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 No, a reality TV show about computer hacking can be totally accurate and not
                          boring at all. No, really.

[Well, isolate the node and dump them on the other side of the router.] [1]


So apparently, this is happening:

> SyFy just announced a new reality TV show [2] called Hackers. It's about
> hacking, naturally, and the network promises it will be awesome and
> exciting. (Spoiler: Hacking is incredibly boring.)
>
> The new, unscripted show does sound interesting. It's unclear if the new
> SyFy series has anything to do with the 90's classic film Hackers. SyFy
> will produce Hackers with Relativity Television (of Catfish fame) and
> promises to “take viewers deep inside the shadowy and dangerous world of
> high-tech hackers for the very first time.” While verbs like “shadowy” and
> “dangerous” certainly ring true of cyber security in the age of the Sony
> hack [3], that doesn't mean that filming hacker-types staring at dark
> screens makes for entertaining television for the general population. It
> almost definitely doesn't.
>

Via Reddit [4], “The New Hackers Reality Show Would Be Great If Hacking
Weren't So Boring [5]”

You really want to see what hacking is like? Watch the first episode [6] of
“The Scene [7].” While the story (and music) of “The Scene” is compelling
(enough to carry me through the season), it's not compelling to watch (it was
tiring having to pay so close attention and read everything on the screen to
keep up with the “action”). That's a hacking movie.

This?

I'm curious enough to watch an episode or two—I mean, who doesn't love train
wrecks? (Um, besides the ones involved in a train wreck?) But I can't see
this being any good.

Or lasting that long.

But hey … you know … **HACK THE PLANET!**

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/gPhlog:2015/01/06/hacking-our-firewall.gif
[2] http://io9.com/syfy-is-making-a-hackers-
[3] http://sonyhack.gawker.com/
[4] http://www.reddit.com/r/hackers/comments/2rf4oq/hackers_the_reality_sho
[5] http://gizmodo.com/hackers-the-reality-show-would-be-great-if-hacking-
[6] https://archive.org/details/the_scene_xvid_episode_1
[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scene_(miniseries)

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