A reference to the Clipper Chip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip) in “Memento Mori" (S4E14) from 1997.

The history of the Clipper Chip project is a fascinating story about the politics and history around strong #cryptography, #surveillance, and #privacy in the early 90s.

See the writing on this topic by @mattblaze (https://www.mattblaze.org/papers/escrow-acsac11.pdf) and @matthew_d_green (https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2015/07/20/a-history-of-backdoors/).

It is worth studying and for those who did not live through it.

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A reference to the Clipper Chip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip) in “Memento Mori" (S4E14) from 1997.

The history of the Clipper Chip project is a fascinating story about the politics and history around strong #cryptography, #surveillance, and #privacy in the early 90s.

See the writing on this topic by @mattblaze (https://www.mattblaze.org/papers/escrow-acsac11.pdf) and @matthew_d_green (https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2015/07/20/a-history-of-backdoors/).

It is worth studying and for those who did not live through it.

#TheXFiles

From “End Game” (S2E17), Mulder uses a handheld GPS. It looks to be a Magellan brand unit. Consumer GPS was still very rare in 1995, and selective availability was still in effect, so GPS accuracy was still ~100 meters.

The display shows real coordinates which actually plots to the Beaufort Sea which is exactly where the episode takes place.

Something I never would have picked up on before, the date displayed “03Feb95” seems to be the original air date.

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Everyone’s favorite episode “Humbug” (S1E20) was a wild ride. It was peak 1995, featuring The Jim Rose Circus, and is an example of what a “monster of the week” episode should be. Everything looks so warm. The visual language of the X-Files seems lost; everything today feels so surgical and sterile.

I was only 13 when I saw this episode air and I remember it being my first time searching the internet for further X-Files discussion.

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Season 2 of The X-Files was brilliant. The Duane Barry story and introduction of the Scully abduction arc carry more weight now that I know where it goes. I remember making sure I was around every Friday at 9 p.m. to watch; there was no streaming, no binge-watching. I had to watch 22 episodes over as many weeks without missing any.

The show was honest and treated its audience with respect. It assumed a level of intelligence in its viewers without dumbing anything down.

I miss this.

#TheXFiles

In an alternate universe, deep in a datacenter, Scully takes control of the situation and orders Mulder to kill the AI.

“Ghost in the Machine” (S1E7).

#AI #LLM #TheXFiles #ArtificialIntelligence

I have decided to begin re-watching the entire original (seasons 1-9) run of The X-Files.

It has been more than 10 years since I last did this, and I am looking forward to it.

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finished watching The X Files
Ah, simpler times, when the world's demise was orchestrated by competent people through clever conspiracies.

Wait, this is fiction, it was always a bunch of ridiculous, very public bros, concerned only with making the line go up. It was in plain sight all along.

#movies #SciFi #TheXfiles #conspiracy #politics

#ERSneodb

I can't believe it's already been 32 years, since my favorite TV show ever, The X-Files, premiered. Happy anniversary!

#TheXFiles#XFiles#SciFi #90s

Composer Mark Snow, who created the iconic The X-Files theme, has died at 78. Snow's other notable credits include Millennium, Smallville, The Ghost Whisperer, Blue Bloods, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and The New Mutants.

#MarkSnow#TheXFiles#Music#Entertainment#Television#TV#Movies#Film#Cinema#RIP