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"Have you any idea what these buttons do?" whispered one console operator. "They never stick any labels on them."
"Just keep pushing the damned things until you hit the right one," murmured his colleague. "If you accidentally nuke Los Angeles, it won't be that much of a disaster."

Films -- Live-Action

"Oh, cut the bleeding heart crap, will ya? We've all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with, Striker. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing... They're flashing and they're beeping... I can't stand it anymore! They're blinking and beeping and flashing! Why doesn't somebody pull the plug?!"

Live-Action TV

EMH: What are you waiting for? Shoot! Shoot!
EMH-2: There are so many controls...
EMH: Find the one that says "Fire" and push it!
Star Trek: Voyager, "Message in a Bottle"

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