I'm surprised no-one has mentioned the film version of Michael
Crichton's Disclosure in which the electronic records of the computer
company in which the action is set are visualised in their experimental
virtual reality environment as a series of folders in vertical filing
cabinets, the drawers of which are marked with topic labels and open on
voice command. When the hero (Michael Douglas) enters the virtual
reality space looking for 'files' he watches them physically disappear
as the evil hard woman who is trying to destroy his career (Demi
Moore)sits at her computer in real time and deletes them.
However, what pleases old codgers like me, is that he is able to recover
the crucial deleted e-mails and other documents he needs by having them
faxed to him by the recipient in the firm's Asian manufacturing plant.
This gives him a hardcopy product and by passes the firm's e-mail system
from which he has been maliciously excluded.
Rubbish but entertaining rubbish and makes a good example in
presentations.
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Sent: 02 February 2005 13:07
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Subject: Re: Records management at the Movies
What about Jurrasic Park wherethere is a library of Dinosaur DNA
claasified by type.
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