Hollywood, and computers.

This is nerdy, but pretty funny.

I found this here: http://nand.net/~demaria/hollywood.txt which I found using netStumble.

Without further ado, I present:

/************************************/
/* Guidelines to development */
/* on the */
/* HOLLYWOOD OPERATING SYSTEM */
/************************************/

1. Any PERMISSION DENIED has an OVERRIDE function.

2. Complex calculations and loading of huge amounts of data will be
accomplished in under three seconds. In the movies, modems transmit
data at two gigabytes per second.

3. When the power plant/missile site/whatever overheats, all the
control panels will explode, as will the entire building.



4. If you display a file on the screen and someone deletes the file,
it also disappears from the screen. There are no ways to copy a
backup file -- and there are no undelete utilities.

5. If a disk has got encrypted files, you are automatically asked for
a password when you try to access it.

6. No matter what kind of computer disk it is, it'll be readable by
any system you put it into. All application software is usable by all
computer platforms.

7. The more high-tech the equipment, the more buttons it has. However,
everyone must have been highly trained, because the buttons aren't labeled.

8. Most computers, no matter how small, have reality-defying three-dimensional,
real-time, photo-realistic animated graphics capability.

9. Laptops, for some strange reason, always seem to have amazing real-time
video phone capabilities and the performance of a CRAY.

10. Whenever a character looks at a terminal, the image is so bright that it
projects itself onto his/her face.

11. Computers never crash during key, high-intensity activities. Humans
operating computers never make mistakes under stress.

12. (From Independence Day) No matter what kind of virus it is, any computer
can be infected with it -- even an alien spaceship's computer -- simply by
running a virus upload program on a laptop.

13. (From Jurassic Park) A custom system with millions of lines of code
controlling a multimillion dollar theme park can be operated by a 13 year
old who has seen a Unix system before. Seeing an operating system means you
know how to run any application on that system, even custom apps.
Note: What OS was it really running?
(1) "These are super computers". A CrayOS?
(2) "Quicktime movie, Apple logo, trash can." MacOS?
(3) "Reboot. System ready. C:" DOS?
(4) "Hey, this is Unix. I know this" Unix?
The computers in Jurassic Park were Cray supercomputers running the MacOS
as a graphical shell of DOS all layered on top of a Unix base.

14. You cannot stop a destructive program or virus by unplugging the computer.
Presumably the virus has it's own built-in power supply.

15. You cannot stop a destructive program downloading onto your system by
unplugging the phone line. You must figure out the mandatory "back door"
all evil virus programmers put in.

16. Computers only crash if a virus or a hacker is involved.

17. All text must be at least 72 point.

18. Word processors do not have an insert point.

19. The only way to reboot is to shut off the main power to the building.

20. Passwords can be guessed in three and exactly three tries. If you cannot
guess the password in three tries, you must give up immediately.

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Reclaim your MP3 collection...

I recently acquired an ipod. From where? it's a long story that I'll add sometime. The ipod is large enough to fit all (and I mean ALL) of my mp3's that i've ripped and collected over the years. But as I started adding them to my ipod, I found a mess!

First, to use the ipod, you just about have to use iTunes. To be frank, iTunes is a steaming pile of code manure. If you ask any mac zealot, they'll fist-fight you for saying something like that. As a mac-type and they'll have you believe that ANYthing that goes wrong with an ipod or itunes is YOUR fault and not the fault of perfectly designed and executed software.

Give...me...a...break. iTunes is fine if you buy every song from the apple store...if not, brace yourself.

So, I started looking for programs that would let me edit my ID3 tags, which were a disaster. Editing them with iTunes takes forEVER and it doesn't support looking up info and art on the web. With thousands of files? Forgetaboutit.

There are a lot of programs to edit this type of info, but many come up short. One program that I found does a great job. It's called MediaMonkey. It automatically downloads the album into as well as download album art. And it's FAST! Try it out!