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'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees

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reactordev · 1790109412 · focus · HN ↗
There’s a scene in Battlestar Galactica (2004) where someone asks Captain Adama why the Galactica doesn’t have networked computers. So the cylons can’t hack the ship…
1. dylan604 · 1790112264 · focus · HN ↗
  There's also a scene where they do network the computers and are hacked nearly instantly.
  1. whh · 1790116399 · focus · HN ↗
    I loved the writers giving every firewall its own LED indicator, so we knew exactly how far the toasters had got.
    josephg · 1790123041 · focus · HN ↗
    Sometimes I wonder if filmmakers have the right of it. They need to show what's going on in the computer to a distracted audience in a heartbeat. When they pull that off on screen, I wonder if us software devs should be taking notes.
    pessimizer · 1790131339 · focus · HN ↗
    A guy I went to high school with used to do that for a living. I have no idea what they call it, but it's basically theatrical UI, where the screen has to act and usually deliver a bunch of exposition.
    qlte · 1790181264 · focus · HN ↗
    SCADA? Like simplified GUI animations of the actual physical processes going on in a plant instead of just toggle switches, progress bars, etc?
    e.g.
    <a href="https://ubidots.com/blog/content/images/2024/10/siemens-simatic.webp" rel="nofollow">https://ubidots.com/blog/content/images/2024/10/siemens-sima...
    josephg · 1790216055 · focus · HN ↗
    I've always called it "tvOS" or "MovieOS". Like, "oh, a lot of flashing lights on tvos today!"
    It would be a fun exercise trying to recreate a lot of the screens from movies and tv shows. "This is unix! I know this!"

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