“I’ll create a GUI interface using Visual Basic…see if I can track an IP address.”
CSI New York tries to apply technobabble to awe viewers with their incredible crimefighting powers. Hilarity ensues.
May 26, 2009
CSI NY: “I’ll create a GUI interface using Visual Basic…see if I can track an IP address.”
Posted by Wille under Fun, Software Development[3] Comments
May 27, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Any malapropisms like this always make me think of the Penny Arcade cartoon.
I have to say, though, this is almost worse. It’s one thing to create an alternate, forgiving TV/movie universe where Justin Long can “hack” satphones, or DoD computer systems consist of a giant password box, but it’s another thing entirely to create a supposedly-realistic show, reference real technologies, and blow it about as bad as you can possibly blow any technical reference.
May 27, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Uh, oh. I see a deployment nightmare about to happen. What if they forget to use the proper gronkulator DLL and their flangy OCX becomes zorched ? I hope they at least used the proper grid control. LOL
May 27, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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