Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:20:23 -0700 (PDT) From: The Clark Family <res03db2@gte.net> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: computer systems in movies Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008081817060.3243-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net> In-Reply-To: <20000807153046.A6595@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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The computer displays on "Hollow Man" were the first impressive ones I've seen in a long time. The button bar they were using looked quite a bit like KDE. Its too bad Dan O'Bannon isn't still doing display design. His work on Darkstar and Star Wars was fun, if a bit cheesey. [RC] On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, j mckitrick wrote: > > This might be a REALLY stupid question, but here goes.... > > In movies with hi-tech or research premises, we often see > sophisticated computer programs running on state of the art terminals. Now, > obviously, many times these are simply made-up special effects. But, are > there any REAL programs out there that inspired them? For example, > GUI-based real-time 3D molecule displays, frequency analyzers, real-time > systems displays (like for satellites) or are all of these simply works of > fiction? If they *do* exist, do they run on proprietary OS's? Unix? SGI > workstations? > > jm > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org > ------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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