5 things Hollywood thinks computers can do.
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Then there are the little things, like progress bars for things that are instantaneous. (As though it takes longer to transfer a hundred million dollars than ten.) Oh, and hacking moment also presupposes that the target of their machinations are systems NOT designed and run by idiots, like, for example, Bank of America.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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What about the fact that almost anytime a character has to use a computer, any computer (even a non-pc like mobile devices or machine controllers), they start tapping away at the keyboard and, like magic, things start doing exactly what they were trying to do. And any time a hack needs to happen, even if it involves wiring up a piece of custom hardware and firmware, all the pieces and software already exist and just need like one turn of the screwdriver to start working.
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Repost. ;P
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Then there are the little things, like progress bars for things that are instantaneous. (As though it takes longer to transfer a hundred million dollars than ten.) Oh, and hacking moment also presupposes that the target of their machinations are systems NOT designed and run by idiots, like, for example, Bank of America.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
Joe Woodbury wrote:
As though it takes longer to transfer a hundred million dollars than ten.
It does when you send it one dollar at a time. :laugh:
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I remember thinking it ludicrous that computer text had a real type face on a white background, in Michael Knight's KITT. Everyone knew computers had green screens.
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I remember thinking it ludicrous that computer text had a real type face on a white background, in Michael Knight's KITT. Everyone knew computers had green screens.
:cool: Actually that was only in the USA. In Europe they have higher standards. I was developing a banking system for Ericsson in the early 80's... Black on White background with a refresh rate of 72 Hertz on a articulated stand. We loved going up against IBM who still had 8 line plasma displays on their premier banking system. lol
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While I agree with the sentiment, CSI isn't really Hollywood. It's rubbish granted, but this seems to be purely film oriented.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
But didn't the zooming in thing work in 'Blade Runner'? ;P
Jeremy Props to the family: New Dawn Engineering
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Not very on topic, but hey, it's a Dilbert cartoon! http://www.csus.edu/indiv/l/legorretal/160_Spring_2006_05_Dilbert_on_requirements_gathering.jpg[^]
Cheers, Vıkram.
"if abusing me makes you a credible then i better give u the chance which didnt get in real" - Adnan Siddiqi.
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How can I be expected to believe this article when it makes statements like this: "We're pretty sure all that takes is writing a letter to your congressman and saying, "I would like $9.5 billion to run an underground anti-terror organization." The check should arrive within four to six weeks." Come on, get real. It's going to take at least four to six MONTHS to get that check .... unless of course you are in Iraq, in which case just about any warm body can just reach into a large plastic garbage bag and give it to you in cash (no receipt required, cause it's a trust system).
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That's the funniest thing I've read in quite a while! Thanks for post the link (and thanks to the newsletter editors for passing it on). My boss was wondering why I was laughing so hard, so I had to forward it on to him. Here's another one: Computers can read minds, but they're basically evil. They know That you really didn't want to format your hard drive when you said "format c:" (and replied YES), so why did they format your hard drive? Because they (and Microsoft) are evil!
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.
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Not very on topic, but hey, it's a Dilbert cartoon! http://www.csus.edu/indiv/l/legorretal/160_Spring_2006_05_Dilbert_on_requirements_gathering.jpg[^]
Cheers, Vıkram.
"if abusing me makes you a credible then i better give u the chance which didnt get in real" - Adnan Siddiqi.
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Trollslayer wrote:
"#2.A Computer Might Become Self-Aware At Any Moment" Let's start with the users.
It's more likely that a computer will become sentient.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
It's more likely that a computer will become sentient.
I can't do that, Dave ...
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I watched swordfish the other night. That was rather absurd in the computer use department. One guy was shown the login screen for a US government organisation, (which for a start had cool animations and said in big letters 128-bit encryption, which I thought was a bit unlikely!), then, with no warning or chance to prep, had a gun put to his head and was told he had 60 seconds to hack in. Surprise surprise, he did it. (Oh, and there was a woman doing non-kid-sister-safe things to him all through the scene)
Simon
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But didn't the zooming in thing work in 'Blade Runner'? ;P
Jeremy Props to the family: New Dawn Engineering
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Yeah, and there was similar situation in another episode. After they zoomed image to 2000000% and re-rendered it, they found silhouette of a man standing in the window (the original image covered both sides of a river with at least 20 buildings on it), then they map it to 3D image of man's face and searched the database (matter of seconds), needless to say they succeeded. I was like OMG WTF! Luckily there were no object near me that could harm my TV set :doh:
Mladen Jankovic wrote:
Yeah, and there was similar situation in another episode. After they zoomed image to 2000000% and re-rendered it, they found silhouette of a man standing in the window (the original image covered both sides of a river with at least 20 buildings on it), then they map it to 3D image of man's face and searched the database (matter of seconds), needless to say they succeeded. I was like OMG WTF! Luckily there were no object near me that could harm my TV set
Don't blame the writers for abuse of computer technology...blame them for abuse of PERIPHERAL technology. After all, it's not the computer that's the issue...it's the CAMERA. Who is going to be using HD CCD image capture devices on a commercial security camera? Heck, I don't think any camera outside of military satellite cameras can pull the resolution they regularly expect on shows like CSI, Law and Order, etc. BUT...if they were using such cameras, then we would be able to do this - the US military does it on a regular basis (they've had the ability to resolve objects as small as two feet from orbit for quite some time).
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Trollslayer wrote:
"#2.A Computer Might Become Self-Aware At Any Moment" Let's start with the users.
It's more likely that a computer will become sentient.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
It's more likely that a computer will become sentient.
If computers become sentient, does that mean Earth will finally support intelligent life? :laugh:
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Then there are the little things, like progress bars for things that are instantaneous. (As though it takes longer to transfer a hundred million dollars than ten.) Oh, and hacking moment also presupposes that the target of their machinations are systems NOT designed and run by idiots, like, for example, Bank of America.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
Joe Woodbury wrote:
Then there are the little things, like progress bars for things that are instantaneous. (As though it takes longer to transfer a hundred million dollars than ten.)
Now, that's explainable depending on the security protocols and on system load (no one shows the ten million actually going faster, do they?) ;-)
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Not very on topic, but hey, it's a Dilbert cartoon! http://www.csus.edu/indiv/l/legorretal/160_Spring_2006_05_Dilbert_on_requirements_gathering.jpg[^]
Cheers, Vıkram.
"if abusing me makes you a credible then i better give u the chance which didnt get in real" - Adnan Siddiqi.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Not very on topic, but hey, it's a Dilbert cartoon! http://www.csus.edu/indiv/l/legorretal/160\_Spring\_2006\_05\_Dilbert\_on\_requirements\_gathering.jpg\[^\]
LMAO...this cartoon is posted on at least one cubicle wall here, and has been since I've been employed.
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Joe Woodbury wrote:
Then there are the little things, like progress bars for things that are instantaneous. (As though it takes longer to transfer a hundred million dollars than ten.)
Now, that's explainable depending on the security protocols and on system load (no one shows the ten million actually going faster, do they?) ;-)
cpkilekofp wrote:
no one shows the ten million actually going faster, do they?
Slower. And the worse movies will have the person interrupt the transfer and say something dumb like "looks like they only got a million of it."
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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