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On 14/01/14 20:05, Philip Hudson wrote:All of which brings me to the pet peeve of a friend of mine, and me to a lesser extent. If we have trouble getting protocols we designed as humans to talk to one another, why is it in every blasted science-fiction movie where there is an alien computer they network it to a laptop and the bloody thing works flawlessly?[1] Who the hell is their sysadmin?? :) Julian [1] That ruddy laptop in Independence Day talking to the alien mothership for example. |
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