chrismoyles.net
- Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:36 pm
#315598
That 3D file explorer in Jurassic Park was an actual application that could run on SGI's IRIX, which is a derivative of system V Unix; what's actually odd is that someone her age would have used an IRIX system enough to not only recognise the unique user interface, but also enough to find her way easily around a foreign system without any obvious guidance. In general though, yes, any films (or TV programs) that involve computers generally piss me off, the one exception being 'Takedown', despite it being mostly historically inaccurate.
Andy B wrote:I bet you love it in films where every button they press makes a "beep" sound or they do that thing of hacking into the pentagon database on the third password guess. Oh and that bit in Jurassic Park where the girl claims they're using a Unix system but it's clearly not.
That 3D file explorer in Jurassic Park was an actual application that could run on SGI's IRIX, which is a derivative of system V Unix; what's actually odd is that someone her age would have used an IRIX system enough to not only recognise the unique user interface, but also enough to find her way easily around a foreign system without any obvious guidance. In general though, yes, any films (or TV programs) that involve computers generally piss me off, the one exception being 'Takedown', despite it being mostly historically inaccurate.
