[HacktionLab] Film suggestion

llanos gorditazz at aktivix.org
Wed May 22 09:46:22 UTC 2013


Quoting Charlie Harvey <charlie at newint.org>:

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> On 17/05/13 14:39, kriptick wrote:
>> I presume there will be video documentaries showing at various times?
>> I'm suggesting an ancient BBC Horizon one called Now the Chips are
>> Down which would go well with my how chips are made wrkshp & may also
>> be relevant to Digital Technology & the History of Capitalism.
>> There's some very nice footage of chips being made back then. This
>> was screened in 78 when the newly emerging microprocessors were known
>> about by very few people and it caused a real sensation - showing
>> desktop computers reading books aloud and understanding the human
>> voice which were amazing feats for then. Callaghan, the caretaker PM
>> of the time was so bowled over that he almost immediately funded chip
>> manufacture and development in this country. The docu contained all
>> sorts of dire warnings about how automation would cause colossall job
>> losses and the dawn of a new leisure society. That bit certainly
>> hasn't come true but it's an interesting look back at social history,
>> technology and really awful shirt fashions of the 70s.
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> Hi,
>
> Continuing the bad shirt theme, I suggest Micro Men --
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n5b92 its a drama about the battle
> between Sinclair and Acorn computers in the 80s and its kind of fun.



I've created a wiki with a list so people can add their ideas for  
films to watch. The above have been already added:

http://hacktionlab.org/hacktionlab/index.php/FilmIdeas_2013

Cheers
Llanos
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