Video cannot play with your current setup. On my Linux box. Aaaaand we're done.
For what it's worth, it played just fine for me on Xubuntu 14.04 in Chrome. It's just that the acting was difficult to watch..
Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
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Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#22I 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.
Yet you hang out on 'Hacker News' without fear of being associated with black hats?
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#23I 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"...
Or a linux-hosted Samba share that's mounted on Windows machines (e.g. a university computer lab).
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#24Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
it's only available if you watch the embedded version on their site http://www.vincepergolizzi.com/2014/01/how-to-download-priva...
No, that's the message I get in the embedded player when I open the homepage.
Another reader posted this link below: https://vimeo.com/100672072
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#26Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
>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.
Yet you hang out on 'Hacker News' without fear of being associated with black hats?
because "Crack the Planet" doesn't have the same ring...
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#28Do they actually discuss or mention an algorithm in the movie?
Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie
#29Now 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…
The business model for ALGORITHM is based on the models of tech startups as described in The Lean Startup. It’s a profit-share agreement, giving everyone who works on the movie a vested interest in the success of the project. All profits get shared by the artist who actually made it happen.
Lots of indie movies are put together this way. It's industry code for 'work for free.' I own a percentage of several feature films, none of which are actually worth anything. That's not an altogether bad thing, it can be a good way to gain experience or burnish your credentials, eg I will sometimes work on a project for free because it creates a connection with a particular actor or gives me the ability to call in a favor in the future.
But you should know that it's kind of an indie/student film marketing trick. It's much easier to find talented folk than the money to pay them.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is this it? https://vimeo.com/100672072
THX. We can download the file with this link. :-)
This is the HD version: http://pdl.vimeocdn.com/44915/609/269043775.mp4?token2=14053...