--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 6/18/01 11:22:47 AM,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << I liked it other than the puter parts. Why can't
> they have a guy just
> using linux or bsd, ftping somewhere, enter a
> username and pw, and grab a tar
> file? "lookit my super secret hax0r program! It
> took me 3 hours to write
> the crypto code and 4 years to write the
> graphics!">>
>
> Why can't they? Why *should* they? This is light
> entertainment, not the
> Learning Channel.
>
>
> <<And how many world class hackers look like Clint
> Eastwood or a European
> male model? >>
>
> How many people would want to see a movie in which
> the performers looked like
> us? I know *I* certainly wouldn't. As Nick Hornby
> writes, film and television
> actors look better than you and me - that's their
> job. In fact, that's the
> entire point of their existence.
>
Point taken. But if you saw your trade or one of your
hobbies horribly portrayed time and again by
hollywood, you'd probably scream bloody murder too.
=)
dean
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more.
http://buzz.yahoo.com/
