CSI: NY Joins The Growing List Of TV Shows That Use Tech As A Do-Anything Plot Device

March 7, 2011 — Leave a comment

“I’ll create a GUI interface using Visual Basic… see if I can track an IP address.”

What did she just say and how would that do anything?

Another problem would be the phrase “GUI interface”. Like an ATM Machine, the I in Graphical User Interface stands for Interface, so she gets a graphical user interface interface.

TV is increasingly requiring a willing suspension of disbelief due to poor writing when it comes to technology.

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