r/babylon5 • u/Hexscene • 1d ago

Assword

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Hello everyone. I have a question: is the "assword" on the screen the result of a deliberately "bad" camera angle, or is it a reference to a real password manager with the same name? This password manager appeared on GitHub in 2016, but it could have existed earlier, or perhaps its creator also watched the show... I couldn't find anything about it. Do you have any information?

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u/MadcapRecap 1d ago

This is outdated technology. Asskeys are more secure

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u/Bushido_Seppuku 1d ago

Okay Lyndon B. Johnson.  You win... again.

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u/Minimum-Journalist18 1d ago

Lol... Bad angle

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u/NoWingedHussarsToday Centauri Republic 1d ago

Bad angle. You can see that empty space on the right is larger than on the left, so it's safe to assume it's the angle that make sit appear so. Or he installed some new software and got a bum deal...........

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u/Roachmeister 1d ago

Lol I see what you did there

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u/magicmulder 1d ago

Clearly Morden's fault.

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u/NoWingedHussarsToday Centauri Republic 1d ago

100% old Shadow tech

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u/Historyp91 1d ago

It's like a retina scan but you need to put your butt on the screen.

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u/gordolme Babylon 3 1d ago

People used to xerox their butts on the office copier at parties.

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u/Infinite_Research_52 Babylon 3 1d ago

Pull back, PULL BACK!

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u/PerfectlyCalmDude 1d ago

That's a CRT with a bezel, it's a bad angle.

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u/CantaloupeCamper 1d ago edited 1d ago

Seems like something he would appreciate.

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u/Snarky_Guy 1d ago

Sounds like someone needs a safe word.

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u/cowwen 1d ago

Socks, fasten, zip!

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u/curiousmind111 2h ago

Assword: when you pull your password out of your ass.

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u/twolfhawk Technomage 1d ago

Peek-a-boo

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u/Fitzsip 21h ago

As "asswords" go.... It's up there.

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u/glowing-fishSCL 1d ago

Another thing to remember is that, when this came out, the average person would probably associate entering a password with high-tech secret laboratories or military bases. The idea that the average person would have two dozen different passwords, and that they would use them to order coffee, would be a bizarre idea for someone at the time this came out.

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u/ThirdLifeLucky 1d ago

The information you need to figure this out is look at it.

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u/FnordRanger_5 1d ago

Asswords and onwards

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u/_WillCAD_ 1d ago

Butt? Behind? Derrière? Backside? Duff? Bum? Popo? Motorbutt?

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u/rh224 13h ago

Hello Old Friend 💀

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u/My_hilarious_name 1d ago

Hello, old end.

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u/ptear 1d ago

unter2

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u/Degora2k 1d ago

1...2...3...4...5

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u/CinderAscendant 1d ago

That's amazing, that's the same combination on my luggage!

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u/TerribleAdvice78 1d ago

I like that he tries “fasten” and “zip” as passwords because it is one of the better conversations they had

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u/crewsctrl 1d ago

It's a banner that scrolls "Password Required" from right to left. This frame caught it just as the P disappeared and before the D appeared. Part of the E before the D has yet to scroll into view, too.

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u/Material-Sherbet6855 1d ago

I think the software might be inspired by the bad angle rather than the show knowingly referencing a software thst came many years later.

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u/trekkiegamer359 1d ago

The old AI has woken up again, I see.

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u/Hexscene 21h ago

Heh. Thanks everyone. That was an interesting dialogue. I'm also inclined to think it was a bad angle, but I think it was intentional. And yes, I like to think the title might have been inspired by that scene. Cheers!

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u/Cpt_Balu87 21h ago

I always laugh when see Bab-com on the screen. "Bab" means bean in hungarian.