Hackers Page #2

NORM:

Uhhh.. ahahaha...

DADE:

Yeah, well, you know these Japanese management

techniques.

(pause)

Could you, uh, read me the number on the

modem?

NORM:

Uhhhmm...

DADE:

It's a little boxy thing, Norm, with switches

on it... lets my computer talk to the one

there...

NORM:

212-555-4240.

Dade goes to work on OTV. He closes his eyes and a flurry

of half-second video clips from old TV shows flashes by.

He opens his eyes. His screen says ENTERING ARPS 331 and

then wipes to another screen. Automated Record Playback

System. There is a graphic representation of the

station's automatic videotape changer. Dade turns on his

TV set and turns to OTV. It is running a Rush-Limbaugh

type TV show.

COMMENTATOR:

(on TV)

...so-called American Indians, Latinos and

Blacks come from a genetically mediocre

stock...

DADE:

Yak yak yak. Get a job!

Dade presses a key on his keyboard. The Video Changer

diagram lights up in red. At the station, a robotic arm

selects a videotape from a huge rack of thousands of

tapes. The "America First" tape slides out of the VTR and

is replaced by an episode of "The Outer Limits" as Dade

watches, drinks Coke and smiles, full of himself.

TV:

You are about to experience the awe and

mystery, which reaches from the inner mind,

to... The Outer Limits.

DADE:

Yesssss!

Suddenly, the ARPS screen is replaced by an ominous

message:

U HAVE TREAD:

UPON MY DOMAIN &

MUST NOW SUFFER:

WHO R U?

DADE:

Hey! What?

He starts to type ZERO...

DADE:

No, wait.

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