My favorite movie of all time: Hackers

"Hackers" is a 1995 film directed by Iain Softley that explores the world of computer hacking. The film follows a young hacker named Dade Murphy (played by Jonny Lee Miller) as he navigates the challenges and dangers of the virtual world. Along the way, Dade must confront a powerful and malicious hacker who is determined to use a virus for personal financial gain.

The film offers a unique and highly stylized look at the world of computer hacking, with a focus on the social and cultural aspects of the community. The portrayal of hackers as a tight-knit group of rebels who use their skills to challenge the status quo is a central theme of the film. The hackers are depicted as creative and intelligent individuals who use their skills for good, often working together to outwit their enemies and defend the internet from malicious forces.

Another important aspect of the film is its depiction of the relationship between technology and society. The film argues that technology has the power to transform society in both positive and negative ways and that it is up to the individuals who use it to determine which path it will take. The film's portrayal of the internet as a vast and complex network of interconnected systems reflects the growing awareness of the importance of the internet in the mid-90s and serves as a reminder of the power and potential of the digital world.

One of the key strengths of "Hackers" is its visually stunning and highly stylized look. The film is known for its fast-paced and energetic visual style, which emphasizes the excitement and thrill of the hacking world. The film's use of bright colors, flashing lights, and computer graphics create a highly immersive and engaging experience and gives the film a unique look and feel that sets it apart from other films in the genre.

Another strength of the film is its strong cast of characters. The film's protagonist, Dade, is a complex and interesting character who is both highly intelligent and deeply flawed. He is surrounded by a cast of colorful and memorable supporting characters, including the romantic interest, Kate (played by Angelina Jolie), the veteran hacker, Cereal Killer (played by Matthew Lillard), and the villainous hacker, The Plague (played by Fisher Stevens).

Despite its strengths, "Hackers" is not without its flaws. The film's portrayal of the world of computer hacking is highly romanticized and often unrealistic, and the film's depiction of hacking as a harmless and fun activity is far from the truth. The film's focus on the visual and stylistic elements of the hacking world can sometimes detract from the film's storytelling, and some viewers may find the film's fast-paced and highly stylized look to be a bit overwhelming.

"Hackers" is a unique and highly stylized film that explores the world of computer hacking. The film's visually stunning look, a strong cast of characters, and focus on the relationship between technology and society make it a memorable and enjoyable film. While its portrayal of the hacking world is highly romanticized, it is still a valuable and entertaining look at the challenges and excitement of the digital world.

This film was released in theaters right around the time my family purchased a Windows 95 computer. I first saw this film in 1996 after it had gone to video. Having been online since 1994 and having spent several months enjoying the world wide web and various IRC servers from the comfort of my own home, this movie made something I was already passionate about seem so much cooler. Acid Burn and Crash Override caused me to become even more curious about learning how to manipulate computers and networks to carry out my desires. An 11-year-old Ryan quickly put a magazine cut out of the movie poster on his skateboard deck, and the first thing a 35-year-old Ryan did after purchasing his first house was to hang a print of the Hackers movie poster on canvas in his home office. This movie will forever be special to me. It’s also worth noting that the soundtrack is simply wonderful and definitely worth checking out.

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Trying Sigi's Blueberry Whole Milk Drinkable Yogurt

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Hey, YouTube what's going on um today we're here with Siggy's probiotic whole milk drinkable yogurt blueberry flavor. Sorry, uh, 10 billion probiotics per serving. I've never had a whole milk drinkable yogurt before and I may interchange between yogurt and yogurt because I have a lot of British friends and uh one of them would eat her yogurt every day at work and it's just worked its way into my vocabulary because she very frequently said yogurt and first let me explain the suit here, I don't know if I'm mourning my taste buds because I'm trying, uh, yogurt I'm not a big fan of yogurt, so drinkable yogurt, I don't know if I'm channeling you know, the, my Rod Sterling here with the black-tie black jacket all I need is the cigarette and the, you know, or if I'm channeling review brah which is report of the week on youtube - I'm your host the report of the week - he's actually, I guess, somewhat responsible for me doing these videos. Um he'll try fast food and stuff and talk about it and he always wears a suit and he's, uh, he's an interesting guy. Real big shortwave radio fan, has his own radio program and stuff, check him out. Review brah, uh sorry, no he goes, by review braj in the comments and stuff, he's report of the week. I'll have him linked in the doobly-doo, um, but yeah, let's uh, let's, let's get into this thing.

Here the ingredients are pasteurized whole milk, blueberries, cane sugar,r what is with adding cane sugar to everything, uh, fruit pectin, and live active cultures so the fruit pectin may get me a little snotty. Stuff like apples if I eat them raw, and it's not heated and something like apple butter or just baked or something, they'll get me a little snotty so that fruit pectin might do that to me. I've noticed that.

