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Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by staz »

gweinberg wrote: post #70
NSCFType wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, technically, IP addresses can be represented by a single integer: 2130706433 == 127.0.0.1

Technically, anything you can name can be represented by a single integer.

Yeah but technically in the protocol it's just one number, we show it as 4 numbers because it's easier for humans to manipulate

Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by aluhut »

im_dario wrote: post #79
aluhut wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ripping a stream is not hacking. I did it through FlshGot. This is no science. It's just a rightclick. This is not some hidden elite treasure you need to hide here.

I didn't say that. Nevermind.

You were talking about keeping things to ourselves and "geek" knowledge.

Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by aluhut »

im_dario wrote: post #83
aluhut wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You were talking about keeping things to ourselves and "geek" knowledge.

I didn't say it was hacking. There is a little difference and they are not equal.

It changes absoultly nothing in this context here. However you call it. You wanted to keep some knowledge to yourself because you thought it may be some kind of special thing. It's not. Especially not here.

Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by acePgmr »

Did anyone figure out who the guy was -- his original client? Was he CIA or was he in the black ops commercial company -- the one that wrote Shepard? Are we to presume that Timothy joined the organization the same way Will does? Is Timothy in the CIA or the company, or does it many any difference? Was part of Timothy's reward the hooker he was playing doctor with? High risk reward there -- torture on one hand, and money and hookers on the other. Did he steal Will's girl too?

Then at the end -- his client tells Timothy that he has been there for 3 weeks and they were closing that facility. Does that mean that Timothy was in charge of how long Will was held? Which friends picked him up at the end?? -- does that mean some of then really survived? And what info were the interrogators after? If it was how Will did it, why is he suddenly best friends with a guy who set him up and will reveal all? Is it implying that the CIA/black ops uses these techniques as a standard recruitment procedure?

I personally don't think that fear based people are very smart. And I think that a little moral fiber also enhances IQ. This character said he didn't care about rules of nations, and then says that he has to continue because it is wrong. Doesn't compute. He doesn't even seem to register that he was endangering his friends. Not that people like this don't exist. Maybe that was the point, that power is in the hands of narcissistic children with crippled moral fiber. If so, there's nothing new in the computer age about that one.

Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by substdio »

jdbernard wrote: post #63
wynsh wrote: post #58

This movie is bad. 1. poor acting 2. constant proselytizing about fairly superficial hacker culture ideas 3. plot isn't executed well. tries to create twists at the end but it simply doesn't come together. 4. lack of character development as well. a large portion of the movie is the main character giving various monologues about how cool he is as a hacker, but it still doesn't create some sort of human connection wit…

Seconded. After about 30 minutes in I had to start taking notes about things that bothered me. Some highlights: SPOILERS BELOW The acting is bad, yes, but the script is not much better. There are so many places where they seriously oversell something. The classic maxim, "show, don't tell," is very appropriate here. Often times they approach something so straightforward, so on-the-nose that it is hard to take it serio…

Not the worst and as a semi-geek I'd rather watch this than an action movie in most cases. The "info is free", "I'm a god", and so many more Cliches during the main characters monologue really hurt the movie. I'm no stickler for making every last detail fit the expectations of the IT crowd which is as pedantic as it comes. I will say, I enjoyed just watching something about computers for no other reason other than it's rare to see movies about a topic that interests me. Bedouin Hacker is still the only "hacker" movie I really like. I was enjoying the movie until the last few minutes. The biggest question I had was why he would need to crack the home network of his first client??? Wouldn't it have been just a little easier to ASK the dude hiring you??? Made zero sense. ignoring all the inaccuracies and cliche's it would've been nice if they had not felt it necessary to have the setting in the fantasy world/Bubble of San Fran, sorry to the REAL San Fran residents if any are left. A higher concentration of people more out of touch with reality would be hard to find. The ending... I'm either completely stupid, or ??? well I just don't have a clue what happened. I won't say don't watch it but don't get your hopes up and if you want to enjoy it you may want to skip the last 10-15 min of ???, well I've still not figured it out. Thank god I didn't pay for it. Too bad, it could have been much better. Tough subject to tackle in all fairness.

EDIT: New commenter, was not supposed to be a reply to any specific post... just my mostly useless thoughts.

Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by substdio »

Not the worst and as a semi-geek I'd rather watch this than an action movie in most cases. The "info is free", "I'm a god", and so many more Cliches during the main characters monologue really hurt the movie. I'm no stickler for making every last detail fit the expectations of the IT crowd which is as pedantic as it comes. I will say, I enjoyed just watching something about computers for no other reason other than it's rare to see movies about a topic that interests me. Bedouin Hacker is still the only "hacker" movie I really like. I was enjoying the movie until the last few minutes. The biggest question I had was why he would need to crack the home network of his first client??? Wouldn't it have been just a little easier to ASK the dude hiring you??? Made zero sense. ignoring all the inaccuracies and cliche's it would've been nice if they had not felt it necessary to have the setting in the fantasy world/Bubble of San Fran, sorry to the REAL San Fran residents if any are left. A higher concentration of people more out of touch with reality would be hard to find. The ending... I'm either completely stupid, or ??? well I just don't have a clue what happened. I won't say don't watch it but don't get your hopes up and if you want to enjoy it you may want to skip the last 10-15 min of ???, well I've still not figured it out. Thank god I didn't pay for it. Too bad, it could have been much better. Tough subject to tackle in all fairness.

Re: Algorithm: The Hacker Movie

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Post by yardape »

I give these indies a lot of praise. With no money and very little artistic support, the director pulled off a B class movie. Which is extremely admirable. The plot needs alot of work, but the idea of an overlord ei "Sheppard" is rather mesmerizing. It was a Sunday afternoon flick, and I sat through the whole movie. The mention of tor, wireless hacking with something like an raspberry-pi running xubuntu in a can on a battery. It was totally feasible, I might even put one together tonight. But for Geeks, this movie is something like a carrot on a stick for 24hrs.
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