Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The "Standards" Game Date: 8 Dec 2025 08:41:28 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <10gi8ht$l23v$5@dont-email.me> <10gl2as$1nroi$1@dont-email.me> <10gpntd$3eu8q$1@dont-email.me> <10gvccs$1mp7l$1@dont-email.me> <10h15l5$2b64m$15@dont-email.me> <10h1gr8$2gp20$1@dont-email.me> <10h4i97$3lk5c$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net oIcZxwqJd+wwDxyi2VGzhQih2uhF0FHT4P3xqWC0/2+zczYmJU Cancel-Lock: sha1:aQu0IenTw6fIY1VKzTrw1YDYJl8= sha256:+CGHiafbMfIvU2c3iWbDXI6DsHsGk37uPfbLI/hMI5o= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:78476 On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 00:13:09 -0500, c186282 wrote: > Interesting - and we still see it - how the bad guys always insist > that resisters beat them using their own best skills. The classic > gun-fighter demands that some brave sheriff beat him in a high-noon > street gunfight. The Roman centurion demands the foe beat him with > sword and shield. The cyber-criminal demands to be beaten with > more-clever software. The big bad town thug demands you beat him in a > bar-fight. I saw it was on the Amazon Prime rotation so I watched 'Hackers' last night. Not much saving grace there other than Angelina Jolie was sort of cute when ahe was young, it you're into goths on rollerblades. They were very proud of the visual effects which didn't use much CGI. Naming the target computer 'Gibson' was a nod to william Gibson and they tried to create some of his prose visualizations.