I do love the thought of Stephen banging out a great script in 7 hours, instead of admitting to not being able to fix the computer, and then not being able to ever claim any credit for it!
[Skeptical] Probably the problem was something else, I mean, if the technician couldn't solve it and it took Stephen "National Bloody Treasure" Fry 7 hours to get it fixed, it was probably something more complicated than "I accidentally switched it to Symbol/Wingdings"
the funny thing is that most people watching this will have thought "yeah.. Stephen Fry rewriting the entire script in 7 hours doesn't seem all that far-fetched, actually"
Salubrious is an odd one, because I always felt it sounds like it should have negative connotations, just from the way it sounds, bit like a cross between salacious and dubious, but of course is the opposite.
It needs to be noted that this probably happened around 1994, i havent had experience with computers of that time, but i assume they might have worked slightly differently
Most professional screenwriters don't use microsoft word for typing up scripts, they use 3rd party programs specifically for screenwriting which don't allow for font changes :p
+junbh2 A mis-click to change to a non-Latin font is the first thing you check for, in a case like that. Even if it was in 1992 or 1989 or whatever, Fry would certainly have known that. It wouldn't have taken him 7 hours.
He thinks there are little atomic clocks in our mobile phones and that's how the internet works. He is really not *that* clever. (It's from a QI episode where he "explains" things without his cue cards.)
It was probably an issue with it being saved as read-only and an inaccessible file type. I've had it happen a few times before, and even when you do manage to access it, it saves the random symbols as the actual body of text, making it impossible to recover.
I do suspect that it was a mild issue with the XML headings, and that it had to be reconstructed through just guessing whatever was missing from the file until it worked....
While his name doesn't exactly inspire confidence, I think that "MrKILLERKOSTYA" would have thought the same thing about the computer guy. I harbor some doubts as to how competent the "computer guy" was.
I dunno - I remember my computer technician husband of great experience and his other even more experienced computer techie friend spending well over an hour on a computer. Took me three minutes to change the fuse in the plug ;)
I would take the Oscar what is made by Stephen Fry. That would be best Oscar ever. Thought.. I'm not gonna win one but still.. Stephen Fry made it so it shouldn't be a problem - it should be a awesome thing.
I rescued my neighbours work (she is almost completely non-computer literate) by changing the font from wingdings to Arial. I didnt spoil the illusion by showing her how easy it is. I assume Stephen Fry did something rather more clever.. She still thinks Im some kind of computer genius. Hope she doesnt read this. Actually, no danger. She hasnt a clue about the Internet either.
Hi Wanda from four years ago! If you haven't learned what she says since your comment i can tell you she says "a steam powered computer", a joke of course. What she means is just an old computer in general. Hope this comment finds you and that all is well.
You MUST have seen the comments above yours discussing this already. I strongly doubt that it took seven hours for Stephen Fry to conclude "oh, it's just the font".
"i'm german so i'm allowed to make jokes about the nazis and ww2!" lol. i'm not offended or anything, i just think it's kind of ironic. if anything being german would make it slightly more in bad taste ^^
Boring. Guys who think burps are funny. The only good bit is when Emma bewails the 7 hours her computer repair guy took to turn hieroglyphs back into her script, the "Help Me" expression "just like that because I'm an actress, of course".
***** My friend, I have plenty of reasons for doubting his alleged intellect. However, I haven't the slightest interest in changing your opinion of him. If you think he's some kind of genius that's absolutely fine by me.
Mike Williams "However, I haven't the slightest interest in changing your opinion of him" Then why so much interest in spouting off about him to the people whose opinions you don't care about?
The fact that I made a comment which I stand by and could support (if I could be bothered) doesn't mean I want to enter into a RU-vid slanging match (which is, I'm sure, what it would become.) I have my opinion of Stephen Fry - it's nothing to me whether you agree or disagree.
