Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 23:33:33 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: Hubert Yamada <yamada@IfA.Hawaii.Edu>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: computer systems in movies Message-ID: <20000807233333.N254@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000807224826.A10527@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 10:48:26PM %2B0100 References: <20000807214856.A9892@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000807111543.24477B-100000@galileo> <20000807224826.A10527@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 10:48:26PM +0100, j mckitrick wrote: > On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 11:26:29AM -1000, Hubert Yamada wrote: > | I think that we are talking about very custom software written for a very > | small community, so the development costs on a per-unit basis is > | absolutely huge. In my case, a lot of the software is one of a kind to > | control one-of-a-kind hardware, so the software cost is basically the same > | as my salary, so nobody wants to spend the money to make it pretty. They > | just want it to work -- which is non-trivial, because the hardware often > | doesn't perform the way that it is supposed to either. > > Well, that's too bad. Because the 'software' on Twister, Contact, The > Relic, and several other recent movies looks quite cool. It even makes > people think Unix might actually be friendly. :) > > I guess the display on 'The Net' could have been from a real Sun > workstation, right? > Don't forget BSD9.2 in Die Hard :) > jm > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org > If you can't learn to do something well, > learn to enjoy doing it poorly. > ------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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