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mmmm...sounds like RTD is suffering from JDD. Joss Deficit Disorder.
Mal: Take your people and go. Captain: You would have done the same. Mal: We can already see I haven't.
'Out Of Gas'
Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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tiggy - Sep 16, 2006 6:04:41 am PDT #1465 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
WindSparrow - Sep 16, 2006 7:52:05 am PDT #1466 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
mmmm...sounds like RTD is suffering from JDD. Joss Deficit Disorder.
Ok, see, now I'm pondering an alternate reality in which the Buffy-verse and the Firefly-verse were in the far more capable and committed to quality hands of the Beeb instead of Fox.
Seriously.
I bet the BBC would have been easy to talk into mini-series to flesh out bits of characters' stories. And the fact that I'm now salivating more over Faith: Behind Bars and Two-gun Wesley: A Man, His Boat, and His Girl in a Cage than over Spike: One Crazy Summer, Or How I Got My Soul Back and Lived To Regret It really says something.
Kalshane - Sep 16, 2006 8:31:50 am PDT #1467 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
When Gaeta is describing his plan he says, "We network the FTL computer with a nav, DC, and fire-control computers."
Ah. I hadn't caught that he had networked quite that many systems. I realize it hasn't been explicitly stated that life-support or power aren't tied into any of those systems, I don't see why they would be considering Galactica was designed to keep all it's systems separate as much as possible.
I guess my issue is the networking made Galactica suddenly super-vulnerable, which seems a bit much. I mean, if it was that easy, why aren't the Cylons picking off the fleet by infecting all of their computers?
Spinering: The actors on ST:TNG were in so much awe of Brent Spiner's acting to blue screen creatures and situations that they came to refer to it as Spinering.
Ah. Gotcha.
SailAweigh - Sep 16, 2006 8:59:09 am PDT #1468 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I realize it hasn't been explicitly stated that life-support or power aren't tied into any of those systems
While life-support may not be tied into DC (damage control) explicitly, it's responsible for maintaining ship's integrity in case of emergency. It would have redudant power/water/fuel systems tied into it. Disabling it could be extremely detrimental to the ship's functioning if attacked and/or damanged.
sumi - Sep 16, 2006 9:00:28 am PDT #1469 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Wasn't life support affected by the virus? How could it have been affected by the virus if it wasn't part of the link?
JenP - Sep 16, 2006 9:07:50 am PDT #1470 of 10001
How many episodes of MI-5 are there to look forward to?
Series 4 on A&E (10 eps) or series 5 airing Over There and starting, I just learned from the flist, on Sept. 17 (woot!!)? I assume 10 for series 5, too, but I don't actually know.
Kalshane - Sep 16, 2006 12:06:32 pm PDT #1471 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
While life-support may not be tied into DC (damage control) explicitly, it's responsible for maintaining ship's integrity in case of emergency. It would have redudant power/water/fuel systems tied into it. Disabling it could be extremely detrimental to the ship's functioning if attacked and/or damanged.
Okay. Then I guess my question is why did Gaeta need to tie in DC and Fire Control to plot an FTL jump? Was he just trying to add their computing power? If so, I imagine he'd need to do some programming to get them to help calculate jump vectors, rather than shoot things or prevent the ship from blowing up.
Strega - Sep 16, 2006 12:10:59 pm PDT #1472 of 10001
I mean, if it was that easy, why aren't the Cylons picking off the fleet by infecting all of their computers?
If Galactica is still operational, that doesn't help; Galactica is still the fleet's defense. And if Galactica is out of the picture, they don't need to mess around with viruses to pick off the other ships.
It took at least a month for the virus to start affecting the ship. And I don't think it's a trick that you'd count on working more than once.
sumi - Sep 16, 2006 12:12:55 pm PDT #1473 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Just over here, I don't have the ability to ahem.
So, barely enough episodes to tide me over with spies before 24 starts.
Strega - Sep 16, 2006 12:24:02 pm PDT #1474 of 10001
Was he just trying to add their computing power?Yes. He needed to do several complicated calculations as quickly as possible. I think that networking was just a way to give the FTL machine a quick upgrade.