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[–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 60 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

The best part of the movie Independence Day was when the protagonist connects his laptop to the alien ship and see onscreen that they use TCP/IPv4

What are the odds???!

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There is a cut scene from that movie where they say that they cracked the alien coding language from the Roswell crash.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 20 points 6 days ago

And while I haven't watched the movie in a few years, I recall them saying that modern computers were made using what they learned from the crashed ship.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago

In-universe, they explain that we originally stole our computer tech from their crashed ship