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30 Years of Star Wars Technology
An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this month, Computerworld Australia checked out the exhibition of 30 years of Star Wars history at Sydney's Powerhouse museum. They also have a pictorial look at what's on display: one of the largest collections of Star Wars memorabilia combined with real-life examples of how such technology is being applied for business and social advancement."
It hasn't been 30 years. That would make me 30 + ...omfg! I'm freakin old!
Having to work for a living is the root of all evil.
It hasn't been 30 years. It's been 31. The movie was released on 25th May 1977 in the US, and 27th October 1977 in Australia.
I'd rather have a sonic screwdriver any day of the week...
I happen to like Star Wars, but in my mind it was never about the tech, at all, nor was it even about space. Star Wars is almost completely story driven, IMHO.
/me runs away
Trek has the tech focus.
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"The exhibition starts with the juxtaposition of the Millennium Falcon, which can travel between galaxies effortlessly,... "
Ok, one would assume that being in "a galaxy far far away" would mean that the story took place within that galaxy, although they never specifically said this, it is a logical assumption that the author seems to have missed.
"Another is dubbed "dataless" and uses nuclear fusion as the fuel. It is a concept that dates back to the 1970s and one originally from the Interplanetary Society."
Here they somehow seemed to have confused "Daedalus" in an impressive homophone that had never even occurred to me before seeing that.
thats as far as I got before closing the tab in disgust
30 years, sigh. How many parsecs is that?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Well it has been 30 years since the Star Wars Holiday Special.
Great article about it here: http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2008/12/star_wars_special200812
And a disturbing site about it here: http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com/
I'll leave on my karma bonus.
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I hope they didn't spell it "taunting", as in the cardinal happy fun ball no-no. And before anyone asks: no, of course I didn't frikking read it.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
No, that's when I rememeber how that music used to make me smile. And anyway, I'm a mayfly, you insens
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
All I read was "30 years and still no lightsabers".
"A long time ago, yet somehow in the future..."
© Family Guy
Wrong again! 1 long, 2 fars.
Well it has been 30 years since the Star Wars Holiday Special.
And the scars have still not healed completely.
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
My former brother in-law used to work at Industrial Light and Magic, I toured their studio three times in the early 80s.
Saw the original Falcon there, the walkers, planet setups for space shots, line of cannibalized model parts that were used for shots where fighters and other craft were near larger craft (like the Start Destroyers).
Last time I was there, they were filming Star Trek III, got to see the Enterprise in front of the blue screen after it had taken damage. And, they also had a miniature forest scene setup for the flying bicycle scene(s) in ET. The model and monster shop was also astounding, seeing the different molds, tools, partially completed and complete models and monsters.
I even saw the baby dragons from the movie Dragonslayer, which were designed and operated by my former brother in-law for that movie.
I just wanted to point out that there are two kinds of Star Wars fans:
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