Have you ever noticed how computers in movies differ from real ones? Here goes:
* Word processors never display a cursor.
* You never have to use the spacebar when typing long sentences.
* All monitors display 2 inch high letters.
* High-tech computers, such as those used by NASA, the CIA, or some such governmental institution, have easy-to-understand graphical interfaces.
* Those that don't will have incredibly powerful text-based command shells that can correctly understand and execute commands typed in plain English.
* Corollary: You can gain access to any information you want by simply typing "ACCESS ALL OF THE SECRET FILES" on any keyboard.
* Likewise, you can infect a computer with a destructive virus by simply typing "UPLOAD VIRUS."
* Powerful computers beep whenever you press a key or whenever the screen changes. Some computers also slow down the output on the screen so that it doesn't go faster than you can read. The really advanced ones also emulate the sound of a dot-matrix printer as the characters come across the screen.
* People typing away on a computer will turn it off without saving the data.
* A hacker can get into the most sensitive computer in the world before intermission and guess the secret password in two tries.
* If you display a file on the screen and someone deletes the file, it also disappears from the screen.
* Whenever a character looks at a VDU, the image is so bright that it projects itself onto his/her face.
