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The best technology moments in film

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    The best technology moments in film

    Agree/Disagree?

    I love the inclusion of Runaway.

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    Originally posted by Clippy View Post
    Agree/Disagree?

    I love the inclusion of Runaway.
    Independence Day, on the alien space craft, "Uploading virus". Comedy gold.
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      #3
      I would want to put in "Fantomas" and "Les Vampires", French silent serials made 1913-16. Pneumatic tube postal system, anthropometry, a phonograph-based phishing scam...

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        #4
        Originally posted by Zippy View Post
        Independence Day, on the alien space craft, "Uploading virus". Comedy gold.
        Ha, ha - good one . That was ridiculous.

        Almost as ridiculous as Executive Decision where the bomb on the airplane had a PC architecture.

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          "It's a UNIX system! I know this!" - Jurassic Park

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            #6
            Gerty is definitely #1.

            Children of Men is totally believable, and also awesome.

            Surprised no Blade Runner nominations.
            ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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              #7
              What about all the SGI Indy's in 'Disclosure' (Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, running not-Irix with massive email icon's and humongous floating opening envelopes when one arrived...

              Also featuring DM BJ > MD......!

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                #8
                Originally posted by stek View Post
                What about all the SGI Indy's in 'Disclosure' (Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, running not-Irix with massive email icon's and humongous floating opening envelopes when one arrived...

                Also featuring DM BJ > MD......!
                It wasn't real... They're actors...

                AtW, stop fiddling with yourself, NOW!

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                  #9
                  A year or two ago someone (was it MS?) demonstrated an interactive desktop. The Island had that idea back in 2005.
                  Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                    #10
                    The tech in Minority Report was good too.

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