this post was submitted on 04 May 2024
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It's a Unix System

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Ever notice that technology used in TV is just incredibly, laughably wrong? So have I. This community is here to point out all the weird, technobabble-based UIs seen in various media.

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Rule 5: No invalid IP addresses Everyone who can recognize an invalid IP address will cringe at it. They're often intentionally wrong for the same reason most TV/movie phone numbers are 555-####.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Oh man, Ghostwriter. Gooey Gus gave me nightmares as a kid. I was too scared even to go to the toilet because I imagined he'd be sitting in there when I opened the door.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I'm just now realizing another level of absurdity here: Ghostwriter couldn't speak or hear, only read and write. Yet he's (I think it was established GW was a he), flying down the information superhighway on a modem (which works acoustically).