When the ship finally gets there and he finally gets out, it turns out that the island is entirely automated as well. Unfortunately, a programming error brings Jared into a cargo ship container headed for an artificial island in the middle of the Pacific. Peter Gregory has a self-driving car that Jared takes to get back to Erlich's house.They end up having to talk over a long distance call with bad reception. Then the tech craps out and they end up teleconferencing with Hooli Chat, which also quickly crashes. Big Head sees him as a hologram, but the effect isn't two-way. Gavin Belson uses a holographic conferencing tool (that he paid $20 million to own outright) to talk to Big Head.A notable example is Keenan Feldspar's VR technology - it's great, but only works on absurdly advanced and expensive hardware.Awesome, but Impractical: Some of the "futuristic" products programmers make, which developers pay big money to be early adopters of purely because of their potential (and also to shut out the competition).
However, people's faces do this at high speed only as a result of wind resistance, while the guys are behind a windshield.
Artistic License Physics: In Season 5, when the guys go to Ludicrous mode in a Tesla, their cheeks pouch out from the ludicrous speed.Instead, the court will simply ignore the offending provision and enforce the rest of the contract without it. Artistic License Law: One provision of a contract being found unenforceable does not void the contract.While there has been speculation that his mother was mixed race, there is no verifiable evidence of it, and even this wouldn't be enough to make him "half black". Artistic License History: Erlich claims that Alexander Hamilton was half black.
This ends up bringing about the ultimate irony that just like the Pied Piper of the fairy tale, upon being mass produced, the program emits a sound that attracts hordes of rats, destroying the company forever. After the company pivots into video chat at the end of season 3, the idea of changing the name is briefly discussed due to the change.
It was originally a music search engine, but kept its name after it pivoted its focus into cloud-based compression. Artifact Title: An In-Universe example with Pied Piper.Sure, there are plenty of digital technologies that could be called radio on the internet (radio station streaming on the web, Pandora, etc.) but because of that the audience has no idea precisely what Russ made. Applied Phlebotinum: Russ Hanneman's "radio on the internet".Apologises a Lot: Jared is constantly apologizing and is very self-deprecating.AM/FM Characterization: Whenever Russ Hanneman drives up in a brightly colored supercar, he's always blasting a Nu Metal track from the late 90s, establishing him as a Manchild with more money than taste.Arnold Garris actually thought he had Asperger's, which he denies having. Richard also has shades of this, given his high-strung personality, insecurity, poor social skills and odd habits. They are both, however, highly successful tech investors. Ambiguous Disorder: Peter Gregory and his replacement Laurie Bream both have No Social Skills apparently due to some social disorder, possibly autism.The Alternet: Richard's plan throughout the last couple seasons is to make a completely decentralized, fully encrypted "new internet".