Re: Johnny Mnemonic

From: ink (noway_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 10/31/03 

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:40:55 +0100

"joss" dropped into the real world with a crash and proclaimed...
> > The "scheme" used in the movie was a notoriously bad idea by
> > cryptographic standards. The three snapshots were printed and were
> > supposed to be carried by Johnny (who was also carrying the encrypted
> > data - in his head) and handed to the person downloading the data from
> > his head. Sort of sending the unencrypted key along with the encrypted
> > data in the same stream... does not make much sense, but I still liked
> > the movie ;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > ink
> >
> >
> Actually, I think you'll find that they were supposed to be faxed across
> to the person who was supposed to decrypt johnny's head. then the whole
> yakuza thing happened and they didn't get sent properly and the whole film
> was about trying to recover them before johnny's head exploded. although
> how he got 320gb data into a 160gb storage capacity is a bigger question.
> still, faxing the key over a (presumably insecure) line wasn't the
> greatest of ideas.

I stand corrected - you're right. The fax went only halfway through.

> as a side note, the final scene where he datablasts the stuff over tv was
> quite amusing. i remember doing some back-of-the-envelope stuff based on
> how long it would take to transmit 320gb data through a television screen
> (even assuming an improved resolution and displaying in some more optimal
> form of code than the writing/pictures shown in the film). it would have
taken
> a long, long, time, not the 2 minutes or so allowed for in the film.
>
> as you say, though. a film so tragic that it was good. (I mean... keanu
> reeves, dolph lundgren and ice-t? how could it not be incredible.)

<chuckle> The short story had much more power.

Enough of that, though, it's pretty OT here!

ink

- "I'll do the time with a smile on my face
   thinking of her in that leather and lace."
(Ricky Martin)

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