My wife hates it when I point these little details out in a movie. Face it,
computer use in movies is only enabled by a strong dose of suspension of
disbelief.
Writing by admin on Sunday, 8 of April , 2007 at 6:47
am1. Word processors never display a cursor.
2. You never have to use the
space-bar when typing long sentences.
3. Movie characters never make typing
mistakes.
4. All monitors display inch-high letters.
5. High-tech
computers, such as those used by NASA, the CIA or some such governmental
institution, will have easy to understand graphical interfaces.
6. Those that
donít have graphical interfaces will have incredibly powerful text-based command
shells that can correctly understand and execute commands typed in plain
English.
7. Note: Command line interfaces will give you access to any
information you want by simply typing, ìACCESS THE SECRET FILESî on any near-by
keyboard.
8. You can also infect a computer with a destructive virus by
simply typing ìUPLOAD VIRUSî. (See ìFortressî.)
9. All computers are
connected. You can access the information on the villainís desktop computer even
if itís turned off.
10. Powerful computers beep whenever you press a key or
the screen changes. Some computers also slow down the output on the screen so
that it doesnít go faster than you can read. (Really advanced computers will
also emulate the sound of a dot-matrix printer.)
11. All computer panels
operate on thousands of volts and have explosive devices underneath their
surface. Malfunctions are indicated by a bright flash of light, a puff of smoke,
a shower of sparks and an explosion that causes you to jump backwards.
12.
People typing on a computer can safely turn it off without saving the
data.
13. A hacker is always able to break into the most sensitive computer
in the world by guessing the secret password in two tries.
14. You may bypass
ìPERMISSION DENIEDî message by using the ìOVERRIDEî function. (See ìDemolition
Manî.)
15. Computers only take 2 seconds to boot up instead of the average
minutes for desktop PCs and 30 minutes or more for larger systems that can run
24 hours, 365 days a year without a reset.
16. Complex calculations and
loading of huge amounts of data will be accomplished in under three seconds.
Movie modems usually appear to transmit data at the speed of two gigabytes per
second.
17. When the power plant/missile site/main computer overheats, all
control panels will explode shortly before the entire building will.
18. If
you display a file on the screen and someone deletes the file, it also
disappears from the screen (See ìClear and Present Dangerî).
19. If a disk
contains encrypted files, you are automatically asked for a password when you
insert it.
20. Computers can interface with any other computer regardless of
the manufacturer or galaxy where it originated. (See ìIndependence Dayî.)
21.
Computer disks will work on any computer has a floppy drive and all software is
usable on any platforms.
22. The more high-tech the equipment, the more
buttons it will have (See ìAliensî.)
23. Note: You must be highly trained to
operate high-tech computers because the buttons have no labels except for the
ìSELF-DESTRUCTî button.
24. Most computers, no matter how small, have
reality-defying three-dimensional active animation, photo-realistic graphics
capabilities.
25. Laptops always have amazing real-time video phone
capabilities and performance similar to a CRAY Supercomputer.
26. Whenever a
character looks at a monitor, the image is so bright that it projects itself
onto their face. (See ìAlienî or ì2001″)
27. Searches on the internet will
always return what you are looking for no matter how vague your keywords are.
(See ìMission Impossibleî, Tom Cruise searches with keywords like ìfileî and
ìcomputerî and 3 results are returned.)
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