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Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by jimktrains2 »

I guess I don't understand how the title and subtitle are linked. The synopsis and trailers don't talk about algorithms at all.

Also, a lot of the trailers focus on cracking, it appears, and not hacking as in doing creative things and using things in ways not expected? Why would someone aiming at the tech community use a word so wrongly, and in a way that riles some of us up?

While I understand that mono uses the .exe suffix, not many other things do in the *nix ecosystem, but the screen shot they use shows what appears to be ls -l output and all the files have a .exe suffix.

EDIT: Fair enough, I'm being a bit too critical of the exe files. (I don't think there is a strike-out markup supported?)

Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by jason_slack »

Remiii wrote: post #2

Be careful the movie is available for free on Youtube/Vimeo for a very limited time! After the 24hr free-view period, the movie will be offline (see. http://www.thehackermovie.com/about/ ).

is it on YouTube? Maybe I just have to many search results

Edit: There is a short pitch and some teasers on YT (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI8rbvoMOnw)

Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by Albuca »

Now if only I wasn't at work right now...

The premise of the movie seems pretty interesting I love the profit-share model, and the motivation behind creating the film:

"At the core of ALGORITHM’s plot are the questions that are shaking up the tech world to it’s very core, and the nations of the world right along with them: privacy, human rights, the place of government in the lives of citizens, the value and power of technology."

Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by nawitus »

jimktrains2 wrote: post #3

I guess I don't understand how the title and subtitle are linked. The synopsis and trailers don't talk about algorithms at all. Also, a lot of the trailers focus on cracking, it appears, and not hacking as in doing creative things and using things in ways not expected? Why would someone aiming at the tech community use a word so wrongly, and in a way that riles some of us up? While I understand that mono uses the .ex…

>Also, a lot of the trailers focus on cracking, it appears, and not hacking as in doing creative things and using things in ways not expected? Why would someone aiming at the tech community use a word so wrongly, and in a way that riles some of us up?

Because most of 'us' stopped complaining about that ten years ago. The meaning of words change.

Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by _-throwaway-_ »

jimktrains2 wrote: post #3

I guess I don't understand how the title and subtitle are linked. The synopsis and trailers don't talk about algorithms at all. Also, a lot of the trailers focus on cracking, it appears, and not hacking as in doing creative things and using things in ways not expected? Why would someone aiming at the tech community use a word so wrongly, and in a way that riles some of us up? While I understand that mono uses the .ex…

suspension of disbelief aside, it is totally plausible that he is ssh'ed into a remote linux machine and is listing the contents of a directory called "evil_windows_binaries"...
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