You know what, normally I wouldn’t say anything, except that there is literally
no content in that one. Just a little more, and maybe he’ll get into some book
of world records.
From: chris kluka
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 8:27 PM
To: Discuss, SkullSpace
Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] In defense of Swordfish
Your email to signature ratio of 3:174 is impressive.
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Ken DeWitt <[email protected]>
wrote:
lol
Any question or comments you can email or call me at any time.
I will get back to you as fast as I can.
Thank you and have a nice day!!
Ken DeWitt
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Ian E. Trump <[email protected]> wrote:
boobies
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 19:07
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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.
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From: Mark Jenkins <[email protected]>
Sender: [email protected]: Mon, 28 Jan 2013
19:04:16
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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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