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Mar 2, 2006, 10:20 PM
 
hi all:

didn’t think this was ‘lounge material’ so i posted here

i’m writing a movie where terrorists have taken over a rusty old freighter in the south pacific

using a PowerBook i need my hero to secretly, remotely and wirelessly access and control a (satellite uplinked) PC in the captain’s cabin from elsewhere on board

i need my hero to be able to send distress signals, GPS locations, emails and/or iChatAV while in hiding

can anyone help with a step by step, not too technical (coz i’m a Luddite) explanation of how this could be done?

help defeat the bad guys with me (well, at the movies anyway)

thanx, posthumanus
     
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Mar 2, 2006, 10:33 PM
 
Send an e-mail to the bad guys with an attachment that claims to be dirty pictures of various celebrities?

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Mar 2, 2006, 10:45 PM
 
okay, there's 5 seconds of screentime

just another 99 minutes and 55 seconds to go
     
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Mar 2, 2006, 11:39 PM
 
Oh, I get it now. You're expecting me to write the whole movie for you. Well, here's a start...

The Tragedy of Posthumanus, the Guy Who Thought We Would Write His Movie For Him

ACT I

Scene 1: Posthumanus's Computer Room.

Posth. Forsooth! My e-mail shows some naked pics
Of Anna Kournikova. Just a bit
Of peeking surely will not come betwixt
Me and my conscience. Uh oh, what the shit?

Posth. Alas! Oh great damnation! Woe is me!
I only hoped for just a little taste
Of tennis player skin. Now all my base
Are all belong to Virus EXE!

(Last edited by CharlesS; Mar 2, 2006 at 11:46 PM. )

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Mar 3, 2006, 02:35 AM
 
+1 CharlesS, I needed that LOL
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Mar 3, 2006, 02:49 AM
 
okay:

stupid idea to ask

thread over
     
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