Freedom Downtime Page #8

They were like,

''lt was his dad's, but he was using it.

''Dad should have known better.''

So this is $4,000 worth of equipment

full of heaven only knows what content...

and you just pocketed it, basically?

Now you're going to charge him?

They said, ''lf we charge him...

''we've got to bring him up

under 14 different interstate laws...

''he's gonna be a felon and be ruined.''

''We explained this to them and they said,

'Take the machine, please.'''

But that's not legal.

That's nothing like legality

lt's blackmail, basically.

lt's like with anyone else.

Simply because you have a badge...

doesn't give you the right to be an a**hole.

Unless you'd like me to be an a**hole

back to you.

l don't care who you are.

You will obtain the respect from me

that you earn. Period.

l may have hacked NASA, but who doesn't?

They say they clocked us

at just under 100 miles per hour...

on the lnterstate in New Mexico.

And the cop wouldn't let us go

until l gave him my Social Security number.

To make matters worse, he told us

we were still 11 hours away from Vegas.

Things seemed pretty bleak.

But, then, a miracle happened.

All right!

He said 11 hours

and we made it in two and a half.

These highway patrol people

don't know what they're talking about.

All right, Las Vegas, let's do it!

Twilight City gonna set my soul

lt's gonna set my soul on fire

Got a whole lot of money

that's ready to burn

So get those stakes up high

There's a thousand pretty women

waiting out there

They're all waiting, they're devil-may-care

And l'm just the devil

with love to spare, so

Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

How l wish that there were more

Than the 24 hours in the day

Even if l ran out of speed, boy

We're looking for the Defcon conference.

We're supposed to be filming here.

Defcon conference?

lt's like computer hackers....

Not that l know of.

Were they gonna start inside the computer

and work their way out?

lt's about a thousand computer hackers

coming here.

l've never heard of it.

They must've done a good job

keeping this quiet.

They even got me going.

Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas?

New Mexico.

lt was a mistake anybody could have made...

except nobody else seems to have made it.

At least if we were in New Mexico...

we could stop by LosAlamos National Labs,

home of well-guarded nuclear secrets...

and one of the many places

Shimomura had mysterious connections to.

lf we could get the word to the people here,

we just might turn some heads.

ln those few places

where we actually did get in...

we always seemed to stay a bit too long

looking at the things...

we weren't supposed to be looking at.

This guy was mean,

and told us to get the hell out.

As we left, we noticed

more of these weird guys in fatigues...

all around the building.

That's when we got lost on a dark road

with no name in New Mexico...

with a bunch of military zealots

surrounding us.

We got the message.

Twilight City gonna set my soul

lt's gonna set my soul on fire

Got a whole lotta money that's ready to burn

So get those stakes up high

There's a thousand pretty women

waiting out there

They're all waiting, they're devil-may-care

And l'm just the devil

with love to spare, so

Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

How l wish that there were more

Than the 24 hours in the day

Even if l ran out of speed, boy

When l started,

l never intended it to last this long.

l thought it was going to be a party

and that's it.A one-time deal.

When we left, everybody said,

''Are you going to do it again?''

And l said, ''l guess l could do this again.''

Since then, more people get involved,

more people say:

''We could probably have some music.''

Next thing you know,

we've got a live laser light system...

with LCD wall projectors and DJs coming in

from the United Kingdom to spin.

lt has taken on this life of its own.

We are the Ghetto Hackers.

Low-class, low-budget, high-octane.

-Dead!

-Cow!

When l say rock, you say ass!

-Rock!

-Ass!

Thank you very much. Good night.

l have in my hand proof positive...

that NTis not the solution

to your computing problems.

l have captured earlier today on film...

the blue screen of death...

at Las Vegas' own

MGM Grand Hotel and Casino!

Thousands showed up.

Even though the Free Kevin stickers

turned into toys...

at least everybody here knew his name.

Look it up for yourself.

''And it doesn't matter

what he says about us.''

''What matters is us.

''What matters is....''

We were hot on the trail.

We were hot on the trail.

l don't want to get into Shimomura.

l think he has a very large ego.

He's a very bright person and very smart...

but l think his social skills are lacking.

For years, Shimomura had been eluding me.

l couldn't even get on the same TV shows.

He'd pop up over on CNN...

while l was stuck over

on a broadcast network.

While he was getting all cozy

with Tom Brokaw...

l was being interrogated by Mike Wallace.

Tsutomu wasn't even answering my e-mail.

But nowthere would be no escape.

The San Diego Supercomputer Center,

the place where he worked.

We were closing in.

You notice how quiet it is?

Like when a deer

is about to be killed by a lion?

-You're here to see him?

-Yes.

-You're looking for Tsutomu?

-Yes.

-l haven't seen him in three months.

-Really?

Do you know where he is?

He's not here.

Let me check with....

Did you make arrangements

to meet him here?

They weren'tvery firm

but he knew we were coming.

-You can try his office.

-Did you have an appointment with him?

-lt was very informal.

-l'm sorry.

You can try the extension,

but l haven't seen him.

Do l know him?

Just from interacting on....

But l'm not.... l can't....

Definitely should have called first, l guess.

lt's just he likes surprises so much.

This sheet of paper

that we wanted him to have.

He'll know what it's about. He wanted

a couple of these stickers as well.

He wanted these?

l just wanted to make sure he got them.

Great. Thanks so much for your help.

lt wasn't much better than the reception

we got at Miramax.

But we left our calling card in a place

where we knew he'd see it.

l think it's absurd when l find out

that Shimomura, in addition...

is giving instructions to Skeet Ulrich...

on howto act more like Kevin.

Here's someone instructing him

howto act more like Kevin...

and it's a person that met Kevin only once...

in court, under circumstances of duress.

From there how he can ascertain

how Kevin acts, l don't know.

When l step on this curb

we're officially on his property.

Sorry to bother you.

We're looking for somebody next door.

We're not sure if we have

the right neighborhood.

-Tsutomu Shimomura.

-He moved. He's long gone.

How long ago did he move?

-Seven, eight months?

-Really?

Do you have any idea where he went?

No, he was renting,

and the people who own it moved back in.

He's in the national news.

Are you aware of that?

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