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* Word processors never display a cursor, and you never have to use the space-bar when
typing long sentences.

* All monitors display inch-high letters.

* High-tech computers, such as those used by NASA, the CIA, or some such governmental
institution, will have easy to understand graphical interfaces. Those that don´t, have
incredibly powerful text-bases command shells that can correctly understand and execute
commands typed in plain English.

* You can gain access to any information you want by simply typing "ACCESS ALL OF
THE SECRET FILES" on any keyboard. Likewise, you can infect a computer with a
destructive virus by simply typing "UPLOAD VIRUS"(see "Fortress").

* All computers are connected. You can access the information on the villain´s desktop
computer, even if it´s turned off.

* Powerful computers beep whenever you press a key or whenever the screen changes. Some
computers also slow down the output on the screen so that it doesn´t go faster than you
can read. The really advanced ones also emulate the sound of a dot-matrix printer.

* All computer panels have thousands of volts and flash pots just underneath the
surface. Malfunctions are indicated by a bright flash, a puff of smoke, a shower of
sparks, and an explosion that forces you backwards. When the power plant/missile
site/whatever overheats, all the control panels will explode, as will the entire building.

* People typing away on a computer will turn it off without saving the data.

* A hacker can get into the most sensitive computer in the world before intermission
and guess the secret password in two tries.

* Any PERMISSION DENIED has an OVERRIDE function (see "Demolition Man" and
countless others). If a disk has got encrypted files, you are automatically asked for a
password when you try to access it.

* Complex calculations and loading of huge amounts of data will be accomplished in
under three seconds. Movie modems usually appear to transmit data at the speed of two
gigabytes per second.

* 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. The more high-tech
the equipment, the more buttons it has (Aliens). However, everyone must have been highly
trained, because the buttons aren´t labelled.

* Most computers, no matter how small, have reality-defying three-dimensional, active
animation, photo-realistic graphics capability.

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

* Whenever a character looks at a VDU, the image is so bright that it projects itself
onto his/her face (see "Alien", "2001").