Live Free or Die Super Increadibly M#%^&ing Hard and other nonsense at Daniel Spisak on Technology

So last week I went and saw the new Live Free or Die Hard movie and I have to say it being rated PG-13 had been a concern of mine. Turns out that fear was unfounded as the movie turned out to be a total blast! Lots of action, lots of shit blowing up and lots of bloody John McClane kicking ass and taking names. For the hacker types out there, there are some obvious Hollywood shortcuts to how computers and networks work in that silly thing we call reality. However its not so bad that it stopped me from having fun watching the film. Also cool was that the audience definitely was rooting for the good guys at times with a fair amount of audience participation going on which is nice to see these days!

Later in the week on Friday night I went to see Sicko with Trina and Matt which was a very interesting look at the American health care system. Most people I have talked to tend to get fixate on Moore himself and lambasting him without even watching the film, or latch onto the whole trip to Cuba aspect of the film which doesn’t even take up a majority of the films time from what I recalled.

As it turns out CNN went ahead and did some fact checking on the movie and their results seem to indicate that Moore didn’t try to spin things one way or the other. I would be curious to see what the side effects of the British or French system are, beyond the obvious of increased taxes. Or should I just expect knee-jerk reactions?

About the Author

Daniel Spisak was born from the fiery depths of fusion and now roams the pale blue dot known as Earth. I obtained my bachelors degree in Computer Science from UC Irvine at the end of 2007.

I am also involved in technology & security consulting firms as well as being a freelance technology writer. I also contribute to Jerry Pournelle's website and Chaos Manor Reviews. Additionally I am also a freelance photographer as well and you can find my photos either on my own personal gallery or up at my Flickr account or on Zivity.

This blog is one of the main locations where I do my writing, which is then automatically sent to my LiveJournal, VOX, and MySpace accounts. I can also be found on a variety of social networking and microblogging sites like Pownce, Twitter, Brightkite, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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