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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by taeric on Friday December 11, 2020 @07:00PM (#25393459)
It is actually kind of frightening hilarious to see movies like Predator 2's depiction of the future. Robocop, as well. It is stark how violent things were back then, it seems.
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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by Apocryphon on Friday December 11, 2020 @07:03PM (#25393485)
Does the U.S. even have massive organized crime operations like those in those pop cultural depictions, anymore? Seems fewer than we used to.
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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by Tuna-Fish on Saturday December 12, 2020 @03:49AM (#25396838)
Organized crime is more powerful and better organized right now than it has ever been in American history.

The reason people are unaware of this is that organized crime is really only visible when they are having problems. Gang wars lead to news coverage, one gang monopolizing an area and effectively extracting revenue from it does not.

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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by taeric on Friday December 11, 2020 @07:09PM (#25393537)
Not that I know of. Mayhap I'm just ignorant of them?
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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by saalweachter on Friday December 11, 2020 @07:19PM (#25393635)
Escape From New York is my favorite.
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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by kevinmchugh on Friday December 11, 2020 @10:20PM (#25395109)
Robocop is intended to be funny.
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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by faeyanpiraat on Saturday December 12, 2020 @01:56AM (#25396271)
Source?
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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by maffydub on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:30AM (#25396445)
Not sure about the original Robocop, but Robocop 2 definitely had comic moments - the bit I particularly remember was the Sunblock 5000 advert (https://robocop.fandom.com/wiki/Sunblock_5000).
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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by taeric on Sunday December 13, 2020 @01:11AM (#25404674)
I think it was intentionally "raised to eleven." Supposed to be a somewhat satirical take on where things were headed. That said, I couldn't cite why I think that.
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Re:The Zodiac Killer's most uncrackable cipher has, at last,... by JetSpiegel on Sunday December 13, 2020 @01:12PM (#25408635)
"I'd buy THAT for a dollar".
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