Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 10th Sep 2003 03:36 UTC
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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You remember the voice-instruction sequences in Star Trek, donīt you? It is always something like Georgi saying:
"Re-route all power to bla-bla-"
Computer: "Cannot execute action: violation of security protocols"
Georgi: "Override code LaForge-Alpha-Tango-Seven-Fox".
Computer: "Code accepted, re-routing all power to..."
Well, in one Andromeda episode (yeah, I know, it is not a *real* Sci-Fi series, but itīs funny after all!) Beka instructed the ship to do something:
Beka: "All energy to left anti-proton container" (or something like that)
Computer: "Security breach! Enter authorization code!"
Beka: "Authorization code... SHUT UP AND DO WHAT I TELL YOU!"
Computer: "Authorization accepted"
LOL :-)