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"Sneakers" is such an entertaining watch for anyone that's never seen it. Well worth your time. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/
I hope there are still movies being made today that inspire the next generation of programmers. It feels like it's all Marvel now.
"Sneakers" is such an entertaining watch for anyone that's never seen it. Well worth your time. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/
Haven't rewatched since it was first released. As an audio person I was particularly impressed with a scene whereby someone who was locked in a trunk determined their location by remembering the sound made by bumps on a specific road. Is that right? Or am I thinking of the last time I was kidnapped?
"Sneakers" is such an entertaining watch for anyone that's never seen it. Well worth your time. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/
Haven't rewatched since it was first released. As an audio person I was particularly impressed with a scene whereby someone who was locked in a trunk determined their location by remembering the sound made by bumps on a specific road. Is that right? Or am I thinking of the last time I was kidnapped?
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They're not on the roof for that scene; they're in his office, using the computer room's air conditioning as a sound mask (and using a Cray Y-MP as a bench). While the movie takes some very early-90s liberties with technology (especially the scene where they use the chip), it's remarkably respectful of hacking -- there's a stronger emphasis on social engineering then the purely technical, and my "head canon" is that…
Anyone interested in learning more about social engineering should check out "The Art of" books by legendary hacker Kevin Mitnick.
The Old Man and the Gun
… another great film by Redford, about an elderly man who leans on his charisma and confidence to rob banks. Based on a true story.
"Sneakers" is such an entertaining watch for anyone that's never seen it. Well worth your time. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/
He more or less was everywhere when I was growing up in the 1970's. "The Sting", "All the President's Men", etc. "The Great Waldo Pepper" was often on T.V. "Jeremiah Johnson" though is still a favorite of mine. Got me into blackpowder. And surprised later when watching The Twilight Zone and he turned up as "Death": https://youtu.be/9tfyv4BZRug
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A friend of mine that was in Desert Storm taught me this. Of course, he was on the other side One of my favourites. Great cast. Kingsley and Redford on the roof: "There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information"
They're not on the roof for that scene; they're in his office, using the computer room's air conditioning as a sound mask (and using a Cray Y-MP as a bench). While the movie takes some very early-90s liberties with technology (especially the scene where they use the chip), it's remarkably respectful of hacking -- there's a stronger emphasis on social engineering then the purely technical, and my "head canon" is that…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
For me the biggest Hollywood liberty taken is the beautiful ASCII Colourized UIs for federal agencies and ATC that they reveal with the decrypt!
"Sneakers" is such an entertaining watch for anyone that's never seen it. Well worth your time. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/
He more or less was everywhere when I was growing up in the 1970's. "The Sting", "All the President's Men", etc. "The Great Waldo Pepper" was often on T.V. "Jeremiah Johnson" though is still a favorite of mine. Got me into blackpowder. And surprised later when watching The Twilight Zone and he turned up as "Death": https://youtu.be/9tfyv4BZRug
I used to feel some sort of strange reassurance whenever I'd see him on screen, in any kind of film, in any kind of role. Being an espionage lover, of course, Spy Game will have a special place; then there's him playing Sundance Kid, but I remember him for Out of Africa and The Way We Were . I know many might say, 'But he was not central in them'; I'd say that he was. And no, not the only central role. That's how I r…