I noticed the above title in a post while looking through this forum. I looked it up and have to admit, the only one that doesn't apply to me is the part about seeing the movie 'hackers'. Is it that good? If it is, where can I get it/see it? (I live with my parents who after many conversations do not approve of hackers and therefore do not know I am "in training"...as I will always be. So I cannot simply go rent a movie and watch it without them knowing and freaking out.)

War Games is the one with the kid that thinks he is playing a game, but the government thinks otherwise and it looks as if he is in charge of different armies isn't it?

I must disagree with Don.  If it weren't for Hackers I never would have heard of The Prodigy and my life wouldn't include their sweet soothing music.

You also get to see Angelina Jolie back before she adopted a small army of children to do her bidding.

Joking aside, I would say that the only reason you would ever need to see that movie is so that you can understand any pop culture references that are made to the movie.  You're not going to learn anything from it.

Thanks. Is there anywhere on the net to watch these? I am pretty rural...

My 'ethics' only go so far. You can't tell me that the companies that sell DVDs and CDs are doing something ethical by making 90% profit...

<edit>Hackers was the only movie I could find on youtube. (11 9min sections). It wasn't bad, however I know for a fact a computer isn't that graphical in the filesystem. Actually, I did learn a little from it. Would you say they are ethical or non-ethical hackers?</edit>

There are actually a few graphical filesystem viewing tools out there, fsv is actually somewhat similar to some of the movie special effects

http://fsv.sourceforge.net/