OS Look Like Movies

[Guest]

I am currently watching Lara Croft. In the movie there is a "computer guru"
in it that has all these computers set up. I am curious of a few things...

1. What OS is it portraying?

2. How can I get my windows to not look so cartoonish?

Its not just Lara Croft that has the the type of OS that i'm curious about.
Other "Sci-fi" shows have the same thing. They never have windows, its always
something that looks less cartoonish.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I am currently watching Lara Croft. In the movie there is a "computer
guru" in it that has all these computers set up. I am curious of a
few things...

1. What OS is it portraying?

2. How can I get my windows to not look so cartoonish?

Its not just Lara Croft that has the the type of OS that i'm curious
about. Other "Sci-fi" shows have the same thing. They never have
windows, its always something that looks less cartoonish.

I'd have to see the movie to know what you're talking about, and I just
can't bring myself to watch it - sorry.

If you don't want the annoying Teletubbies/Fisher Price WinXP interface,
disable it - control panel, Display, Theme=Windows Classic. Control panel,
Taskbar and Start menu will set that one to a less irritating view as well.

 

[Mike Robinson]

I am currently watching Lara Croft. In the movie there is a "computer guru"
in it that has all these computers set up. I am curious of a few things...

1. What OS is it portraying?

2. How can I get my windows to not look so cartoonish?

Its not just Lara Croft that has the the type of OS that i'm curious
about.
Other "Sci-fi" shows have the same thing. They never have windows, its
always
something that looks less cartoonish.

ITS CALLED A MOVIE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

 

[Kevin]

That's a Hollywood Operating System, or HOS. I have yet to see a movie that
shows a real operating system of any kind when a computer monitor is in the
shot. If you want to wish, wish for the system used in the Star Trek
television series and movies. You talk to it and it responds. Of course,
it sounds like Majel Barret Roddenberry.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition and it doesn't look cartoonish at all.
What is the problem you are having?

 

[Malke]

That's a Hollywood Operating System, or HOS. I have yet to see a
movie that shows a real operating system of any kind when a computer
monitor is in the
shot. If you want to wish, wish for the system used in the Star Trek
television series and movies. You talk to it and it responds. Of
course, it sounds like Majel Barret Roddenberry.

Trinity used nmap. However, most people don't choose their os's for
looks. Of course, the OP could go over to The Dark Side and forget the
gui entirely. ;-)

Malke

 

[Steve N.]

That's a Hollywood Operating System, or HOS. I have yet to see a movie that
shows a real operating system of any kind when a computer monitor is in the
shot.
If you want to wish, wish for the system used in the Star Trek
television series and movies. You talk to it and it responds. Of course,
it sounds like Majel Barret Roddenberry.

Yeah, then instead of a BSOD it'd be:

[user] "Computer"

[computer] "Not Working"

Steve

 

[RobertVA]

That's a Hollywood Operating System, or HOS. I have yet to see a movie that
shows a real operating system of any kind when a computer monitor is in the
shot. If you want to wish, wish for the system used in the Star Trek
television series and movies. You talk to it and it responds. Of course,
it sounds like Majel Barret Roddenberry.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition and it doesn't look cartoonish at all.
What is the problem you are having?

Some other features of that Hollywood Operating System:

Displays so bright you can see the reversed screen image reflected on
the operator's face.

Fonts so large you can read the display from 30 feet away.

File Transfer Protocols that display every character of a file whenever
you download it.

Prompts with intentionaly slow display rates, so that text doesn't
outpace the operator's reading rate.

 

[Malke]

Some other features of that Hollywood Operating System:

Displays so bright you can see the reversed screen image reflected on
the operator's face.

Fonts so large you can read the display from 30 feet away.

File Transfer Protocols that display every character of a file
whenever you download it.

Prompts with intentionaly slow display rates, so that text doesn't
outpace the operator's reading rate.

Ooh, and don't forget the exploding monitors!

Malke

 

[Steve N.]

RobertVA wrote:




Ooh, and don't forget the exploding monitors!

Malke

 

[Steve N.]

RobertVA wrote:




Ooh, and don't forget the exploding monitors!

Malke

And keyboards with sparks and flames when the system "overloads".

steve

 

[Malke]

And keyboards with sparks and flames when the system "overloads".

steve

I *hate* it when that happens! ;-)

Malke

 

[Andrew Murray]

yeah - what about the "Unix" system featured in Jurassic Park - a full fledged
graphic user interface - when I thought Unix was a command line OS? (these were
probably the days before Windows-like Linux too).

and the computer email program featured the first Tom Cruise Mission
Impossible......nothing like it on earth - probably just something done up for
the movies....never see anyone actually use Windows....maybe once I've seen a
Windows PC on in the background of shows like Law & Order.

 

[Andrew Murray]

Some other features of that Hollywood Operating System:

Displays so bright you can see the reversed screen image reflected on
the operator's face.

Fonts so large you can read the display from 30 feet away.

File Transfer Protocols that display every character of a file whenever
you download it.

Prompts with intentionaly slow display rates, so that text doesn't
outpace the operator's reading rate.

 

[Steve N.]

yeah - what about the "Unix" system featured in Jurassic Park - a full fledged
graphic user interface - when I thought Unix was a command line OS? (these were
probably the days before Windows-like Linux too).

Nope, Linux (and Unix) has had a graphical interface since well befrore
Jurassic Park, it's called X windows. The "GUIs" you are probably used
to seeing in Linux distros (KDE, GNU) are in realily only a collection
of applications and themes that layer over top of X.

and the computer email program featured the first Tom Cruise Mission
Impossible......nothing like it on earth - probably just something done up for
the movies....never see anyone actually use Windows....maybe once I've seen a
Windows PC on in the background of shows like Law & Order.

I've seen more Mac's, especially Mac notebooks, than PCs in movies.

Steve