Small Soldiers (1998)
Robert Picardo: Ralph, Clean Room Technician
Quotes
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Ralph, Clean Room Technician : The chips are a little sensitive to EMP.
Irwin Wayfair : EMP?
Ralph, Clean Room Technician : Electomagnetic Pulse. As in the kind generated by the detonation of a nuclear device? I doubt that the toy industry has become quite that competitive.
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Irwin Wayfair : So, Larry, let me get this straight, you used my password to order surplus military chips that might be dangerous?
[Air blast's in the room they're in startling Irwin]
Larry Benson : Hey, hey, hey, hey! It's okay, it's okay. That's supposed to happen. See? "Clean Room"
Irwin Wayfair : Right.
Larry Benson : Clean. Let's just go in. You all right?
Irwin Wayfair : Yeah, yeah. Mhmm.
Larry Benson : That's him. That's Ralph. Hi.
Ralph, Clean Room Technician : Who are you? You don't belong here.
Larry Benson : I'm Larry Benson. You supplied my division with some microchips.
Ralph, Clean Room Technician : Oh, yes. Larry Benson. The X 1000. Worked out better than you dreamed, didn't they?
Larry Benson : Actually there was a little bit of a problem.
Ralph, Clean Room Technician : Then it's with your software.
Irwin Wayfair : Uh, I don't think there's a problem with the software, Ralph.
Ralph, Clean Room Technician : Oh, you don't? The X 1000 is a masterpiece. Imagine a microchip sophisticated enough to control the the guidance systems of ballistic missiles. Imagine it can be used to instantly upgrade any system that it's plugged into. Like a smart drug for machines. Then imagine it can learn.
Irwin Wayfair : W-what are you talking about? Artificial intelligence?
Ralph, Clean Room Technician : No. Actual intelligence. It's no wonder those philistines at the Pentagon couldn't appreciate it. One little flaw and they scrap the whole project.
Irwin Wayfair : Aha!, so there is a flaw in the chips.
Ralph, Clean Room Technician : Well.. they're a little bit sensitive to E.M.P.
Irwin Wayfair : E.M.P.? Electromagnetic pulse?
Ralph, Clean Room Technician : Yeah, you know, the kind generated by the detonation of a nuclear device? I doubt even the toy industry has become quite that competitive. They said adequate shielding wasn't cost-effective. Did the Medicis ever tell Michelangelo, ''Sorry Mike, but marble's not really cost effective. Here's a bag of cement'' I think not!
[sneezes]
Irwin Wayfair : Gesundheit.
Ralph, Clean Room Technician : Thank you.
Larry Benson : Look, they're really shouldn't be any problem right just 'cause the chips can learn.
Ralph, Clean Room Technician : Am I not being clear? They can learn within the boundaries of their primary programming. Whatever the core programming, the X 1000 enhances it from within. So if you've got a problem, it's in your software.