Really? How is this a slashdot conversation piece?
Every person here has seen a freeze frame from a stupid news story or Hollywood movie that is obvious simple HTML, a directory listing, a CSS file, or something inconsequential. Not a surprise to anyone who even know what slashdot is.
Why would anyone go to the trouble to even think that analyzing "source code" posted in movies is a useful endeavor? YAWN.
Probably for the same reason they do it in real life. Belief in the ability to think.
imo, for the amount of time it takes to analyze code, you're probably better off having three different people write the code from scratch.
Or work on better testing. Seems to me most hacks are done from a black box pov which is the direct inverse of source code analysis.
Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time
as the strawberries, knows nothing about grapes.
-- Philippus Paracelsus
oh duh (Score:-1, Troll)
Really? How is this a slashdot conversation piece?
Every person here has seen a freeze frame from a stupid news story or Hollywood movie that is obvious simple HTML, a directory listing, a CSS file, or something inconsequential. Not a surprise to anyone who even know what slashdot is.
Re:oh duh (Score:-1)
Why would anyone go to the trouble to even think that analyzing "source code" posted in movies is a useful endeavor? YAWN.
Re: oh duh (Score:3, Insightful)
Why does everything have to be useful? It's amusing.
Re:oh duh (Score:5, Funny)
Why would anyone go to the trouble to even think that analyzing "source code" posted in movies is a useful endeavor? YAWN.
On the same line of rationing (not that I agree with it): why would anyone think posting on /. is a useful endeavor?
Re: (Score:2)
Why would anyone go to the trouble to even think that analyzing "source code" posted in movies is a useful endeavor? YAWN.
Probably for the same reason they do it in real life. Belief in the ability to think.
imo, for the amount of time it takes to analyze code, you're probably better off having three different people write the code from scratch.
Or work on better testing. Seems to me most hacks are done from a black box pov which is the direct inverse of source code analysis.