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How many good 'Hacker' movies have there been? Better yet, has there been any good hacker movies, ever? The only movie I liked wasn't remotely "hacking" was t

by eostyx 14y ago

How many good 'Hacker' movies have there been? Better yet, has there been any good hacker movies, ever? The only movie I liked wasn't remotely "hacking" was the first Matrix. It was mostly some pop terminology sprinkled through it. Much like all Hollywood interpretations of what hackers actually do. It's hilariously actually.... Spinning 3D cubes to hack into some database, while the actor looks like he's playing an awesome game of minesweeper on flaming tits that emit crummy (inappropriate) pop music. *enhances image resolution above what it's original source res is... Badazz >.>

jseliger 14y ago
Pirates of Silicon Valley was okay, and I liked The Social Network, even if it bears the same resemblance to Facebook's actual history that Lord of the Rings does to the actual Middle Ages. But your overall point is well-taken.
- waterlesscloud 14y ago
  I thought Anti-Trust was ok. It's pretty Hollywood, but the core ideas were pretty good.
  - nitrogen 14y ago
    Miguel de Icaza had a cameo in Antitrust. The computers are all running Gnome on Linux. A few decisions are made by characters that wouldn't be made by an actual engineer for the sake of dramatic tension, but overall, it is highly realistic as far as Hollywood goes.
batista 14y ago
enhances image resolution above what it's original source res is...Badazz Well, it's not totally impossible. You can sort of interpolate a higher resolution from an image, with stuff like "fractal resizing", etc: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/07/better-image-resizing.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/07/better-image-resizi... Although, this is also accurate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaMdXjTn9rc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaMdXjTn9rc
CodeMage 14y ago
Better yet, has there been any good hacker movies, ever? My personal favorite is "Sneakers": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/
- jedc 14y ago
  +1 to this. While the premise was a bit ridiculous, it was definitely a "hacker" movie.

by eostyx 14y ago

jseliger 14y ago

Pirates of Silicon Valley was okay, and I liked The Social Network, even if it bears the same resemblance to Facebook's actual history that Lord of the Rings does to the actual Middle Ages. But your overall point is well-taken.

waterlesscloud 14y ago
I thought Anti-Trust was ok. It's pretty Hollywood, but the core ideas were pretty good.
- nitrogen 14y ago
  Miguel de Icaza had a cameo in Antitrust. The computers are all running Gnome on Linux. A few decisions are made by characters that wouldn't be made by an actual engineer for the sake of dramatic tension, but overall, it is highly realistic as far as Hollywood goes.

batista 14y ago

enhances image resolution above what it's original source res is...Badazz Well, it's not totally impossible. You can sort of interpolate a higher resolution from an image, with stuff like "fractal resizing", etc: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/07/better-image-resizing.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/07/better-image-resizi... Although, this is also accurate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaMdXjTn9rc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaMdXjTn9rc

CodeMage 14y ago

Better yet, has there been any good hacker movies, ever? My personal favorite is "Sneakers": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/

jedc 14y ago
+1 to this. While the premise was a bit ridiculous, it was definitely a "hacker" movie.