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Never forget the infamous NCIS co-op hacking on a keyboard scene.
I remember a scene of such a crime movie that was at least funny for people used to computers and progrmmers.
The (old and seasoned) detectives were brought in contact with the new "cyber unit" of the police. Stored away in an otherwise empty office floor somewhere, they were the absolute movie style hackers: cluttered desks, sloppy outfit, beards. The old detectives were quite reluctant to work with those young "computer people" and had a lot of prejudices. Then, one of the detectives found a big red button on the desk and said "I wonder what happens when I press this button" - and presses it. And the "cyber guys": "DON'T!". The detective mocks them, and presses the button several times before he asks what the button actually does. Cyber guy: "That is our 'order pizza' button! I hope you've got enough money to pay for this...". Cut. Next scene: They are all eating pizza together from a desk-high stack of pizza boxes.
I was looking for a new project. pizza button would be neat.
Back in Ye Olden Days, we probably had the first web interface to order pizza. "We" had been a long-established computer nerd meeting, and this pizza service that normally was closed on Sundays actually opened just for us on that weekend just for the occasion. We had an internal web page to order and organize orders of pizza. But of course, the order did not go out electronically - when our web app saw the need to place the order, is simply sent a fax ;-)
This actually existed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USQxZc9nmtE
You know, I've seen this dozens of times but I'm just realizing, at least assuming that's not a power bar (which would be odd since it matches the plug of the monitor or PC), since the monitor shut of straight away, he actually only unplugged the monitor. The PC should still be on and getting hacked.
Yes, my favorite comment:
followed by:
The first one had me laughing out loud
Inside that part of an inside joke between writers? Read that somewhere.
Yes NCIS writers vs CSI writers to see who could get the stupidest tech bullshit on screen
Whenever I point out that something doesn't work like that in a TV show or movie, my wife says that that's the way it works in the universe of the show. Okay, maybe, but how am I supposed to enjoy nitpicking, then??
I love how the smug manager thinks he's thwarted the attack on the server since he unplugged the monitor to the terminal where people were defending against the attack.