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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Just over here, I don't have the ability to ahem.
So, barely enough episodes to tide me over with spies before 24 starts.
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.
This is my first post here, so hopefully I get all of the ettiquitte / slang right.
I've been listening to the podcasts for Eureka. Overall, I liked Primal. I agree that some of the camera angles are really odd. In the scene with Jack and Allison outside of the tunnel into the computer, I found that the camera angles were tilted in such a way that I kept turning my head over to one side or the other, trying to straighten out the frame.
The "romantic" music was definitely not romantic, but I think it can be argued that fits Eureka. I would've like more traditional romantic music better though. I loved that there were a bunch of people typing on their laptops in the back of the room. (Having gone to a number of dances at scientific conferences it isn't that unusual to find people poking away at their Treos.)
I'm glad they got the physics of the sand right in a couple of spots. I feel sorry for Colin that he must've gotten splashed in the face with sand / cream of wheat lots of times in a row, but since Nano!LoJack was running towards Jack, it makes sense that Colin got covered in sand. And then in the scene with Nano!Stark and Allison, it makes sense that the sand fell straight down. (IIRC, I think they goof up this aspect in SG1.) The nanoids flying around, well I don't know... suspension of disbelief I guess.
In contrast, in Right as Raynes, while I loved the scene with the magnetic fence (which is probably the best scene we've seen so far), the physics seemed a bit off. The sherriff's shield landed out to the left of Jack, whereas it should've been right behind him or out to the other side (given that the shield was pinned on left and then Jack rotating around on right foot). On the other hand, if the shield was out to Jack's right, we would've seen the shield fall down when the fence was turned off, which probably would've taken away from the scene.
I realize I'm probably slightly crazy for noticing these things.
For those who think Doctor Who and Torchwood are not enough Who....
Let's just hope it's more successful than the last Sarah-Jane spin-off, which never made it past the pilot.
