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56:58 · 305K views · Jan 23, 2011
The 1990 NOVA documentary follows astronomer Clifford Stoll as he tracks a hacker through military and research computer networks, a story that involved the CIA and KGB. It is based on The Cuckoo's Egg.
HN lists it among favorite nerdy documentaries and enjoys hearing Stoll tell the story himself.
4 comments from Hacker News
Oh, yes, that is the documentary I watched. It was really great, getting to hear it from Mr. Stoll's mouth directly. He was much less enthusiastic than he tends to be in Numberphile videos, I imagine that might be down to the director of the film. It is available on YouTube if anyone cares to give it a watch! this video
Some of my favourite nerdy documentaries: BBS: The Documentary [LINK] The KGB, the Computer, and Me this video 8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars [LINK]
"The book was chronicled in an episode of WGBH’s NOVA entitled “The KGB, the Computer, and Me”, which aired on PBS stations on October 3, 1990" I think it's this one: this video Oh,me I'm ROFL: an actor is identical to one of X-Files "Lone Gunmen". When he explains the beeper to his wife I needed the oxygen. It's like "Doctor Who vs hackers" :-)
cliff stoll made an ... interesting movie of this book. its fun to watch and would probably make a good drinking game. : this video