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May 03 2009

Dollhouse exposed - how to hack in and who runs it. Impressed by Alpha's mad hacking skillz in 'Briar Rose'? Well prepare to be massively disappointed.

Simon | Dollhouse | 22:08 CET | 28 comments total | tags: briar rose, alpha, dollhouse

Wolfram. Teehee. <3

sunshineguinn | May 03, 22:13 CET

Funny. There were other bits to what he was doing on the computer, too, though. But I don't think they would have made for an amusing outing.

The One True b!X | May 03, 22:13 CET

This is brilliant nerdy fun.

gossi | May 03, 22:15 CET

GTFO!

http://blog.wolfram.com/2009/03/05/wolframalpha-is-coming/

(Long story short, WolframResearch - the creators of mathematica - are creating a knowledge search function called "Alpha." Clearly Joss & Co. were having a bit of fun with us.)

Septimus | May 03, 22:16 CET

haha..i love a good easter egg.

the FAT indian | May 03, 22:18 CET

Wolfram Alpha is here.

gossi | May 03, 22:18 CET

Also on the various screens in this scene are windows with text pertaining to DMV registration info. There's more changes to the HTML this video references, though, as he's also changing an href to read "infocenter/BySubject/pods/oxygen/CO2 // increase.../"

The One True b!X | May 03, 22:20 CET

I always suspected Mathematica was a thing of evil.

Sunfire | May 03, 22:31 CET

I swear we ran into the Wolfram Alpha thing ages ago here during the timeframe of Dollhouse, but I'm having trouble finding it via Google search.

The One True b!X | May 03, 22:36 CET

Wolfram and....Hart?

theMaC | May 03, 22:36 CET

Is it just me or did this guy sound like Joss?

zz9 | May 03, 22:43 CET

I thought it looked like html, but I wasn't nerdy enough to try to track down the website :)

Rachelkachel | May 03, 22:48 CET

I'm still impressed. He types so fast, does our Alpha.

Lioness | May 03, 22:49 CET

So funny, I too noticed the HTML code on Alpha's screen. I didn't bother to try and find out where it was from because I assumed the production team had just typed it out. If it was an elaborate Easter egg that's really cool.

dzr | May 03, 22:49 CET

He did sound a bit like Joss…
That HTML stuff actually annoyed me a bit, usually TV series are a tiny bit more realistic (having someone enter commands like “disable all security systems” into a console window).

Salocin | May 03, 22:50 CET

You scoffers are all going to feel foolish when it turns out that the Dollhouse is made of HTML. As are we.

dreamlogic | May 03, 23:07 CET

<blink>*blink*</blink>

The One True b!X | May 03, 23:14 CET

I don't understand how people can even notice what's on the screen when Alan Tudyk is talking.

Sunfire | May 03, 23:15 CET

So if Wolfram is a mathematical entity, wonder if Hart might be literary?

Anyway, I can feel the crossovers coming now.

xMadxScientistx | May 03, 23:21 CET

Wow, Dollhouse needs to get with the program, they could at least use CSS. ;)

fortunateizzi | May 03, 23:59 CET

At least it don't have some lame-ass "graphical interface". I'm looking at you, Jurassic Park....

zz9 | May 04, 00:30 CET

The CSS is there, it's just inline. Which proves they're evil :)

herb | May 04, 00:31 CET

I'll CSS inline if I'm in a hurry. I just go back to fix it later. Usually. I'm not evil, I swear.

The One True b!X | May 04, 00:45 CET

Next you'll be telling me you don't use unobtrusive Javascript b!X. You've gone down in my estimation ;-)

dzr | May 04, 01:12 CET

Did you ever notice how good the show Veronica Mars was with tech stuff?

Chirp | May 04, 01:35 CET

That was actually pretty cool. The html in the screen was annoying, but this makes it somewhat more funny, so thumbs up. And at least they did try to flash it less than many similar "hacking" instances. Also, Alan typed at pretty proper pace, and his fingers were never really shown, which is also a good thing, hide the fake, show the face.

Also, yep on Veronica Mars tech. It was done well enough that usually you just didn't notice it, as it really made sense. It never broke the immersion, like most shows do (including Dollhouse, though not too badly so).

Eerikki | May 04, 05:51 CET

Heh, that was great.

Also great: the chain of octagon shaped text blocks on the left side of the screen. That's some pretty happening UI.

caeli | May 04, 15:51 CET

HAHAHA i love it... i still think that Joss is somehow pulling the wool over out eyes and this is some elaborate online element to the show

mariec | May 16, 17:41 CET

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