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May 15, 2003
Matrix "Product" Placement?
As seen on the Nmap Hackers list today from the author of Nmap :
...
Like almost any self-respecting geek, I bought tickets to 'Matrix:
Reloaded' several weeks back (no spoilers, I promise). After all, who
can resist the combination of philosophical mind games and Trinity
(Carrie-Anne Moss) in that tight leather bodysuit?So after waiting an hour in a line snaking out of the theatre to the
parking lot, I finally got in to my 10pm Wednesday showing. All was
going well until Trinity needed to do some hacking. Oh, no! I was
sure we'd see a silly "Hackers"-esque 3D animated "hacking scene".
Not so! Trinity is as smart as she is seductive! She whips out
Nmap (!!!), scans her target, finds 22/tcp open, and proceeds with an
über ssh technique! I was so surprised, I almost jumped out of my
seat and did the "r00t dance" right there in the theatre!There can be only one explanation: Carie-Anne has the hots for me!
...
I'm not sure how to qualify that one. Does that count as product placement? :)
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Comments
The Matrix trilogy is the greatest trilog in the whole fucking world
Posted by: hooblah at April 14, 2004 10:25 AM
You wanna see some real hacking check out Tron. Okay it wasn't too legit, with the computer saying "No you can't do that, I am warning you.." but I just like Tron. Found your site via wing chung and thought I would say helloo.
Posted by: x at May 21, 2003 04:31 PM