And of course viruses work like that. I've seen Independence Day!
:) I know what you mean, but it actually annoys me that Independence Day is always singled out for this. As far as I can tell, from one or two watchings, in independence day:
1. The scientist spends six months studying a crashed alien fighter and attempting to read information off the computer. 2. A fighter pilot runs up and says "quick, we need a virus to infiltrate the mother system" 3. The scientist pulls together the stuff he's written overnight and whips up something appropriate. Maybe it's more of a trojan than a virus, or simply a malicious and surreptitious program, but honestly that's a fairly small point -- lots of people would call such a program a virus in real life.
So he had six months to understand the computer system, design a hardware interface and learn it well. What did he design a hardware interface to the alien system TO? His laptop -- obviously, that's what people use to interface with all sorts of tech.
If my reading is accurate, that's actually really plausible. It's plausible that someone really good could learn a foreign system in six months of intensive study, and that once understanding it, write an appropriate "open the bay doors" program on the spot.
If my reading is accurate, it's much much better than every other film, so I'm not sure why it gets the hate. I don't know if I misunderstood something obvious.
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Date: 2010-04-08 03:54 pm (UTC):) I know what you mean, but it actually annoys me that Independence Day is always singled out for this. As far as I can tell, from one or two watchings, in independence day:
1. The scientist spends six months studying a crashed alien fighter and attempting to read information off the computer.
2. A fighter pilot runs up and says "quick, we need a virus to infiltrate the mother system"
3. The scientist pulls together the stuff he's written overnight and whips up something appropriate. Maybe it's more of a trojan than a virus, or simply a malicious and surreptitious program, but honestly that's a fairly small point -- lots of people would call such a program a virus in real life.
So he had six months to understand the computer system, design a hardware interface and learn it well. What did he design a hardware interface to the alien system TO? His laptop -- obviously, that's what people use to interface with all sorts of tech.
If my reading is accurate, that's actually really plausible. It's plausible that someone really good could learn a foreign system in six months of intensive study, and that once understanding it, write an appropriate "open the bay doors" program on the spot.
If my reading is accurate, it's much much better than every other film, so I'm not sure why it gets the hate. I don't know if I misunderstood something obvious.