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JimP <solo...@gmail.com> writes:
> And 2001 was in 1968. I was in the Navy at the time. Probably saw it
> in one of the big theaters in San Deigo.

re:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2018d.html#76 George Lucas reveals his plan for Star Wars 7 through 9--and it was awful

was undergraduate ... but had been working fulltime for university,
responsible for ibm mainframe (academic & administration) systems
... then got hired into small group at Boeing attached to CFO office to
help with the formation of Boeing Computing Services (consolidate all
dataprocessing in an independent business unit to better monetize
investment). 747#3 was flying skies of seattle getting FAA flt
certification. 1969 saw 2001, a space odyssey downtown seattle cinerma
(when I graduate, I join science center at MIT rather than staying at
Boeing). some recent posts mentioning BCS:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2018.html#28 1963 Timesharing: A Solution to Computer Bottlenecks
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2018.html#55 Now Hear This--Prepare For The "To Be Or To Do" Moment
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2018b.html#28 Important US technology companies sold to foreigners
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2018c.html#25 OFF TOPIC:  Spring Break, 1947

30 yrs later, 1999 was working with financial outsourcing company and
did temporary assignment in Seattle ... working with a Seattle area
crypto company and m'soft on electronic commerce and online banking. The
seattle area crypto company did a lot of Kerberos work (including
contract do m'softs initial kerberos implementation).  trivia: at the
time, the CEO of the crypto company ... in prior life had been head of
POK mainframe and then head of Boca & PS2. Saw "Star Wars", Episode I at
the same (restored) theater that had seen 2001:
https://www.wired.com/1999/04/paul-allen-restores-a-relic/

I had seen original star wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)

in the 70s at san jose century 22, 
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/9024

also saw raiders of the lost ark at century 22, sitting in front row
(some of the scenes from front row were overwhelming)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark#Visual_effects_and_sound_design

and some of the people I had worked with and/or knew,  were then working
at Industrial Light & Magic up in Marin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic

other trivia: in 1999 I was also doing financial standards and financial
transaction security chip. Had booths at that year's BAI (world-wide
retail banking) show ... press release with some of the companies
(including a couple seattle area companies)
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/99.html#217 AADS/X9.59 demo & standards at BAI (world-wide retail banking) show
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/99.html#224 X9.59/AADS announcement at BAI this week
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/99.html#229 Digital Signature on SmartCards

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virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970