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November 14, 2007

#343: 1337: Part 3

1337: Part 3

[[Outside, Adrian Lamo is helping Elaine Roberts over a barbed wire fence.]]

Narrator: IT WAS THE LATE 90’S. ELAINE CRISSCROSSED THE COUNTRY WITH ADRIAN LAMO, THE ‘HOMELESS HACKER’, LEARNING TO GAIN ENTRY INTO SYSTEMS BOTH VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL.]]

Adrian Lamo: SO YOU JUST THROW A RUG OVER THE FENCE AND … SAY, WHAT IS THIS PLACE ANYWAY?

Roberts: NOWHERE SPECIAL.

Lamo: …ELAINE, IS THIS NSA HEADQUARTERS?

Roberts: …LOOK, I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THEY’VE BROKEN RSA.

[[Inside, Lawrence Lessig is sitting at a table, Roberts is standing across the table swinging a knife]]

Narrator: SHE LEARNED, FROM LAWRENCE LESSIG, ABOUT THE MONSTROSITY THAT IS U.S. COPYRIGHT LAW.

Roberts: SO, HOW DO WE FIX THE SYSTEM? STAB BAD GUYS?

Lessig: I’M STARTING SOMETHING CALLED “CREATIVE COMMONS”

«SHINK»

Elaine Roberts: I THINK WE SHOULD STAB BAD GUYS…

[[Steve Jobs is lying up in his bed, Roberts is balancing while crouched on the foot of Jobs’ bed]]

Narrator: SHE MET WITH STEVE JOBS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF APPLE.

Roberts: COMPRESSION AND BANDWIDTH ARE CHANGING EVERYTHING.

Jobs: WHO ARE YOU? IT’S 3:00AM!

Roberts: APPLE SHOULD MAKE A PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER.

Jobs: I’M CALLING THE POLICE.

Roberts: HEY, IDEA - INTEGRATE IT WITH A CELL PHONE!