Matrix Reloaded

Bob Bell bbell at hp.com
Fri May 16 13:51:02 EDT 2003


On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 12:44:53PM -0400, Dan Jenkins <dan at rastech.com> wrote:
> Not quite a mention of Linux in the popular culture, per se, but... I 
> remember back in the 90's there was a Roddenberry-inspired SF series 
> (not StarTrek, can't recollect the name). Anyways, one scene showed a 
> future NYC skyline with a character pointing out something who said 
> "right there next to the Torvalds building, the largest in New York 
> City." Since I use closed captioning, I noticed Linus' surname as it 
> scrolled by. That's the earliest, albeit oblique, reference I can 
> recollect, outside of tech shows.

    Sounds like it could have been Earth: Final Conflict?  I can't find
a reference to "Torvalds building" on Google, though.

-- 
Bob Bell <bbell at hp.com>
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