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Jesus. Is this what _we_ sound like when talking about IT?
by ghusto 3mo ago
Jesus. Is this what _we_ sound like when talking about IT?
- bombcar 3mo agoYes, it’s the flip side of Gell Mann Amnesia - nerding out!
- nottorp 3mo agoProbably. But I think sometimes we're more justified than the gun nuts. Take for example the movie series favorite "we'll track him through his GPS".
- skinfaxi 3mo agoMore justified for what?
- wizzwizz4 3mo agoIT mistakes are frequently glaring plot-holes that render entire sections of the story impossible. Gun mistakes are generally a choreography problem, a weapon that's possible but just hasn't been manufactured, or someone learning information about the gun's state via the wrong channel (where such an information channel does exist). Sure, sometimes a bullet impact throwing someone off a cliff is plot-relevant, but I couldn't name a single example. On the other hand, I can think of several examples where (supposedly) state-of-the-art encryption is cracked digit by digit, or where a radio receiver is tracked from a distance where the receiving pattern would be orders of magnitude below the noise floor (most often from orbital satellites), or where a device is remotely "hacked" that is not even plausibly connected to a network (less common, now that everything is IoT, although it's really prevalent in works set in the late 90s / early 00s).
- nottorp 3mo agoSo... you cannot track anyone through their GPS because GPS is receive only. You can "hack" their phone and get the location data from there, but I think the "we'll track them through their GPS" crap predates smartphones.
- boesboes 3mo agoyeap. And if you talk about trains like this, they blame vaccines ;)
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- jdkwxnkwxnsk 3mo agoIf _you_ sound like this when talking about IT then you really ought to reevaluate your social skills. It’s not the topic, it’s the stuck-uppiness of it all.