From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Aug 7 13: 7:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from moo.sysabend.org (moo.sysabend.org [209.0.55.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8E1B37BA58 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:07:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ragnar@sysabend.org) Received: by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id AE51C755E; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:09:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 973FD1D8E; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:09:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 13:09:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: Brooks Davis Cc: j mckitrick , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: computer systems in movies In-Reply-To: <20000807111031.A12922@orion.ac.hmc.edu> Message-ID: Approved: yep X-representing: Only myself. X-badge: We don't need no stinking badges. X-obligatory-profanity: Fuck X-moo: Moo. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Brooks Davis wrote: :Some of this stuff exists, but most if it's a complete fiction and :totally useless (i.e. the "UNIX" system in Jurssic Park). I read an :interview that talked a little about making these displays a few weeks :ago it's at: The system in Jurassic Park was SGI's Buttonfly interface and the videoconferencing programs you saw were also standard Irix tools. The machines primarily shown were Indys. Buttonfly was useless for real life, but it looked neat on the big screen to Joe/Jane Moviegoer. Jamie Bowden -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" Iain Bowen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message