Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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Nismo
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People crawling in duct systems-
As someone who designs HVAC systems for a living for industrial applications...I and tell you there are very very few Duct Systems an averaged sized person could crawl inside of....on top of that they are typically no heavier than 24 gauge metal and would make a ton of noise while you were crawling around inside of it and most likely break at a joint because it's not designed to support 150lbs......and as for the Grille people open up to get inside the rooms....the flange is to the outside of the duct and the screws can only be accessed from the out side...so your only option would be kicking it out- making a ton of noise...
also the air in Duct is typically 56 degree's (if it's on cooling ) yet no one ever acts cold..instead they mostly show them sweating...and no ones glasses fog up after exiting said duct work and on top of that....they always show them with good lighting....when really they would be pitch black.
and in places like prisons ...despite the size of the duct they get what are called burgler bars installed inside of them....so if some idiot actually believed the movies as far as you could make it is the walls of your cell...cause they are installed at every wall penetration.
As someone who designs HVAC systems for a living for industrial applications...I and tell you there are very very few Duct Systems an averaged sized person could crawl inside of....on top of that they are typically no heavier than 24 gauge metal and would make a ton of noise while you were crawling around inside of it and most likely break at a joint because it's not designed to support 150lbs......and as for the Grille people open up to get inside the rooms....the flange is to the outside of the duct and the screws can only be accessed from the out side...so your only option would be kicking it out- making a ton of noise...
also the air in Duct is typically 56 degree's (if it's on cooling ) yet no one ever acts cold..instead they mostly show them sweating...and no ones glasses fog up after exiting said duct work and on top of that....they always show them with good lighting....when really they would be pitch black.
and in places like prisons ...despite the size of the duct they get what are called burgler bars installed inside of them....so if some idiot actually believed the movies as far as you could make it is the walls of your cell...cause they are installed at every wall penetration.
Your "grammer" was fine.
Your spelling, however...
Whenever I'm unsure how to spell something I just open a new tab and type it into google.
Google will give you the correct spelling, and you can even copy and paste it.
Yeah I stopped doing that when Google suggested a couple of things that I wasn't too keen on and then sent me to a hacking site that tried to steal my identity.
Why is it that EVERY SINGLE PERSON who uses a computer in a TV show or movie have the ability to type 1,000 words per minute and never have need to hit backspace or see the "spell check" squiggly line appear? How is this possible?! 
Why is it that EVERY SINGLE PERSON who uses a computer in a TV show or movie have the ability to type 1,000 words per minute and never have need to hit backspace or see the "spell check" squiggly line appear? How is this possible?!
Or even look at the screen or the keyboard while they type... and what gets me is everytime you see them type on the screen it always the green dos/unix command prompt and they are 95% using unix like commands to stop a virus or hack into a firewall. And another thing, why it is so easy for them to hack thru a firewall of the FBI computers or the bank's computer systems to get the information they need. An operation like that even using a brute force robotic hack could take months to crack the encryption, but they are usually able to do it in the time it says "It's protected by a firewall, you'll never get thru" and they respond, "Already done!" Irks me to no end!
Zombie_61
Master Member
When/if you learn to type properly this isn't difficult at all. I actually make fewer mistakes when I'm not looking at what I'm typing. That being said, I think my best speed was only 80-90 wpm, not 1,000.
funny article about this kind of thing:
http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_19160_8-scenes-that-prove-hollywood-doesnt-get-technology.html
Laspector
Master Member
People in the movies who have to swim a long distance underwater...yet in every shot they are constantly blowing bubbles out of their noses and mouths. Alien Resurrection is REALLY bad with this. None of those people could have swam over ten feet the way they were constantly exhaling under water.
When/if you learn to type properly this isn't difficult at all. I actually make fewer mistakes when I'm not looking at what I'm typing. That being said, I think my best speed was only 80-90 wpm, not 1,000.
Oh I do 80 words a minute myself when I am typing a letter or a forum post, but when typing important commands on the command line, I always have to look to make sure I don't misspell or make a typo in the syntax somewhere. I know where all the letters on the keyboard are identically, but when it comes to the special seldom used characters like ()/{}%&^@*-+_= etc... I ALWAYS have to double check... because one typo could mean the difference from FORMAT C: to FOR MATCH!
Sadly that goes back to actual conspiracy theories and a claim by a retired military guy who claimed he helped develop tons of stuff from alien debris. Honestly if they were using alien tech to make new stuff they sure as crap wouldn't be showing it off to anyone lol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_J._Corso There's alot of these whackadoos that pop up after retiring, they ruin good conspiracy theories with their crap.
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