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Little does he know that was just the monitor power cable.

Wow. Just wow. As someone who works in network security, I am simply disgusted by this shit. They "burned" through your firewall eh? And how the hell does both of them typing on the same keyboard at the same time help!?

Almost as bad as the "virus" or whatever that shit was on Transformers....

I love her shitty choker and wrist bands, accompanied by pig tails and black make up...yet she has a lab coat on. Like her boss was like: "You can dress like a cry-baby goth, but you gotta wear a lab coat". Man these writers are so fucking out of touch with reality.

One of my favorite shows. As a computer tech, I learned to let go of this stuff a long time ago. You just have to think of it as metaphorical. It's just a way to get all the grandmas watching the show to understand that they were under attack through a computer.

Whatever your specialty is, there will be an absurd portrayal of it on television somewhere, written by people who don't understand it for the entertainment of people who don't care if it is accurate.

I really like NCIS, but a lot of their computer/hacking scenes are just complete bullshit... but then again, nearly every movie and TV show since computers were invented has gotten them wrong.

>> ^schlub:

Wow. Just wow. As someone who works in network security, I am simply disgusted by this shit. They "burned" through your firewall eh? And how the hell does both of them typing on the same keyboard at the same time help!?
Almost as bad as the "virus" or whatever that shit was on Transformers....


What about ID4?

TEAM zoom in!
TEAM enhance!


If Hollywood does this bad with computers, I have to assume they get every profession wrong. Including, ironically - writers, directors, and actors.

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Doesn't anybody remember the old clip of someone who hid his files in an xbox, and you could only get to it by playing "Prince of Persia" to level 5?

There was so much wrong with that video that I almost burst into tears.

It's not a fucking piano, dickwipes.

Technobabble: It's not just for Star Trek anymore.

"Would you like us to access the data supply and connect you up to the Matrix?"

Honestly, there's just.. there's just so much wrong here..


and I mean, honestly.. number one, what the hell is a work PC of that magnitude doing being hooked up to the internet... and two, why wouldn't either of them just think to pull out the wireless / ethernet / dsl cable?

That's the first goddamn thing I thought of. You've got a hacker? Kill your hardline.

>> ^Shepppard:

Honestly, there's just.. there's just so much wrong here..

and I mean, honestly.. number one, what the hell is a work PC of that magnitude doing being hooked up to the internet... and two, why wouldn't either of them just think to pull out the wireless / ethernet / dsl cable?
That's the first goddamn thing I thought of. You've got a hacker? Kill your hardline.


But what if the hacker is inside your internet?

>> ^Shepppard:

Honestly, there's just.. there's just so much wrong here..

and I mean, honestly.. number one, what the hell is a work PC of that magnitude doing being hooked up to the internet... and two, why wouldn't either of them just think to pull out the wireless / ethernet / dsl cable?
That's the first goddamn thing I thought of. You've got a hacker? Kill your hardline.


You can't stop a port scan by disconnecting your router, even a rookie knows that. Once they've got your IP, it's only a matter of time before they get a lock on your mac address and then all your MBR files are fucked. Then they're gonna wipe all your minesweeper scores and you're fucked.

Ugh. My suspension of disbelief only goes so far - and I'm a SciFi nerd. Seriously, leave your brain at the door.

When shows use techno-babble crap like this to solve their problem, they really might as well say they fixed everything with magic.

Also, NCIS is miserable. The characters are so wooden it's a joke. Watch Bones on Fox.

>> ^Morganth:

Ugh. My suspension of disbelief only goes so far - and I'm a SciFi nerd. Seriously, leave your brain at the door.
When shows use techno-babble crap like this to solve their problem, they really might as well say they fixed everything with magic.
Also, NCIS is miserable. The characters are so wooden it's a joke. Watch Bones on Fox.Watch Castle on bittorrent.


Fixed that 4 u.

A lot of times at work we do team-programming like this.

Don't tell the person who wrote this that the files are IN the computer!

I gotta make one point, now I see it, it's hard to ignore.

