[ale] Computer centric Movies/TV Shows

[Jim Kinney]

+1!

The delight was pretty cool. The screen graphics reminded me of tkdesktop (which I can't find ANY reference to. I liked it)

On September 25, 2018 9:01:40 AM EDT, Pete Hardie via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>To correct one point - she says with delight "this is a Unix system!"
>
>On Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 08:27 Lightner, Jeffrey via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>wrote:
>
>> Documentaries comment reminds me of an old one called "The CIA, the
>KGB
>> and Me" about a guy who discovered East German hackers accessing CIA
>> computer via his mainframe.  He found them due to the fact there was
>"time"
>> used on the computer he couldn't figure out to which department in
>his
>> company it should be billed.   That appeals to me as an ex-bean
>counter as
>> well as an IT person.
>>
>> Hollywood movies being clueless:  The original Jurassic Park where
>the
>> little girl is going to undo what the professional admin did to
>sabotage
>> the computers.   A funny moment though was when she sits down and
>says
>> something like "Ugh, it's UNIX".
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ale [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Simba via Ale
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 12:01 AM
>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>> Subject: Re: [ale] Computer centric Movies/TV Shows
>>
>> Oh man you should see it! Cereal Killer is my fave ;)
>>
>> Sandra Bullock is cool. The only thing I liked about that film if I
>> remember...
>>
>> Mr. Robot may be an exception but it's lightyears ahead of what the
>1990s
>> were like. And it also a phenomenal production in general, those two
>things
>> seem to go hand in hand.
>>
>> I don't expect folks who make their careers in filmography or sound
>or
>> casting actors and so forth to be computer experts, but I have a lot
>more
>> respect for productions which consult with experts for accuracy.
>>
>> Simba Lion - https://tailpuff.net
>> https://keybase.io/simbalion
>>
>> "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
>>
>> On 9/24/18 11:54 PM, A. P. Garcia wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 11:43 PM Simba via Ale <ale at ale.org
>> > <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Yeah but The Net was stupid. Hackers was at least funny :) All
>the
>> >     characters are lovable and it doesn't even try to take the
>technology
>> >     seriously.
>> >
>> >     Of course it's worth remembering that back then literally none
>of
>> those
>> >     "hollywood" people knew anything about computers. They weren't
>> trying to
>> >     be ironic or anything, it just turned out that way.
>> >
>> >
>> > I never saw Hackers. I'm not going to argue the merits of The Net.
>I
>> > didn't particularly like it, but I didn't particularly hate it
>either.
>> > I do kind of like Sandra Bullock though.
>> >
>> > Alas, those Hollywood people haven't improved much. There are some
>> > fairly respectable representations of technology in the media now,
>but
>> > there's also still a lot of crap.
>> >
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