With the computer market exploding into success the last 20 years more and more movies are featuring people using computers. Being a computer geek myself, I expect a level of "technological reality" for the movies that are not in the realm of "sci-fi", but directors usually are feeding their movies with superficial scenes about computers just for the happy clapping from the computer-illiterate audience.
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I'd just like to point out that the file browser in Jurassic Park is, in fact, an actual program used on UNIX. So when the girl shouts, "I know this, this is UNIX!" it is actually UNIX.
I'd just like to point out that the file browser in Jurassic Park is, in fact, an actual program used on UNIX. So when the girl shouts, "I know this, this is UNIX!" it is actually UNIX.
Check it out:
http://www.sgi.com/fun/freeware/3d_navigator.html