If you visualize the script as it appeared in print, it really isn't that rank.
It's the actors tapping on the keyboard like it would dispense food pellets that ruins the scene.
Line by line, the dialogue isn't really all that ignorant.

the one thing i just cant let go of tho is fucked up, i mean fucked up, military uniforms in movies. Theres some scenes out there that just display an abject lack of rudimentary research into military dress

>> ^MaxWilder:

One of my favorite shows. As a computer tech, I learned to let go of this stuff a long time ago. You just have to think of it as metaphorical. It's just a way to get all the grandmas watching the show to understand that they were under attack through a computer.
Whatever your specialty is, there will be an absurd portrayal of it on television somewhere, written by people who don't understand it for the entertainment of people who don't care if it is accurate.

At least they got the end right: when all else fails, yank the cord. You can't remotely hack a system that isn't on.

http://videosift.com/video/CSINY-creates-VB-GUI-to-track-IPs

It turns out they ARE actually trolling us (and eachother):
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/f2i7t/ive_written_for_tv_shows_like_csi_and_numbers/

>> ^Morganth:


Also, NCIS is miserable. The characters are so wooden it's a joke. Watch Bones on Fox.


Bones is another of my favorites. But in every episode, sometimes twice, they will have a scene where Booth will explain why they are going somewhere after they have already gotten there!

I can't imagine getting into a car with someone, even my boss or best friend, without knowing where we are going and why.

As absurd as it may seem, it conveys an accurate and concise message: You cannot hack that which is not there.

http://videosift.com/video/TV-still-has-no-fcking-idea-how-games-work

>> ^Shepppard:

Doesn't anybody remember the old clip of someone who hid his files in an xbox, and you could only get to it by playing "Prince of Persia" to level 5?
There was so much wrong with that video that I almost burst into tears.

Serious upvote for the excellent description which accompanies this video.

If they'd SLI'd their graphics output into a DVI channel over SCSI, then lowjacked that across the north bridge while simultaneously compiling an internal object protocol, they might have been able to deflect the incoming Ajax code injection into a root channel PHP dustbin, effectively reversing the polarity of the data hub and causing magnetic failure of the intruder's hard drive.

If only that jackass hadn't pulled the plug then they would have been able to turn the tables!

>> ^MaxWilder:

One of my favorite shows. As a computer tech, I learned to let go of this stuff a long time ago. You just have to think of it as metaphorical. It's just a way to get all the grandmas watching the show to understand that they were under attack through a computer.
Whatever your specialty is, there will be an absurd portrayal of it on television somewhere, written by people who don't understand it for the entertainment of people who don't care if it is accurate.


ditto on all accounts. I love the show and it always amazes me the new "inventive" ways they get the IT angle into a episode. I'm sure using vim in an ssh session makes more realistic scenes, but four handed keyboard double typing is just plain awesome.

turns out normal people don't find realistic computers scenes cool or interesting, who'd have thought it ?!

>> ^MaxWilder:
One of my favorite shows. As a computer tech, I learned to let go of this stuff a long time ago. You just have to think of it as metaphorical. It's just a way to get all the grandmas watching the show to understand that they were under attack through a computer.
Whatever your specialty is, there will be an absurd portrayal of it on television somewhere, written by people who don't understand it for the entertainment of people who don't care if it is accurate.


I know! Tell me about...have you seen the size of the guys' dicks in porn? Yea, me neither...but I've heard they're unrealistically big.

"Their hacking or TCP/IP's!"

"Its impossible, the DoD encryption levels are over 9000!"

"... I've never seen such l33t code!"

so is she supposed to evoke images of Lisbeth Salander

>> ^spawnflagger:

TEAM zoom in!
TEAM enhance!

If Hollywood does this bad with computers, I have to assume they get every profession wrong. Including, ironically - writers, directors, and actors.
What are you trying to say? Is House not a documentary show?

* face palm *

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>> ^Morganth:

Ugh. My suspension of disbelief only goes so far - and I'm a SciFi nerd. Seriously, leave your brain at the door.
When shows use techno-babble crap like this to solve their problem, they really might as well say they fixed everything with magic.
Also, NCIS is miserable. The characters are so wooden it's a joke. Watch Bones on Fox.


I lost interest in Bones when watching an episode, Booth claimed that he would have supported the British during the revolutionary war, claiming that the founding fathers and revolutionaries were terrorists.

Upvoted almost solely for the description.

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