Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:34:05 -1000 (HST) From: "Hubert T. Yamada" <yamada@shark.ifa.hawaii.edu> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: computer systems in movies Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008081002400.497-100000@shark.ifa.hawaii.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000807224826.A10527@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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> Well, that's too bad. Because the 'software' on Twister, Contact, The > Relic, and several other recent movies looks quite cool. It even makes > people think Unix might actually be friendly. :) Well, there are some GUIs and some real-time displays, and some of the software is actually easy to use. It doesn't have any of the polish and bells and whistles that Hollywood has, though. Graphical displays tend to be pretty rudimentary. There tend to be a lot of screens filled with numbers and buttons and text-entry fields, and the only graphical elements are the ones that are really useful. Hubert -- Hubert Yamada, University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy phone: (808)956-6648 e-mail: yamada@newton.ifa.hawaii.edu OR yamada@hawaii.edu WWW: http://ccd.ifa.hawaii.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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