>>I'm trying to search a bit on this and mostly what I
>>get are people's /etc/passwd files (because wargames
>>and falken exist in that file).
>
>>What is this? It's obviously not a game, it doesn't do
>>anything. Why is there a user associated? The user
>>doesn't have a nonexistant shell, so what's the deal
>>with him? Does he have a password?
>
>>Is there somewhere that I can read history on this?
>>Seems like a joke to me.
>
>>Yes, I have seen the movie.
>
>I assume that's the history.  Professor Stephen Falken was the guy whose
>system asked if you wanted to play a game.

yep, that's about it.  except that, just to pick nits, falken was the
guy that wrote the computer system that asked you if you wanted to
play a game.  kinda like frankenstein.

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