On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Bryce wrote:
> I watched "The Net" a couple nights ago and I was surprised by how much true
> Unix/linux was used. The main company was "Cathedral Software" and they all
> ran Macs with a custom interface. The main character, Angela Bennett/Ruth
> Marx (Julia Roberts), is a debugger and she frequently accesses Cathedral's
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sandra Bullock... I know she was once described as the 'new Julia Roberts'
but I still think she is much better looking. ;-)
I have this on DVD, great movie.
> mainframe which was running, you guessed it, Unix. You can quite easily
> follow what she is on the mainframe. This is not the only mention of Unix
> however, the villains are also quit versed in the workings of the internet
> and Unix and you can follow their conversations about trace routing and how
> she hops from router to router across the world when they're trying to find
> where she is. I highly recommend this movie so go out and rent it. Great
> basis on reality with just the right amount of fiction. Also, read the book
> by Tom Clancy. C'est trés chuoette aussi.
>
>
> Bryce C.
> Network Administrator / Scripting Consultant
> CoBryce Communications
> Bryce@BryceCo.Net
> http://www.BryceCo.Net
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Carl
> Parrish
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:18 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: strange movie i saw last year
>
>
> Your kidding right? the movie was called AntiTrust and stared Tim
> Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption), Ryan Phillippe (Cruel Intentions),
> Rachael Leigh Cook (Josie and the Pussycats), and Clair Forlani
> (Meet Joe Black). If you haven't seen this yet, run don't walk to your
> local video store and watch it. The best geek movie ever made. (though
> truth to tell to starts to fall into the Firm formular). Still more real
> code and computers than any movie I've ever seen. I don't think a single
> montor is running M$ <g>
>
> Carl P.
>
> Nancy Sollars wrote:
>
> > ..
> >
> >
> >
> > Whilst we were on the subject of M$ and Linux
> >
> >
> >
> > I remember early last year a friend of mine called me up and said there
> > was a piss take movie on at the flicks it ran for 1.5 weeks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Basically it was M$ headed by the evil Bill Gates ( Not named for
> > obvious reasons in the film as such )..
> >
> >
> >
> > and the plot surrounded a bunch of militants that would not fit in with
> > the M$ plan
> >
> > ( Commonly known as open source developers )
> >
> >
> >
> > and these people were being rounded up and killed in various ways ...
> >
> >
> >
> > but of course they expose M$ for what they are doing and cause the
> > revault against them.
> >
> >
> >
> > the film was very cleverly done not to be too offensive it did'nt star
> > anyone famous ..
> >
> >
> >
> > Il email my friend and find out what the movie was called il try and get
> > in in DivX or summat if anyone is interested ...
> >
> >
> >
> > Nige
> >
>
>
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