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Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies?

Posted by Soulskill on from the this-is-a-unix-system-i-know-this dept.

Cuban Devil writes "Yesterday I rented a copy of The Social Network. I won't comment on the story, but the Zuckerberg character's narrated performance on hacking Harvard servers made me wonder: what's the worst computer-related acting performance ever? I leave here my vote: Independence Day, when I had to see Mr. Goldblum upload a virus, using a Mac, when it did not connect even to an ethernet network, compromising the entire alien fleet. What other major technological gaffes have you seen?"

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  1. Hackers... by Xyverz · · Score: 4, Informative

    "It's a P6 chip ... RISC architecture is gonna change everything".

  2. Re:Jurassic Park by Qzukk · · Score: 4, Informative

    Except that it actually WAS a UNIX system, SGI IRIX to be exact. And it was a real file browser as well.

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    If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I bought a pair of binoculars.
  3. WarGames 2: The Dead Code by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, this movie exists. And yes, it's godawful beyond belief.

    Here's a review I wrote about the movie when it came out. But, really, every detail is awful-- not just the computer scenes, but every scene is brimming from top to bottom with WTF. It also doesn't help that they couldn't get any characters from the original, except WOPR (if you count that.)

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    Comment of the year
  4. Re:Jurassic Park by siegesama · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn

    FSN (File System Navigator), was a real application made by SGI for 3D viewing of file systems. That really is a real gui layer, and you can get a clone of it for linux called FSV at http://fsv.sourceforge.net/

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    what the hell is a 'junk character', anyway?
  5. Re:Jurassic Park by gknoy · · Score: 4, Informative

    how does knowing that a system is running Unix enable one to understand the complex control software running a dinosaur park?

    man parkcontrols

    ?