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it's over folks.

And this is the glib but little

headline you'll be seeing...

throughout the world.

- Not going to happen, is it?

- No

- Is it?

- No

Not going to happen.

There are no constraints,

no boundaries.

Surprise me.

Challenge me.

Defy me.

Defy yourselves.

You have a choice.

You can be forgotten,

or you can be remembered

as one of the noble few

who made it.

Now's the time

to go way beyond your potential.

Now's the time

to dig down deep folks.

Now's the time

to show why you are the elite.

The chosen few.

The rare lights that give

this company

its uniqueness,

it's luminescence.

- Now's the time to shine!

- Yeah! Woo!

Corporate condo's are almost as

romantic as they sounded, so she...

she brought me here, and...

Well, I think it's...

I th...

What do you think?

Did I tell you he has never been

anybody's counselor before?

I did. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry,

the house is great.

- It's great and so are you.

- Yeah?

- Really?

- Really.

- Come on, I love you

- You do?

Show me the bedroom.

Most of us who write software

achieve our greatest work

before age 30.

As I grow older I know how

important it is..

Are you going to keep working?

Hi, Gary.

In the middle of something?

- No.

- Check this out.

Huh?

Wow!

Who did this?

Josh or Vancat or what..

Somebody, yeah.

Think you can use it?

- Yeah, the compression is awesome.

- Look at that!

- Structure is perfect.

- Yeah.

Oh, god! Oh!

So much fun!

Love doing this!

The governor of Missouri has called

upon the president to declare a

state of emergency.

In local news, a tragic car accident

took the life of Portland area

computer software entrepreneur,

William Sudd,

a Computer Science graduate from

the MI

and a genius in his field.

Sudd was found to have both

Prozac and alcohol in his car...

Milo?

Hi.

- You're pretty famous around here.

- Yeah, but...

getting a bit of a teacher's pet rep.

I wouldn't worry about it

I mean you have to figure most

people around here were their

teachers' pets.

- Were you?

- We moved around a lot.

- I barely knew my teachers.

- Me too, I..

- What were you? An army brat or

something?

- Yes, something like that.

What do you have there?

I wanted to show you

the interface systems... for SYNAPSE.

OK, here.

- I'm Lisa by the way.

- Yeah, I know.

Hi, you've reached the offices of

Skullbocks.

Teddy and Larry are out right now.

Leave a message and we'll

call you back when you're out

and leave you one.

Hey Teddy, it's Milo.

Just calling 'cause it's been a while

and...

guess I'm kinda hoping

you're not still pissed at me.

- Hi

- Hey

- How's it going?

- OK, I guess.

- And Larry?

- Good, yeah.

So, you guys making progress?

Sorry, that's classified information,

we had to sign all those non-

disclosure forms. You know how it is.

Oh yeah, yeah,

me too, me too.

Still, work is not the only thing

to talk about is it?

Oh, of course not.

So, what've you been up too?

Working.

It's good to hear from you,

even though you are the enemy now.

Gary Winston's office, can you hold

please? Thank you.

Thank you so much for holding,

How can I help you?

Let me just check that for you.

The Department of Justice says that

if we acquire Netmail they will view

it as anti-competitive.

Why didn't you tell me this

before we decided to forego R&D?

Well, at the time, they indicated

that it wouldn't be a problem.

They have a bureaucratic

mindset Gary, they...

They do?

I count on you to solve problems,

whatever it takes.

Show me some kind of creativity!

Gary, we're talking about the law.

It's not like making software.

There are limits.

No limits!

Stop thinking like a lawyer

for a second

and show me some kind of creativity!

Yes, sir.

He'll have to get back to you

Gary Winston's office,

can you hold please?

You can go on in now, Milo.

Gary Winston's office.

Yes, he is in a conference right now.

Can I take a message?

Gary.

You wanted to see me?

Yeah.

Take a look.

This is amazing.

Who's doing all this?

What does that mean?

- What does that mean, huh?

- Nothing, I, I...

I'm sorry.

That wasn't meant for you.

The Justice Department is

driving me nuts.

They make everything strategic I do,

look sordid.

Every good chess player knows his

opponent's moves before he makes them.

Everyone in business tries to

get ahead.

I get there first,

I'm a bad guy.

What are we doing here?

Are we making chemical weapons?

Kiddy porn?

Are we strip mining?

No!

Why are they after me?

The software business

is binary.

You're a one or a zero.

Alive or dead.

- It scales, don't you think?

- Definitely, yes.

Here.

It's your copy.

I don't want to speak too soon,

but I think I cracked it, Larry.

I really think I cracked it.

Are you going to tell me

what's bothering you are not?

- Ok

- Ok.

Gary gave me a

new compression scheme today.

I said...

"Who's doing all this",

cause I was impressed.

I wanted to know where it was

coming from. Right?

He just lost it, like...

he shouted at me,

he had this look in his eyes, like I..

- How horrible!

- Yeah

- Well, where did it come from?

- I don't know.

That's what I've been asking myself.

I asked around. Nobody knows

anything about it.

You know? So does he have some genius

stowed away somewhere?

And if does, the why not

let him write SYNAPSE?

- I not saying if makes any sense...

- Hey! Honey.

Sesame Seeds.

Jesus.

Excuse me...

Could you take that away? Thank you.

- I'm so stupid.

- Hey!

Hey.

He is a genius. Don't forget.

If anybody other than you could

write this thing as quickly as

you're saying...

...wouldn't it maybe be him?

- Yes, yes, you are right,

The guy's a genius.

SYNAPSE is all he cares about,

and I'm being over-sensitive

for a change.

To geniuses.

You know what?

Sometimes it helps to get out of

here. Just for an hour or so.

Hey, Milo!

Brian!

Just dropped off my resume.

Nearly got in the door.

You're living up here now?

I'm systems administrator

at the local public access station,

where any whack job

with 100 bucks gets his own show.

God, does it suck!

Can you help me?

- Put it a word.

- I'll see what I can do. Yeah.

- Well, I'm parked illegally.

- Ok.

They pushed up the schedule

on all the SYNAPSE applications.

How fast are you going?

There is no second place.

Plus every time I get jammed up,

- Gary comes up with something.

- Did...

- Gary give you a new design or

something?

- Yeah

I must have offended him,

'cause he...

He yelled at me.

People don't ever just,

hand you stuff.

Maybe once.

I reconfigured it anyway.

You're compulsive.

Moments,

precious moments

that you want to hold

that you want to share,

at home, at school, at work.

You'll keep in touch with the ones

you love through SYNAPSE.

The first satellite-delivered,

global communication system.

Share live voices, music,

pictures or video,

data or text,

with anyone, anywhere, instantly...

Look, Daddy.

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