Why are we so picky about the realistic presentation of computers in films, when in those selfsame films, drivers do miraculous things in car chases, people jump off buildings without breaking bones, ugly guys hook up with cute chicks, and NO ONE EVER CALLS THE POLICE!
Yes but those are all things that can happen. No one would ever use VB to write a GUI to track an IP address. I mean, it passes because it's 10 seconds of dialog and no stupider than anything else they say on television, but some of us know better.
(slyt)
ReplyDeleteHeh. I've seen that before. The list of technological egregiousness in media is surpassed only by its medical brethren
ReplyDeleteWhat's that in Engrrish?
ReplyDelete51% of technology and medical speak on television/movies is bollocks.
ReplyDeleteI'll go with that.
ReplyDeleteWhy are we so picky about the realistic presentation of computers in films, when in those selfsame films, drivers do miraculous things in car chases, people jump off buildings without breaking bones, ugly guys hook up with cute chicks, and NO ONE EVER CALLS THE POLICE!
ReplyDeleteIt's called FICTION, people!
It's an aid to disbelief suspension/distraction
ReplyDeleteYes but those are all things that can happen. No one would ever use VB to write a GUI to track an IP address. I mean, it passes because it's 10 seconds of dialog and no stupider than anything else they say on television, but some of us know better.
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