From: tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   On Saturday, July 12, 2003 at 11:33:52 PM UTC-7, Justin Bacon wrote:   
   > PCportinc wrote:   
   > >There were no guards, and   
   > >we could plainly see that the place is abandoned; an obvious tip off   
   > >for anyone that the computer which would rule the world/Skynet/AI core,   
   > >or whatever you want to call it, would not be located there.   
   >   
   > Yeah. I think John and Kate, unfortunately, were a little too caught up in   
   the   
   > moment to realize their horrendous mistake. But I was sitting in the theater   
   > wondering if the filmmakers were really this dumb. Fortunately, they weren't.   
   > But the fact that I wasn't really trusting them at that point in the film   
   > speaks to a number of idiocies earlier in the film.   
   >   
   > >There are bunkers underneath the   
   > >Pentagon and the CIA building, and at many other   
   > >secret locations. We know this from the events of 9/11/01.  Just watch the   
   CNN   
   > >or any other specials.  Didnt Mostow remember that the Vice-President and   
   > >many others were often kept "at an undisclosed location"?   
   >   
   > Let's pretend, for a moment, that there are electronic locks on the doors   
   > leading to those bunkers. Combined with the disruption of communication   
   > networks, Skynet's ability to simply lock down those modern facilities would   
   > probably have given it time to wipe out the leadership structure of the U.S.   
   > Particularly since it would have probably known exactly where those leaders   
   > were.   
      
   So Bush and Cheney would have been banging on the door, swearing a blue streak   
   as the machines approached to kill them.   
      
   The Crystal Peak facility was protected by electronic locks.  Why didn't   
   Skynet lock it down too?   
      
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