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Re: Where is Windows when you need it? DaveX8631-Mar-14 12:26 DaveX86 31-Mar-14 12:26  Seeing Windows a lot more now that Microsoft is paying sponsorship fees to shows like Elementary and Arrow...trying to use subliminal messages to make us like WinRT... Pictures flash on-screen when searching for a person Jay Riggs31-Mar-14 10:00 Jay Riggs 31-Mar-14 10:00  That one really bugs me. Don't think anyone else listed this one previously. Every computer can interface with every other computer seamlessly Vladimir Svyatski31-Mar-14 9:42 Vladimir Svyatski 31-Mar-14 9:42  According to the 1996's "The independence day" Earth-made notebooks could easily interface even with alien computer systems. I have 4 words for you: I love this company! Yes! Re: Every computer can interface with every other computer seamlessly DaveX8631-Mar-14 12:08 DaveX86 31-Mar-14 12:08  Don't forget Stargate...they had all kinds of crappy laptops interfaced to Stargates, ships, knowledge systems...kinda wondering how they translated to Unicode Re: Every computer can interface with every other computer seamlessly Yvan Rodrigues2-Apr-14 4:13 Yvan Rodrigues 2-Apr-14 4:13  I always wondered about that electroacoustimechanical interface that R2D2 uses to interface with the ship. Beep. Bloop. Spin. Bloop. Bzzz. Yvan Rodrigues, C.Tech. Red Cell Innovation Inc. How easy it is - 2 boomboomw31-Mar-14 8:25 boomboomw 31-Mar-14 8:25  How they can access data on ANYTHING with a few keystrokes and there's no wait time... Re: How easy it is - 2 earl00731-Mar-14 8:33 earl007 31-Mar-14 8:33  Can't watch NCIS or CSI shows for that very reason... Re: How easy it is - 2 yacCarsten1-Apr-14 0:59 yacCarsten 1-Apr-14 0:59  Can't stand those shows either, its because every time I see a bit of the show, they are always enhancing some picture and getting the rego of a car from some reflected object. But, it was totally cool when Harrison Ford did it in Blade Runner. Re: How easy it is - 2 Karen Mitchelle31-Mar-14 16:47 Karen Mitchelle 31-Mar-14 16:47  And downloading data takes ages before it will be completely stored in a single floppy disk?! Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL. I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64 Re: How easy it is - 2 Prabhu S M1-Apr-14 0:52 Prabhu S M 1-Apr-14 0:52  guess they were storing shortcut of the file in floppy disk Re: How easy it is - 2 Karen Mitchelle1-Apr-14 14:55 Karen Mitchelle 1-Apr-14 14:55  they are storing something they cannot open later. Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL. I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64 another... dmjm-h31-Mar-14 8:23 dmjm-h 31-Mar-14 8:23  "Chloe, I need to know what building corresponds to these schematics. Do a schematics match with all buildings in LA." "Jack, the building's working name, lot data, file reference and LOCATION are all on there." grainy pictures made sharp PIEBALDconsult31-Mar-14 7:44 PIEBALDconsult 31-Mar-14 7:44  "All data can be enhanced. eg disguised voices made clear, grainy pictures made sharp" BladeRunner being the poster child for this. At least in "Blow Up", the guy had to make an effort. You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions. Re: grainy pictures made sharp Ian Shlasko31-Mar-14 8:19 Ian Shlasko 31-Mar-14 8:19  ST:TNG was so guilty of this... [Picture shows about a third of a woman's face] Data: "The computer can extrapolate the rest of the face." Riker: "Do it" [The rest of the face appears, picture-perfect, including the hair style and non-symmetrical features] Not too bad of an episode, otherwise... Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) Re: grainy pictures made sharp LloydA11131-Mar-14 15:13 LloydA111 31-Mar-14 15:13  Which episode was this? .-. |o,o| ,| _\=/_ .-""-. ||/_/_\_\ /[] _ _\ |_/|(_)|\\ _|_o_LII|_ \._./// / | ==== | \ |\_/|"` |_| ==== |_| |_|_| ||" || || |-|-| ||LI o || |_|_| ||'----'|| /_/ \_\ /__| |__\ Re: grainy pictures made sharp Ian Shlasko31-Mar-14 15:45 Ian Shlasko 31-Mar-14 15:45  http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/The_Vengeance_Factor_(episode)[^] Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels) How long will it take to break into the mainframe!? cswat31-Mar-14 7:02 cswat 31-Mar-14 7:02  About 48 hours. You have 2. Ok then. Here. Re: How long will it take to break into the mainframe!? StatementTerminator1-Apr-14 3:55 StatementTerminator 1-Apr-14 3:55  That kind of makes sense though, most mainframes haven't been patched in 30 years. What bothers me most... djc toledo31-Mar-14 6:33 djc toledo 31-Mar-14 6:33  ...is that complex operations, which would take days or weeks to program, are performed in seconds. and on the subject of guessing passwords and progress bars Trajan McGill31-Mar-14 6:17 Trajan McGill 31-Mar-14 6:17  Don't you love how all the big scenes where the bad guys (or sometimes the good guys) are trying to brute-force the password (probably a pass code for launching nuclear missiles), you see all the combinations flashing on the screen, and one by one, each digit or letter locks in? If any given password they tried is wrong, how can they possibly know they've got part of it right? What on earth kind of security system out there tells you, "Wrong password, try again...but hey, here's a hint to help you break in and take over our system: you've got the first 5 characters correct." Moreover, if you remember each of these scenes, every time another letter or number is filled in, the rest of the positions are flashing wildly from letter to letter...but the problem there aren't really very many characters to try. If there is some way to know for each character position whether the value there is correct, any time you move on to the next position all you have to do is try every single possible letter, digit, or symbol, an operation that would be near-instantaneous, just a few hundred or thousand possible values. But instead it sits there cycling for 5 minutes or so, until the next position locks in as correct. So even accepting the above movie inaccuracy regarding the way any sane security system would work, the portrayal still doesn't make sense, because each position would be solved in a fraction of a second. Re: and on the subject of guessing passwords and progress bars BrainiacV1-Apr-14 8:23 BrainiacV 1-Apr-14 8:23  Not to mention the system not locking you out after 3 tries. Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it. This is best ever Survey... JayantaChatterjee31-Mar-14 5:47 JayantaChatterjee 31-Mar-14 5:47  this is the best ever survey question.... It's Hollywood OS ... MacSpudster31-Mar-14 5:28 MacSpudster 31-Mar-14 5:28  It's Hollywood OS! What else would ya expect? They all make it look so easy... Robert Beveridge31-Mar-14 5:10 Robert Beveridge 31-Mar-14 5:10  Is it me, or is every movie coder since Sandra Bullock in The Net capable of typing hundreds of lines of code per minute, while still having time to chug a can of Diet Coke every fifteen seconds? If someone can point me to the typing school they all use, I'd appreciate it... Re: They all make it look so easy... DaveX8631-Mar-14 12:12 DaveX86 31-Mar-14 12:12  Can't be real eh?...they're not combing through CodeProject for samples or Googling

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