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Hackers...the movie. "their only crime was curiosity". I suspect that line was lifted from this. As for the Manifesto itself, for the most part, looking back

Hackers...the movie. "their only crime was curiosity". I suspect that line was lifted from this. As for the Manifesto itself, for the most part, looking back, this rings true. I was there... in the 80's...with colourful boxes, acoustic couplers, and pages and pages of phone numbers. I never had the sense of community this document describes...it seemed like a much more solitary pursuit, but you picked up things if you know where to look...and clearly, trails were blazed by those that went before. To paraphase Dali... It wasn't better than drugs, It was drugs.

mikeflynn 7y ago
It’s entirely lifted/sourced in the movie. They read the last part verbatim in the movie in the scene with the FBI agents in the car.
- rbanffy 7y ago
  The movie is underrated. RISC technology is going to change everything. ;-)
  - robohoe 7y ago
    RISC is good!
    - rbanffy 7y ago
      Every computer surrounding me agrees. Even the x86 ones, deep inside their execution units, agree.
pound 7y ago
I wouldn't say 'lifted'. They were straight reading manifesto itself, not pretending that it's something else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwozkbmjzC4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwozkbmjzC4
- pound 7y ago
  Oh, I see. That line was used in the movie posters at the time. Yep, true - it was based on manifesto :)
- anon1m0us 7y ago
  It's funny how the hacker says, "Cool" and the reader said, "Cool? It's not cool. It's commie bullshit." Honest question: Which one is correct?
  - NilsIRL 7y ago
    It's up for you to decide
  - p4bl0 7y ago
    It may be cool commie bullshit :).
  - enneff 7y ago
    They’re both federal agents. Neither is a hacker. The guy that says “cool” is just more hip than the other one.
  - pound 7y ago
    that's not a hacker but also an agent. and a bit of trivia - person who plays him is Marc Anthony (musician, ex-husband of Jennifer Lopez)
    - ChrisArchitect 7y ago
      ah, I was trying to place him. Nice one
  - 8bitsrule 7y ago
    "You may stop me, but you can't stop us all." Still correct.
  - lone_haxx0r 7y ago
    > I'm smarter than most of the other kids, this crap they teach us bores me... > If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me... > My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for. These quotes are too individualistic to be "commie".
walrus01 7y ago
Man, I feel old now, the manifesto and similar documents to it pre-date the cheesy-as-hell movie by many years.
- jmts 7y ago
  You're not old. You're elite!
  - rboyd 7y ago
    Man I remember wanting to be elite more than anything. It always seemed like a binary function, you were either elite or you were a lamer.
  - efdee 7y ago
    Better get a nickname.
StanislavPetrov 7y ago
> I was there... in the 80's...with colourful boxes, acoustic couplers, and pages and pages of phone numbers. Good times. I still have my red box (modified radio shack tone dialer), although COCOTs have long-since gone the way of the dodo.

mikeflynn 7y ago

It’s entirely lifted/sourced in the movie. They read the last part verbatim in the movie in the scene with the FBI agents in the car.

rbanffy 7y ago
The movie is underrated. RISC technology is going to change everything. ;-)
- robohoe 7y ago
  RISC is good!
  - rbanffy 7y ago
    Every computer surrounding me agrees. Even the x86 ones, deep inside their execution units, agree.

pound 7y ago

I wouldn't say 'lifted'. They were straight reading manifesto itself, not pretending that it's something else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwozkbmjzC4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwozkbmjzC4

pound 7y ago
Oh, I see. That line was used in the movie posters at the time. Yep, true - it was based on manifesto :)
anon1m0us 7y ago
It's funny how the hacker says, "Cool" and the reader said, "Cool? It's not cool. It's commie bullshit." Honest question: Which one is correct?
- NilsIRL 7y ago
  It's up for you to decide
- p4bl0 7y ago
  It may be cool commie bullshit :).
- enneff 7y ago
  They’re both federal agents. Neither is a hacker. The guy that says “cool” is just more hip than the other one.
- pound 7y ago
  that's not a hacker but also an agent. and a bit of trivia - person who plays him is Marc Anthony (musician, ex-husband of Jennifer Lopez)
  - ChrisArchitect 7y ago
    ah, I was trying to place him. Nice one
- 8bitsrule 7y ago
  "You may stop me, but you can't stop us all." Still correct.
- lone_haxx0r 7y ago
  > I'm smarter than most of the other kids, this crap they teach us bores me... > If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me... > My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for. These quotes are too individualistic to be "commie".

walrus01 7y ago

Man, I feel old now, the manifesto and similar documents to it pre-date the cheesy-as-hell movie by many years.

jmts 7y ago
You're not old. You're elite!
- rboyd 7y ago
  Man I remember wanting to be elite more than anything. It always seemed like a binary function, you were either elite or you were a lamer.
- efdee 7y ago
  Better get a nickname.

StanislavPetrov 7y ago

> I was there... in the 80's...with colourful boxes, acoustic couplers, and pages and pages of phone numbers. Good times. I still have my red box (modified radio shack tone dialer), although COCOTs have long-since gone the way of the dodo.