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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Bing Chat (so ChatGPT) wrote an opening scene (or maybe more like a trailer, prompt was opening scene) too:

The opening scene of “Server Down” begins with a shot of a high-tech skyscraper. The camera then zooms into the basement of the building, where we see Jack Bauer, a nerdy and obsessive system administrator, working on his servers. He is surrounded by racks of blinking machines, tangled cables, and humming fans. Jack is wearing a t-shirt with a witty tech joke printed on it, and he is sipping a cup of coffee from a “World’s Best Sysadmin” mug.

Suddenly, the lights flicker, and the servers go offline. Jack’s face turns pale, and he drops his coffee mug. He frantically tries to reboot the servers, but nothing works. He checks the network connections, the power supply, and the cooling system, but everything seems fine. He then realizes that the problem is not with his servers, but with the building’s infrastructure. He rushes to the security room, where he finds out that the building has been taken over by terrorists.

The camera then cuts to the terrorists, who are holding the employees hostage and demanding a ransom from the government. They have cut off all communication lines, disabled the security cameras, and planted a bomb in the building. They are confident that they can get away with their plan, but they didn’t count on one thing: Jack Bauer.

The scene ends with Jack staring at the security monitors, his eyes burning with determination. He knows that he has to act fast to save his servers, his colleagues, and himself. He takes a deep breath, puts on his backpack, and heads towards the ventilation ducts. The adventure begins!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If Jack was really the World's Best Sysadmin the servers wouldn't go down when the power is cut off.

Also, he wouldn't rush to the security room. He'd hack into the servers remotely. No good sysadmin leaves their chair if they don't have to.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@Semi-Hemi-Demigod @Diabolo96 @CowsLookLikeMaps @IsoKiero the power supply was off, but the network connections, power supply and cooling systems were fine!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Shhh 🤫...don't tell nobody till the movie's out . We'll simply add text on one of the monitors pointing it and certainly a nerd with millions of subscribers will later make a 2 hour essay about how it's actually a genuis and yet subtle jab at the viewer for accepting any nonsense thrown at them when watching a movie or something like that. Problem Fixed.

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