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Adrian Lamo Charged With Hacking
retro128 writes "Drifting around the US from state-to-state, Adrian Lamo has been making news for some time with his 'White Hat' hacking exploits. His highest-profile hacking has included Excite@Home and Yahoo. After he would break into a network, he would call up those in charge of it and help them fix the holes. So far, it has earned him praise from the administrators of those systems, but now SecurityFocus is carrying the story that the FBI has filed charges against him, and currently has his parents' house staked out. The records are sealed, so nobody knows who is responsible, but Lamo suspects the New York Times initiated the investigation when they found out how deep into their system he got."
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
Overview: The latest Star Wars movie is almost here, but does it live up to the hype? You should know the answer by now. May the force be with you...
Directed By: George Lucas
The Pros: Some nice eye candy in spots, obviously a big budget film. Some nice acting by the clones and other baddies.
The Cons: Easily the second worst movie in the series, inherits many of "Empire's" pacing problems. Natalie Portman. As for action or adventure? A Jedi must not really crave these things because they're nowhere to be seen!
Thanks to the quick thinking of my brother-in-law - who just so happens to be the district manager of a major movie theater chain - I recently had the opportunity to screen an advance print of "Star Wars Episode Two: Attack of The Clones." I'm not quite certain if this was the final cut of the film, but it looked pretty finished to me. And by "finished" I mean the Star Wars franchise as a whole is finished because I just don't see how LucasArts will be able to justify making a third (sixth?) installment of the doomed series after the sure to be disappointing box office receipts roll in.
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While Episode One was basically a trite coming of age story, Episode Two is a love story with little action. The big lesson here is that pre-teens sleeping with older women is A-OK in everybody's book. Is this really the best lesson we want to instill in the hearts of our children? Do you remember a few years ago when a promising young man had sexual relations with his own teacher, resulting in a bouncing baby bounty? Is not Anakin's thrusting at Padme only encouraging this type of behavior? Despicable!
Alas, I'm getting ahead of myself! In Episode Two, Hayden Christensen is Anakin Skywalker, the very same young man who won the great space race in Phantom Menace. My first impression of the new Anakin is that he should be throwing a football and dating a cheerleader on the sidelines. He's much better suited to portraying a High School quarterback, not a Jedi! Or as my brother-in-law so eloquently put it "Jedi GOOD NIGHT, FOLKS, THAT GUY WAS THE SAND PITS!"
Natalie Portman reprises her role as Princess Padme, a weak-willed and blatant Princess Liea rip-off. Yet Padme is a very appropriate name for Portman's character considering that her bra (among other things, like her acting resume!) is obviously padded. Somebody buy this girl some acting lessons! Aspiring actors such as myself take note: this is what happens when you start acting late in life. Do you see what happens? All the good actors and actresses (Kristin Dunst for example, who would have been a better choice for this role) started acting as a CHILD. Portman, obviously, is just another pretty face with a teleprompter.
Actually, to be perfectly forthright, Portman isn't even that pretty of a face. She's not bad, just nothing special. Another bubble-headed brunette with Hollywood dreams, hoo-hum. Next please! She slurs out her little speeches with all the emotion of a T.G.I. Friday's waitress reading today's specials, not somebody who radiates intelligence. Jessica Alba would have been a better choice. Or Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Anakin and the Princess have no chemistry, which isn't surprising considering the great differences in their age. Was Portman ever investigated on child abuse charges? It's very hard to believe that the pair eventually spawns heroic Han Solo and lovely Princess Liea.
As for the rest of this movie... all I can say is that it would have been more aptly titled Attack of the Clowns, as the entire experiment is quite the joke.
*** SPOILERS ***
CP30 and R2D2 make a really bad joke about being robots, but we all know they're robots... why point this out? And they aren't even real robots, just midgets sweating under metal suits.
*** END SPOILERS ***
There's of course a futile attempt at a plot and s
A black hat penis hacker is about to plug Adrian's security hole. Don't worry, he is only checking for security holes. He will notify Adrian after the hacking session and he can fix the security hole with 20 stitches.
What's wrong with the MORONS that get moderation points? Modding the parent a flamebait? What the F*** is wrong with these people? If you have something to say, reply with a rebuttal. There is not one hint of flamebaiting in the parent response. /. should have a mandatory IQ test for would-be moderators, because it appears many have NONE.
Oh yeah, and go ahead an mod me down. I don't give a crap becuase I'm anonymous biatch!