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When Unix ruled the Earth
More Hollywood (or Pinewood) technology idiocy: Phill Jempson at Torbay Council has a particular favourite that many of you will have enjoyed.
‘I liked Jurassic Park, the scene where the young girl goes: “ah Unix, I know this” and proceeds to fly into a 3D representation of the park’s electrical circuits.’
One day, someone will tell the true Hollywood story of Unix, but before then, there are more urgent wrongs that we need to right.
‘I used to work for Philips Business Systems and nearly fell off my cinema seat laughing when James Bond in For Your Eyes Only tried to retrieve the British encryption decoder from the evil Russian empire,’ says Len Shingler at Wirral Health Informatics Service.
‘ It turned out the decoder was a Philips P6271 keyboard last seen on the counter at your local Halifax branch.’
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