Computers in the movies

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floyd
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Post by floyd »


You know your PC is suitable for a film role when......


 


1 Your PC talks to you in a sexy female voice


 


2 If you ever get your password wrong in the morning the entire screen turns red and a huge ?Access Denied? message comes up.


 


3 Text is huge and usually green so, in fact, you could use your PC from several metres away. It's also on a black background and the characters sort of materialise into existence rather than just appearing, 'cos it's more exciting that way, right?


 


4 Whenever you want to find a file you don?t use a text based exploring tool, oh no, you get a 3D rendered virtual view of inside your PC and you have to fly around (using the keyboard not the mouse) until you find the file.


 


 


5 If you own a Macintosh PowerBook you can infect Alien civilisations with computer viruses (Independence Day).


 


 


6 When tracking down a Master Criminal like Sandra Bullock in The Net all you need is his IP address. The entire world uses static numbers.


 


7 Everyone you know can touch type.


 


8 Everyone throws round words like ?Firewall? and they are using them out of context (Swordfish) but firewall sounds really cool, right?


 


9 Images (escpecially digitised photos of the master criminal) appear one line of pixels at a time, preferably with a teletype sound effect, rather than just appearing with a 'ping', 'cos it's more dramatic that way, right?


 


10 Windows and dialogs no longer have a myriad of tiny icons and buttons - instead you get a big 'Delete' or 'Launch Missiles' or 'Find The Baddie' button slap bang in the centre of the screen.


 


11 The contents of a floppy disk can be read just by putting the disk into the drive. No more worrying about if the disk is readable, or even if the file is in a format that can be read. You never hear someone say "Oh bugger, it's in PDF format. Anyone got Adobe Acrobat on their laptop?"


The $6m Dan
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Post by The $6m Dan »


9 Images (escpecially digitised photos of the master criminal) appear one line of pixels at a time, preferably with a teletype sound effect, rather than just appearing with a 'ping', 'cos it's more dramatic that way, right??"

Mine does that, but not cos it's cool, but because it's crap.


 


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kylegoodmaster
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Post by kylegoodmaster »

lololol gj sir

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