>The false image of computers on TV/film has become a tradition on its own. Pretty much just like any larger ceiling light has to make a thump when it's turned on/off, or that a veering car's wheels have to squeal, even on snow, mud and sand.

We've chatted about this before. I hate the fact that a blade (cf. "Scary Movie") always makes a ringing noise, even if it's drawn from a blancmange/trifle/pillow.

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>I thought the software which turns a 50x60 pixel area into a 6 megapixel photo was still in the "Blade runner" only, but then I understood how they do it: they just enlarge the area, then remove the out-of-focus pixels.

This is satire, right? I always thought they had interpolating s/w that could visualise Michaelangelo's David from the original block of marble!
"It'll be a bit grainy" they say, then you can see the whiskers on the ID card photo that was held in the perp's hand.