Tag: computers

  • Enough to send you bleeping mad!

    Radar screenAnother observation about television land. Have you noticed, almost without exception, every time a computer screen is featured in a film or drama, it bleeps and whistles like R2D2 on friggin’ acid?

    Query: Bleeeeeeeeep blip blip blip dooooooooop!

    Zoom in: dit dit dit dit dit bweeeeeeeeb!

    Locked on target: Bloooop bloooop bloooop!

    Gimme a friggin’ break! Computers don’t do that. At least mine doesn’t, else I’d give it a good kicking. No. I’m afraid, once again, it’s done for dramatic effect, just like the Hollywood swallow and gun holding as my previous whinges.

  • Crash!

    On this week’s ’24’ one person – ONE single person – deliberately sabotaged and reformatted the entire FBI computer system. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
    I love that programme.