupino #edmondobrien #franklovejoy #williamtalman #womeninfilm #rko #classicfilm
Possibly the best #BBC #radio credit I've ever heard, from the Tertiary Phase of #TheHitchhiker'sGuideToTheGalaxy. #BBCRadio #H2G2
#bbc #radio #TheHitchhiker #bbcradio #h2g2
Looking for a reference to the #ElizaEffect for a discussion with my students (founded), I come across this huge list of fictional #computers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_computers
#fiction #computer
Even just the names...
#TheEngine #GamesMachine #TheBrain #Joe #TheMachines #MARAX #EPICAC #EMSIAC #ThePrimeRadiant #MarkV #Karl #Mima #Gold #Bossy #TheCityFathers #Multivac #TheCentralComputer #Miniac #ThirdFleet-ArmyForceBrain #Microvac #GalacticAC #UniversalAC #CosmicAC #AC #Vulcan2Vulcan3 #GreatCoordinatorRobot-Regent #Merlin #Simulacron-3 #GENiE #Muddlehead #ColossusGuardian #FrostSolComDivComBeta #MycroftHolmes #TheOx #Supreme #WESCAC #TheBrain #Moxon #LittleBrother #AM #TheBerserkers #(unnamedcomputer) #HAL9000 #Shalmaneser #TänkandeAugust #TheThinker #Project79 #ARDNEH #Fess #UniComp #T.E.N.C.H.889B #Maxine #Müller-Fokkercomputertapes #HARLIE #TECT #Dora #Minerva #PallasAthena #Proteus #Extro #FUCKUP #UNITRACK #Peerssa #P-1 #CentralComputer #Domino #Obie #WellWorld #SigfridvonShrinkAlbertEinsteinPolymat #TOTAL #ZORACVISARJEVEX #TheHitchhiker'sGuidetotheGalaxy #DeepThought #EarthEarth2.0DeepThoughtDeepThought #Eddie #Spartacus #SUM #AIVAS #GolemXIV #TECTTECTinthenameoftheRepresentative #VALIS #Hactar #Shirka #SAL9000 #Kendy #BC #(unnamedintelligence)
#bc #Kendy #SAL9000 #Shirka #Hactar #VALIS #TECTTECTinthenameoftheRepresentative #GolemXIV #AIVAS #SUM #Spartacus #eddie #EarthEarth2 #deepthought #TheHitchhiker #ZORACVISARJEVEX #total #SigfridvonShrinkAlbertEinsteinPolymat #WellWorld #Obie #domino #CentralComputer #p #Peerssa #UNITRACK #fuckup #Extro #Proteus #PallasAthena #minerva #dora #tect #HARLIE #müller #Maxine #t #unicomp #Fess #ARDNEH #Project79 #thethinker #TänkandeAugust #Shalmaneser #hal9000 #TheBerserkers #am #littlebrother #Moxon #WESCAC #supreme #TheOx #MycroftHolmes #FrostSolComDivComBeta #ColossusGuardian #Muddlehead #genie #Simulacron #merlin #GreatCoordinatorRobot #Vulcan2Vulcan3 #ac #CosmicAC #UniversalAC #GalacticAC #Microvac #ThirdFleet #Miniac #TheCentralComputer #Multivac #TheCityFathers #Bossy #gold #mima #karl #MarkV #ThePrimeRadiant #EMSIAC #EPICAC #MARAX #TheMachines #joe #thebrain #GamesMachine #TheEngine #computer #fiction #computers #ElizaEffect