Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac

From	Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.vintage, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac
Date	2026-03-22 21:25 +0000
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On Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:50:27 +0000, Calum wrote:

> On 21/03/2026 05:35, Your Name wrote:
>> 
>> We watched a new episode of the UK crime drama "Death in Paradise" last
>> night (season 15, episode 4). There were two glaring computer mistakes
>> in the show.
> 
> Not really a "mistake", of course. TV dramas rarely show real operating
> systems and applications on prop computers, for a whole variety of
> reasons. I've even met a few people over the years whose whole job is to
> fake up what you see on TV computer screens.

To paraphrase some long-ago critic of how computers are presented in 
movies and TV, "All the screens look like ATMs."

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"Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-21 18:35 +1300
  Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2026-03-21 09:42 +0000
  Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-21 12:47 +0000
    Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2026-03-22 11:02 +1300
  Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2026-03-21 06:23 -0400
  Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2026-03-22 20:50 +0000
    Re: "Death in Paradise" TV shows changes OS on classic Mac Chris Schram <chrispam1@me.com> - 2026-03-22 21:25 +0000

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