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* HodgepodgeComputer
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-->-- '''Viv''', ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''
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Computers on TV often bear only superficial resemblance to their real life counterparts. In fact, they are often just a [[ArthurCClarke 21st-century substitute for magic]]. A [[TechnoWizard Computer Wizard]] ''is'' a literal wizard. Evoking arcane words with their keyboard, they cast spells into the infinite (and physically real) realms of {{Cyberspace}}.
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Computers on TV often bear only superficial resemblance to their real life counterparts. In fact, they are often just a [[ArthurCClarke [[Creator/ArthurCClarke 21st-century substitute for magic]]. A [[TechnoWizard Computer Wizard]] ''is'' a literal wizard. Evoking arcane words with their keyboard, they cast spells into the infinite (and physically real) realms of {{Cyberspace}}.
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-> ''[[ThisIsSpinalTap "Quite exciting, this computer magic."]]''
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-> ''[[ThisIsSpinalTap "Quite ''"Quite exciting, this computer magic."]]''
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Everyone either owns a computer, or uses them as part of a job, or has been at least exposed to them.
Naturally, this gets spiced up for TV land.
As a result, computers on TV often bear only superficial resemblance to their real life counterparts. In fact, they are often just a [[ArthurCClarke 21st-century substitute for magic]]. A [[TechnoWizard Computer Wizard]] ''is'' a literal wizard. Evoking arcane words with their keyboard, they cast spells into the infinite (and physically real) realms of {{Cyberspace}}.
Naturally, this gets spiced up for TV land.
As a result, computers on TV often bear only superficial resemblance to their real life counterparts. In fact, they are often just a [[ArthurCClarke 21st-century substitute for magic]]. A [[TechnoWizard Computer Wizard]] ''is'' a literal wizard. Evoking arcane words with their keyboard, they cast spells into the infinite (and physically real) realms of {{Cyberspace}}.
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Naturally, this gets spiced up for TV land.
As a result, computers
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For computers which are ''literally'' magical see {{Magitek}}. See also ClarkesThirdLaw. If a computer is shoddy, and magical in any way (except maybe magically ''terrible''), it's TheAllegedComputer.
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For computers which are ''literally'' magical see {{Magitek}}. See also ClarkesThirdLaw. If a computer is shoddy, and not magical in any way (except maybe magically ''terrible''), it's TheAllegedComputer.
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For computers which are ''literally'' magical see {{Magitek}}. See also ClarkesThirdLaw. If a computer isn't is shoddy, and magical in any way (except maybe magically ''terrible''), it's TheAllegedComputer.
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For computers which are ''literally'' magical see {{Magitek}}. See also ClarkesThirdLaw.
ClarkesThirdLaw. If a computer isn't magical in any way (except maybe magically ''terrible''), it's TheAllegedComputer.
