12 Interesting Things That You Learn About Computers In The Movies... 

1.  Word processors never display a cursor. 

2.  You never have to use the spacebar when typing long sentences. 

3.  All monitors display 2 inch high letters. 

4.  High-tech computers, such as those used by NASA, the CIA, or some such
governmental institution, have easy-to-understand graphical interfaces. 

5.  Those that don't will have incredibly powerful text-based command
shells that can correctly understand and execute commands typed in plain
English. 

6.  Corollary: You can gain access to any information you want by simply
typing "ACCESS ALL OF THE SECRET FILES" on any keyboard. 

7.  Likewise, you can infect a computer with a destructive virus by simply
typing "UPLOAD VIRUS." Viruses cause temperatures in computers, just like
they do in humans. After a while, smoke billows out of disk drives and
monitors. 

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

9.  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 as the characters come across the
screen. 

10.  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
backward. See #7, above) 

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

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