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On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Ian E. Trump <[email protected]> wrote:

> boobies
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nathan T. Wild
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 19:07
> To: SkullSpace
> Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] In defense of Swordfish
>
> In defense of Swordfish: Halle Berry.
>
> That is all.
>
>
> Nathan T. Wild
> Ralph Brown Community Centre Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Jenkins <[email protected]>
> Sender: [email protected]: Mon, 28 Jan 2013
> 19:04:16
> To: <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> Subject: [SkullSpace-Discuss] In defense of Swordfish
>
> Ian wrote:
>  > 2. The hacker movie you despise, why?
>  >
>  > Swordfish
>
> On balance, I find Swordfish to be okay (not great) as a film and not
> terrible. Some of the bad hacking crap is offset by what I consider to
> be a really good hacking scene later in the movie
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjGbvpr_dB8
> (This isn't the notorious crypto break with human distraction earlier in
> the film)
>
> Once your get past the dramatization, ridiculous GUI and ridiculous rig
> there's lots of good stuff there:
>
> * A dead drop
>
> * A great retro computing reference, complete with tape drive
>
> * Long basement tunnel cabling run
>
> * Re-use of old code
>
> * Adaptation of old code for current circumstances required, can't just
> use the old stuff
>
> * Distractions removed, non-hackers out of the room
>
> * Late night setting
>
> * Frustration when things aren't going well, but not quiting
>
> * Waiting for compiling/linking/testing http://xkcd.com/303/, with
> uncertainty while you wait for them to complete to your satisfaction
>
> * Incremental and modular development, with joy/celebration as each unit
> of progress is completed
>
> * Realization that you've forgotten many little details that you used to
> know when you've been away from something for awhile
>
> * Taking a break (and coming back inspired)
>
> * Talking to yourself while working
> http://justseventhings.com/2009/01/25/why-talking-to-yourself-might-be-t
> he-highest-form-of-intelligence/
>
> * Despite being involved in rather serious business, Stanly manges to
> have fun and be playful while working on this (yes, its over the top) Is
> this perhaps hinting at a more general spirit playful cleverness being
> present?
> http://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html
>
> * Serious amount of time elapse (hours) for work to get done (unlike
> earlier bad scene under pressure)
>
> * Exhaustion (sleep and mental) when done
>
> * Bad personal health habits (smoking, excessive drinking?)
>
>
> What other film has this many good elements all in one scene?
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