FBI & CIA Computer Interface on Movies

[adamitj]

Hi guys!

There's something that drive me crazy when I watch any one of Hollywood movies involving FBI and CIA. At least in one scene someone sit in front of some computer with a terminal GUI opened.

I suppose that this kind of terminal is a Unix based, but I think isn't some of XTerm variants because is almost completely made of Text (with monospaced fonts and black background) and it also allows display a large set of pictures - generally the face of some criminal and the well know American Eagle and other maps.

Does anyone knows a tool or GUI terminal with this properties? Or maybe Hollywood is playing a trick on us?

[CharlesA]

It's artistic license. Who wants to watch a movie of someone just reading line after line of text with no flashy effects?

[KolorGuild]

The funniest is when they type a bunch of "commands" but don't actually hit enter at any point to launch the commands, yet windows are popping up left right and center. Personally I think most of them are animations that activate when they push a key.

[Spice Weasel]

It's a special GUI which was originally written by the Russians during the Cold War (using Visual Basic of course) to track a killer's IP address.

[David D.]

Its more than a GUI, its a special operating system. The OS code allows the bypass of normal transfer rates for instant access to data from other computer systems.

In addition, agents in the field can often bypass password security and download an entire hard disk to a USB flash memory stick in a matter of seconds . I am old enough to remember when agents would download entire hard drives onto a single 3.5" floppy.

[whiskeylover]

I think I have the source code of that OS somewhere. I can give you, but then I'd have to kill you.

[Helkaluin]

Zoom in on that. Yes. Now freeze time frame, change perspective, and ENHANCE.
We got him.

Also, Numb3rs on IRC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rGT...eature=related

[NightwishFan]

We managed to retrieve only 4 pixels of an image from the contents of this hard drive we found in the furnace.



Good job, now enhance... We got him, suspect ID'd.

[Decatf]

I think I have the source code of that OS somewhere. I can give you, but then I'd have to kill you.

No problem. I'll just mash some keys here and download it off your system.

[jfreak_]

Enhanced and got this..........