Comments on: 8 Embarrassing Hollywood Tech Cliches http://www.neosprockets.com/index.php/2009/07/8-embarrassing-hollywood-tech-cliches/ .. the next generation of engineers and tech professionals .. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Meh http://www.neosprockets.com/index.php/2009/07/8-embarrassing-hollywood-tech-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Meh Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:10:05 +0000 http://www.neosprockets.com/?p=992#comment-37 I'd like to see all the erronious elevator incidents done away with. Run away elevators? Brakes under the cars that shoot sparks and lift and reapply? Doesn't happen that way. Elevators don't just drop, unless its before the safety elevator that Elisha Otis demonstrated at the Crystal Palace. It raises fear of elevators while being total fiction. I’d like to see all the erronious elevator incidents done away with. Run away elevators? Brakes under the cars that shoot sparks and lift and reapply?

Doesn’t happen that way. Elevators don’t just drop, unless its before the safety elevator that Elisha Otis demonstrated at the Crystal Palace.

It raises fear of elevators while being total fiction.

]]> By: smg45acp http://www.neosprockets.com/index.php/2009/07/8-embarrassing-hollywood-tech-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-36 smg45acp Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:16:33 +0000 http://www.neosprockets.com/?p=992#comment-36 My wife tells me I ruin too many movies by being "too logical". One thing that drives me crazy is when they shrink a 200 pound man to an inch high and suddenly me weights less than a pound. It's the law! Matter can not be created or destroyed. That inch high man will still weigh 200 pounds! He will not fly on the back of a bumble bee now. My wife tells me I ruin too many movies by being “too logical”.
One thing that drives me crazy is when they shrink a 200 pound man to an inch high and suddenly me weights less than a pound.
It’s the law! Matter can not be created or destroyed.
That inch high man will still weigh 200 pounds! He will not fly on the back of a bumble bee now.

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]]> By: Mark http://www.neosprockets.com/index.php/2009/07/8-embarrassing-hollywood-tech-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Mark Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:17:01 +0000 http://www.neosprockets.com/?p=992#comment-32 Hacking/programming/any activity that requires typing on a computer. In movies, this involves attacking the keyboard and typing at something like 200 wpm, never pressing backspace, and often not needing the space bar or enter keys. In RL programming, a good deal of time is spent thinking how to solve the problem and fixing typos. If your typing speed is the limit of how fast you can program, then either your variable names are way too long, or you're using a really bad language. Hacking/programming/any activity that requires typing on a computer.

In movies, this involves attacking the keyboard and typing at something like 200 wpm, never pressing backspace, and often not needing the space bar or enter keys.

In RL programming, a good deal of time is spent thinking how to solve the problem and fixing typos. If your typing speed is the limit of how fast you can program, then either your variable names are way too long, or you’re using a really bad language.

]]> By: Rob H http://www.neosprockets.com/index.php/2009/07/8-embarrassing-hollywood-tech-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Rob H Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:53:33 +0000 http://www.neosprockets.com/?p=992#comment-31 The Jurassic Park UI is actually FSN (File System Navigator), a real IRIX 3D interface: http://www.siliconbunny.com/fsn-the-irix-3d-file-system-tool-from-jurassic-park/ The Jurassic Park UI is actually FSN (File System Navigator), a real IRIX 3D interface: http://www.siliconbunny.com/fsn-the-irix-3d-file-system-tool-from-jurassic-park/

]]> By: Peter http://www.neosprockets.com/index.php/2009/07/8-embarrassing-hollywood-tech-cliches/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Peter Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:44:45 +0000 http://www.neosprockets.com/?p=992#comment-30 How about getting DNA lab results back in 5 minutes? How about getting DNA lab results back in 5 minutes?

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