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did sony set a bad precent by cowing to Kim?
yes they did, it gives more reason for others to do the same thing to anybody else :x 57%  57%  [ 16 ]
no, sony was backed into a corner and prudence ruled the day :| 21%  21%  [ 6 ]
meh, I don't give a rap :| 18%  18%  [ 5 ]
I'd rather eat a yummy ice cream :) 4%  4%  [ 1 ]
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21 Dec 2014, 5:25 am

it might just be a horrible movie, an exemplar of the best alan smithee tradition. only they're doing it under their real names. I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time.



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21 Dec 2014, 11:06 am

I just saw on Fareed Zacariah how the British government under Neville Chamberlain had banned Charley Chaplain's The Great Dictator, fearing that it would offend Hitler. It only got released in Britain when the Second World War was well under way. Not exactly the same thing as with North Korea and The Interview, but it goes to show you how appeasement gets you nowhere.


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21 Dec 2014, 3:25 pm

sorta reminds me of that cowardly CBS censorship of that 60 minutes segment about big tobacco.



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21 Dec 2014, 5:53 pm

auntblabby wrote:
sorta reminds me of that cowardly CBS censorship of that 60 minutes segment about big tobacco.


But in the end, it all made a very good movie. :lol:


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21 Dec 2014, 5:57 pm

yeh, I guess every good drama has to have some good drama in it Image



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21 Dec 2014, 8:45 pm

auntblabby wrote:
yeh, I guess every good drama has to have some good drama in it Image


On an unrelated point - I've never seen that eating-drumstick emoticon before! I couldn't find it in the choices offered by WP.


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21 Dec 2014, 8:49 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
yeh, I guess every good drama has to have some good drama in it Image


On an unrelated point - I've never seen that eating-drumstick emoticon before! I couldn't find it in the choices offered by WP.

go ahead and use it! just copy and paste the following code: http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/eatin ... mstick.gif
place it inbetween [img]and[/img] and you will have a chicken-chompin' smiley face :chef:



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21 Dec 2014, 10:30 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
yeh, I guess every good drama has to have some good drama in it Image


On an unrelated point - I've never seen that eating-drumstick emoticon before! I couldn't find it in the choices offered by WP.

go ahead and use it! just copy and paste the following code: http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/eatin ... mstick.gif
place it inbetween [img]and[/img] and you will have a chicken-chompin' smiley face :chef:


We'll see if I can figure it out.


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21 Dec 2014, 10:37 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
yeh, I guess every good drama has to have some good drama in it Image


On an unrelated point - I've never seen that eating-drumstick emoticon before! I couldn't find it in the choices offered by WP.

go ahead and use it! just copy and paste the following code: http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/eatin ... mstick.gif
place it inbetween [img]and[/img] and you will have a chicken-chompin' smiley face :chef:


We'll see if I can figure it out.

just copy what I did in the PM window if you want to reply to my post :) copy exactly as you see this, below:
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and you too will have yourself a chicken-chompin' smiley :)
I have lots more smileys if you want them.



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21 Dec 2014, 11:44 pm

I don't agree with the consensus that hacking isn't a form of war.

It's a direct action that has economic and security hindering effects.



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21 Dec 2014, 11:47 pm

and America needs to up its game before it gets its head handed to it.



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22 Dec 2014, 7:05 pm

Maybe a documentary would be better than making a comedy. What's your opinion?



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22 Dec 2014, 7:34 pm

or maybe a comedy disguised as a documentary?



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26 Dec 2014, 12:50 pm

Its a lengthy article, and filled with jargon, but worth reading.
The writer lays out his reasons why North Korea probably DID NOT hack Sony.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... -sony.html


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26 Dec 2014, 2:10 pm

if NK did NOT do it, then why can't they find who actually DID it?



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26 Dec 2014, 5:34 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:
Its a lengthy article, and filled with jargon, but worth reading.
The writer lays out his reasons why North Korea probably DID NOT hack Sony.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... -sony.html


Perhaps it really was just a disgruntled employee getting some payback. But consider the possibility that it was both - that North Korea had hired said fired or soon-to-be-fired employee to hack Sony for them.


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