One bottle is 240 milliliters and is one serving, it's 180 calories per bottle, eight grams of fat, five grams of saturated fat, zero grams of trans fat, 25 milligrams of cholesterol, 105 milligrams of sodium, uh 20 total carbohydrates, zero grams of fiber, the total sugars are at 17 grams including eight grams of added suga, so there's that cane sugar you know people got to have their sweet although i imagine to some extent it helps with the bacteria helps them stay alive. I wonder if some of that actually changes as this sits on the shelf. Um, 8 grams of protein because it's you know milk and yogurt basically, 20 of your daily value of calcium, zero percent of your iron, and eight percent of your potassium - again that's from the milk ingredients. I've already done that. Live active cultures s thermophilus l del bruce delbrucky subspecies of bulgaricus el pericacie and then a bifida bacterium, and l-acidophilus, and then there's 10 billion probiotic cultures per serving of biffo bifido bacterium. It's distributed by the Icelandic mill in skier corporation New York, New York. Keep refrigerated best by, see the bottle, I bought this bottle yesterday and it has 10 days remaining, a lot of the ones in the cooler and Fresh Thyme had a day or two remaining so I went with the, uh farthest date out I could find so we could try it. I was actually going to try this next weekend, and record it then, but I decided let's do it while it's really fresh and not close to the date for the, you know, best experience, and then here on the bottom it says "When I moved from Iceland to the US I found the yogurts on the shelves in the US too sweet" which is weird because they add a bunch of sugar "I wanted yogurt with few ingredients and less sugar so I started siggy's dairy. Our products are based on Nordic dairy traditions and made with simple ingredients so our drinkable yogurt doesn't contain any of those dreadful artificial sweeteners flavors or colorings. I hope you enjoy siggy"

Al-natural five ingredients, no high fructose corn syrup, no aspartame, no sucralose, no stevia, no artificial coloring, no preservatives, and then uh no rbst so it's not from you know cattle that have been treated with rbst.

Uh, certified gluten-free, sorry it's a really tiny logo, and then I don't know what those other two logos are, it's a u and a circle and then a d. I imagine that has something to do with dariy regulations or something. It does not say to shake or anything so, yeah, let's get Mr. Moose here, and uh, since I am not a fan of yogurt, in general, um I used to eat it a lot and then without looking at the expiration date I put some in a bowl and didn't really pay attention and had it and it had very much gone off and that kind of just gave me an aversion to it, so I've got my water handy but it's been years since I've had yogurt.

Yes, it definitely smells like yogurt and you can see, um, I guess what are blueberry chunks. We're going to pretend they're blueberry chunks.

I, uh, I don't know about this. Oh, that's very thick.

I'm not going to put a lot in there because I know I'm probably not going to drink it all Well I got some more I thought I would taste it.

That's not bad, it's a little sour, it's, I can definitely see where they're saying that it's not very sweet again it just smells like yogurt, um, it's a little runny it's it's not like the yogurt you would get in, a, you know, one of those little plastic containers at the grocery. The like, the oh, what's the one that Jamie Curtis did the commercials for, you know what I'm talking about probably, it's, it's more liquid than that, I mean it's meant to be drinkable so yeah let's drink some.

That's actually not bad. Um, it definitely has the sour of the yogurt, this is something I may actually get occasionally. Uh, it's only 100 calories in a bottle, it's not a lot, you're going to leave a lot of the container too because it is very thick as you can tell. It's just clinging to the side of Mr. Moose and I don't know if you can see it from the camera but, maybe you can see the little, uh, little bits of blue. I don't particularly taste a blueberry taste. It definitely doesn't taste like plain or vanilla yogurt, but I can maybe smell a little bit of blueberry there and I will say it is, I can feel, uh, my sinuses getting a little puffy, I'm not lactose intolerant but I think that might be the pectin like I said, like, if I try to eat even a half of an apple, oh I'll be like, and then it's, uh, it's just the pectin and the apples I think because once you cook them cook them or process them into something like apple butter, which I will eat a ton of, and I had some this morning on, uh with breakfast, oh I can literally just eat apple butter out of the jar with a spoon. It's just so amazing but yeah, focus.

We're talking about this, um yeah, if, if you have ziggy's drinkable probiotic or siggy's probiotic whole milk drinkable yogurt near you, um, yeah, try some. It's, as someone that's not a fan of yogurt anymore this is surprisingly not bad. Um, I don't necessarily think I'd have it every day but, you know, once a week, maybe even once a month, just to add some, some probiotic to my system from something else, you know, presumably they do something for us, and yeah. I would definitely buy this again. Uh, I'm gonna finish this off-camera and then, uh, probably have the rest of that. I just hope I can get it all out of his, uh, little, I'm gonna call it a booger. I just noticed that Mr. Moose has this little, uh, thing under his nose, but yeah.

Thanks for stopping by, uh check out the doobly-doo I'll have a link to review bra or report of the week, um my Patreon - I would appreciate any help you can give you do have to um my wife and I make enough money but it would be nice to be able to get a little bit better of equipment and to keep trying these things it's gonna be harder and harder to find things that I haven't tried so I'm gonna start ordering more and more online, so it would be nice to have a little money coming in just to support those. Not trying to get rich off you guys, uh, I love ya, come back again, see you guys soon. Thanks for stopping by!

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