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Date Posted: 10:43:34 10/01/07 Mon
Author: The Chief
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Computers on tv....

I was watching a movie the other night that had a guy setting up a bomb + warhead with a laptop. He was typing away like he was e-mailing his girlfriend while the image on the screen updated and changed.

We've all seen many shows and movies where someone using the computer is typing furiously at something when, in all reality, most of us would be pointing and clicking to do the same thing. I also remember Meg in "Shadow" just tapping away at that computer trying to get the password for the missle....

What I wanna know is, do the directors make the characters "type" just to make it look like they're "doing" something - is pointing and clicking BORING?

OR

When it's computer nerds, science guys, or whatever, do they really have programs that REQUIRE keyboarding and not mousing? Or maybe the nerds just ENJOY keyboarding more (I mean, they ARE nerds...)?

So what's the deal, judi?

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[> Chief, you can do a lot with a keyboard, but not everything. Arrow keys can take you from field to field, The little start button on your keyboard takes you to start on your screen, clicking the enter button is the same as hitting ok with the mouse; and then there are the function keys. Click here for a list of shortcuts on your keyboard. But yea, I do think they take liberties on tv to save time. -- judi, 15:43:25 10/01/07 Mon [1]

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[> First, *I* really think they have characters typing furiously because it can convey urgency more than frantically moving a mouse around and clicking .... there's also the typing-sound-effects! LOL! That said, one *could* argue that it's ONE thing to be using some application to do whatever (clicking on icons) and another to be programming or RE-programming. I usually get the impression (and it's probably because to me, typing furiously suggests actually programming under pressure) that those characters workign against the clock or while a bomb is ticking and pounding on the key board are programming trying to get fix or change whatever and so typing is what they'd be doing rather than "mousing". -- MichelleB (former nerdy programmer), 18:07:44 10/01/07 Mon [1]

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[> I'm sure it's all whatever has the most effect. It's like when they used to show people driving, they'd show the driver moving the steering wheel back and forth to give the impression of driving. As for effect, remember the old teletypes? Even the Zulu type on JAGs was a throwback to that, I believe. -- Cece (Hey, a post with Heather, judi, MichelleB, and Cece! The oldtimers!, 09:05:57 10/02/07 Tue [1]

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[> [> Speak for yourself, CC! I'm still a "Mid-Timer", thankyouverymuch! LOL And thanks for the answers, guys. I figured it was all about FX, both visual and audio. But hey, if it got all of us together on one thread... I suppose it was worth asking! -- The Chief, 11:47:05 10/02/07 Tue [1]

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