It was a good episode, but I've always had one problem with it...
The episode was filmed in 1984. It is now 2001. I sit here typing on a computer from 1999. The computer which I am using couldn't do a tenth of the things that 1984 computer could.
Why can't I talk to my computer, and have my computer solve my problems for me? Huh?!?
If computers were that good in 1984, what's happened in the 15 years since to dumb 'em down? Shouldn't we be on mars by now with computers like that?!?! And please, don't tell me that the episode was meant to represent what things would be like in the future, because that episode was solidly grounded in 1984... Blair's hairstyle should tell you that much...
I'm going out and buying me a computer from 1984 now... I'm lonely, and need a companion who can solve my problems.
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