Independance Day (the movie) - how tulip?

[Incognito]

Conclusion - given the fact they had no real structured concept of their IT systems, is it no real surprise that when they ended up with a divide by 0 error, it caused the entire mothership to just f**king blow up nuclear bomb style?

Actually, the virus was to drop the alien forcefields allowing the United States of America (+ r.o.t.w) to blow them up.

The nuclear bomb style blowing up of the mothership was because Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum blew up a nuclear bomb on the mothership.

[chris79]

That's what I mean: if you look at the actual URL, it doesn't change it - there's a loophole in the naughty words filter

Ah, sorry just clicked with what you mean, I see it now

[Spacecadet]

They were smugly using Linux until they got undone.

They were communists?

[NickFitz]

Should read s**t, but the system changes it.

That's what I mean: if you look at the actual URL, it doesn't change it - there's a loophole in the naughty words filter

[Spacecadet]

2. Their operating systems use TCP/IP enabling humans to upload a software virus.

How do you know they were using TCP/IP?
IIRC the alien attack craft is re programmed with the virus and then that passes it on when it docks in the mother ship.

[Alf W]

They were smugly using Linux until they got undone.

[cailin maith]

Sheesh who cares.....

Jeff Goldblum is hot and so is Will Smith... I didn't even notice the computers

[chris79]

Should read s**t, but the system changes it.

[NickFitz]

Anybody else noticed the URL for this thread?

Hint: tulip doesn't come out as tulip up there

[NotAllThere]

Independence day - 1996 film. Is this a time warp? ( Should we do it again? ).

[HairyArsedBloke]

Why do computers in the movies have displays that act like teletypes?

[chris79]

Apologies for that, I'm normally quite aware of my spelling as well!

[Xenophon]

I have noticed some flaws in your spelling:

independence

disappoint

[chris79]

I was just sitting back thinking of this today, but I think I've identified a few flaws in this movie:-

1. The aliens are supposedly a superior race in terms of evolution, yet none of their ships had firewalls installed.

2. Their operating systems use TCP/IP enabling humans to upload a software virus.

3. They had no antivirus installed?

4. The speed at which the virus uploaded was quite slow, suggesting they had technology no better than a 28.8k dial-up modem?


Conclusion - given the fact they had no real structured concept of their IT systems, is it no real surprise that when they ended up with a divide by 0 error, it caused the entire mothership to just f**king blow up nuclear bomb style?

P.S. anyone seen the new die hard movie? Wtf!??? Why do movies with computers in dissapoint so much.