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James Bond Film Skyfall Inspired By Stuxnet Virus

Posted by Soulskill on from the license-to-kill() dept.

Velcroman1 writes "No smartphones. No exploding pens. No ejector seats. No rocket-powered submarines. 'It's a brave new world,' gadget-maker Q tells James Bond in the new film Skyfall. The new film, released on the 50th anniversary of the storied franchise, presents a gadget-free Bond fighting with both brains and brawn against a high-tech villain with computer prowess Bill Gates would be envious of. What inspired such a villain? 'Stuxnet,' producer Michael G. Wilson said. 'There is a cyberwar that has been going on for some time, and we thought we'd bring that into the fore and let people see how it could be going on.'"

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  1. BIND movies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The name is BIND, James BIND

    1. Re:BIND movies by NotTheNickIWanted · · Score: 5, Funny

      Agent BIND, it is imperative that you contact MX immediately. It would seem that the DNSSEC has been found dead.

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      unsigned int question = 0x2B | ~(0x2B)
    2. Re:BIND movies by TemporalBeing · · Score: 4, Funny

      Agent BIND, it is imperative that you contact MX immediately. It would seem that the DNSSEC has been found dead.

      Did someone use to many AAAA records on him? Or will we have to wait for the CNAME resolution to find out?

      Hopefully we'll get our answer before the MPAA assaults the NAME CACHE to once again lock down the world with their RIAA allies...those fiends.

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      Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. - Elvis Presley (source: imdb.com)
  2. It has a PCI bus. by concealment · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't wait for another stunning Hollywood interpretation of computer science. Maybe this time when he flies up to the spaceship and hacks it with his MacBook, it will show a virus check on screen and tell us that it's the Matrix.

  3. "Computer prowess that Bill Gates would envy" by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, so the villain in this movie goes *further* than creating a monopoly, using its power to force suppliers to put competitors out of business, using a file-system hack to implement long filenames, having Notepad write a BOM to UTF-8 files, and, finally, choosing Ballmer to run the business into the ground?

    How will Bond ever defeat a villain with such technical skill?

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    Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
  4. New Bond? by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is Vladimir Putin still playing James Bond?

    We need a Bond that looks more like Bond and less like a Bond Villian.

  5. Re:No wonder it sucks! by CodeheadUK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't forget:

    Q: "We're under attack! Strip the headers and find the source!"

    Bad Guy: "Good luck, I'm behind seven proxies!".

  6. Re:No wonder it sucks! by steviesteveo12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I for one always take my movie reviews from anonymous people who apparently live on continents where the movie hasn't yet been released.