Best movie depiction of a software developer (or "hacker" as Hollywood calls them)
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote:
What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
Swordfish! Well, I wish that it is...
Independence Day. Anyone who can ride in an alien spacecraft and hack into a system they've never seen with an unconnected laptop and upload a virus that messes up an alien operating system before they even know how the OS works is a DUDE!
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
"War Games" -- the two guys Broderick goes to for help. :-D Well, OK, Falken.
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Independence Day. Anyone who can ride in an alien spacecraft and hack into a system they've never seen with an unconnected laptop and upload a virus that messes up an alien operating system before they even know how the OS works is a DUDE!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
my thoughts as well
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
office space?
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Call me a bluff old traditionalist, but I actually like "Hackers". Substitute "management" for The Plague and "sales" for Agent Richard Gill and I start to relate :) Nick
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Office space, [Ocean Eleven, Die hard 4 & Italian Job], Untraceable, Tron, Matrix series, etc.,
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Revolution OS.
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
An old army dude once said words to the effect of "I'll go watch war movies when they start showing soldiers messing their pants when they're getting shot at" So for me, when they start showing coders scratching their heads wondering why the hell things aint working the way they're supposed to and generally looking like they dont have a clue ..... Bryce but Eddie Izzard is good Hollywood hacking[^]
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Richard Pryer in Superman III.
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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I don't remember that movie very well, but I remember that when I saw it I felt it was the worst movie I had ever seen. Though, Darren Aronofski more than made up for it with The Fountain, which is one of my top 10 favorite movies.
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I was thinking about Newman in Jurassic Park and his awesome "ah, ah, ah!" when they entered the wrong password, and then the "I'm a Mac" dude in that movie where he used a Nokia to do everything up to, and possibly including, piloting a space shuttle or something (OK, I may have fallen asleep in that one). What would you say are the best movie depictions of a software developer?
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Best movie depiction of a software developer (or "hacker" as Hollywood calls them)
Live Free or Die Hard[^] - Matthew Farrel character as a Hacker.
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Wow, I forgot about that, I might give it a watch tonight! By the same dint, hardware hackers: "Primer"
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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I am pretty sure that Michael Caine never said that!
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I don't remember that movie very well, but I remember that when I saw it I felt it was the worst movie I had ever seen. Though, Darren Aronofski more than made up for it with The Fountain, which is one of my top 10 favorite movies.
Well your standards should be high, in my opinion (the movie is sketchy and 'experimental', but far better than the average 'sweetened mainstream movie'). I didn't watch "The Fountain" (discorauged by a review, if I remember well. However, I liked "Requiem for a dream").
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