...more interestingly from a plot/story perspective, maybe that *is* all they can get out of the FTL drive, and maybe all that's being used is conventional radio transmission, not some magical "subspace" thingy.
That would go a long way toward explaining why they seem so apprehensive about using the FTL so much, as if it's either a fairly new technology to them or that there are huge risks or energy budget considerations involved. It reminds me of, oh, I don't know, maybe the way that we treat the comparatively trivial process of even getting into orbit presently.
I hope that's the case. It would be a welcome departure from the "let's just fire up the warp drive and take an afternoon stroll out to the far reaches of the galaxy" paradigm of Star Trek and its ilk.
Another great example of this is in "33" where Boomer's ship is confronting the Olympic Carrier and the thing just about plows into her before she backs away at the last possible instant. There was something about that one little shot that really translated the physics and inertia of how a large object coasting through space would actually behave, probably better than anything else I've seen, TV or movie.
Funny...Homeworld 2 is exactly what I thought of as well when I first saw the miniseries. A lot of it has to do with the extremely similar music beds for the battle scenes. Some of the "camera angles" of the ships in formation reminds me a lot of that game as well.
One of the things I have always HATED about Star Trek is the extremely annoying way that they just invent some new technology to get them out of a jam on just about every episode (Kirk's "Corbomite" notwithstanding).
With this series, that's just not possible. You even get the feeling that they're not that comfortable using the FTL as much as they do and try to avoid it when possible (FWIW, the explanation for this may be a detail that I missed). It's up to them, not some temporal distortion field in a phased-array positronic tachyon pulse thingy, to survive.
More realistic would be crawlers that move like roaches.
I don't know about you, but if I was trapped in a collapsed building after an earthquake, I don't think I'd want politicians as the ones trying to dig me out.
Exactly. The article didn't elaborate on exactly what caused the crash. It could have been something wholly unrelated to the fact that the car was solar powered. I hate to sound like I'm criticizing the poor kid who just died in the crash, but it could very well have been a simple case of driver error.
The fact of the matter is that, given the information provided in the article, it is pretty useless to speculate on the cause of the crash and what it means for solar-powered transportation.
For example, a daylight murder with a single bullet to the head is quite different from finding a decapitated and mutilated body in a ditch.
Perhaps, if you happen to be a crime scene investigator and are used to this. For me, both of the above items would fit quite nicely into the "Jesus Christ on a Popsicle Stick, I Just Found a Dead Body, HolyShitHolyShitHolyShit!" category.
If you start referring to motherboard components as "doohickeys", *stop what you are doing immediately* and call someone whose head is not firmly planted between his/her buttocks.
If you want to use Atlanta as an example, the end of your sentence should read as follows:
...bypassing the shuttle and cab nightmare and replacing it with the "I hope I don't get beaten or shot on MARTA on the way home from the airport" nightmare.
The phrase "The official Universal Pictures web site for the Firefly Movie 'Serenity' is up" should be corrected to read "The official Universal Pictures web site for the Firefly Movie 'Serenity' was up".
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...more interestingly from a plot/story perspective, maybe that *is* all they can get out of the FTL drive, and maybe all that's being used is conventional radio transmission, not some magical "subspace" thingy.
That would go a long way toward explaining why they seem so apprehensive about using the FTL so much, as if it's either a fairly new technology to them or that there are huge risks or energy budget considerations involved. It reminds me of, oh, I don't know, maybe the way that we treat the comparatively trivial process of even getting into orbit presently.
I hope that's the case. It would be a welcome departure from the "let's just fire up the warp drive and take an afternoon stroll out to the far reaches of the galaxy" paradigm of Star Trek and its ilk.
Another great example of this is in "33" where Boomer's ship is confronting the Olympic Carrier and the thing just about plows into her before she backs away at the last possible instant. There was something about that one little shot that really translated the physics and inertia of how a large object coasting through space would actually behave, probably better than anything else I've seen, TV or movie.
Yeah, but with the current "low-felgacarb" craze sweeping the country, the suits in charge decided it was best to leave that out of the new series.
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Funny...Homeworld 2 is exactly what I thought of as well when I first saw the miniseries. A lot of it has to do with the extremely similar music beds for the battle scenes. Some of the "camera angles" of the ships in formation reminds me a lot of that game as well.
One of the things I have always HATED about Star Trek is the extremely annoying way that they just invent some new technology to get them out of a jam on just about every episode (Kirk's "Corbomite" notwithstanding).
With this series, that's just not possible. You even get the feeling that they're not that comfortable using the FTL as much as they do and try to avoid it when possible (FWIW, the explanation for this may be a detail that I missed). It's up to them, not some temporal distortion field in a phased-array positronic tachyon pulse thingy, to survive.
You have a point. Maybe the "beef" in the patties is actually horsemeat, and not dog and rice.
"Do you have Asteroids?"
"No, but my dad does. Can't sit on the toilet some days."
So do we Americans, but the difference is that over here, we call it a "Big Mac."
Well, I guess we now know how bulimics operate in the 24th century.
Don't forget the obligatory "Calvin taking a whiz on the NASA logo" sticker.
I think Microsoft should be commended on this one.
You're new here, aren't you?
...I got a Blue Screen of Deaf once. Does that count?
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...not to mention that once you upgrade from Girlfriend X.X to Wife 1.0, it quickly becomes bloatware.
However, it does provide Michael with a convenient excuse to continue his annoying habit of constant MS-bashing, no matter how trivial the subject.
Yes, you did read that right. I have just made the fatal mistake of calling an editor out on the carpet. Buh-bye karma, buh-bye posting priveleges....
More realistic would be crawlers that move like roaches.
I don't know about you, but if I was trapped in a collapsed building after an earthquake, I don't think I'd want politicians as the ones trying to dig me out.
Where have you been? Don't you know that global warming causes cancer? Or...wait, uhh, was it the other way around?
Sorry, I guess I lost track. Which bit of alarmist rhetoric is the most fashionable one these days? Somebody please refresh my memory.
Exactly. The article didn't elaborate on exactly what caused the crash. It could have been something wholly unrelated to the fact that the car was solar powered. I hate to sound like I'm criticizing the poor kid who just died in the crash, but it could very well have been a simple case of driver error.
The fact of the matter is that, given the information provided in the article, it is pretty useless to speculate on the cause of the crash and what it means for solar-powered transportation.
For example, a daylight murder with a single bullet to the head is quite different from finding a decapitated and mutilated body in a ditch.
Perhaps, if you happen to be a crime scene investigator and are used to this. For me, both of the above items would fit quite nicely into the "Jesus Christ on a Popsicle Stick, I Just Found a Dead Body, HolyShitHolyShitHolyShit!" category.
Or even better than that, I love it when they run commercials for HDTV-enabled sets on regular TV and show the picture.
I don't know about you, but the HD picture on that set on my TV screen sure doesn't look any better than my regular TV!
...ehh, nevermind.
If you start referring to motherboard components as "doohickeys", *stop what you are doing immediately* and call someone whose head is not firmly planted between his/her buttocks.
If you want to use Atlanta as an example, the end of your sentence should read as follows:
...bypassing the shuttle and cab nightmare and replacing it with the "I hope I don't get beaten or shot on MARTA on the way home from the airport" nightmare.
Yet...somehow proving my point...
*bows*
Ha! Almost. It's actually:
Masochist masochist;
masochist = malloc(sizeof(Masochist));
How about "vertically challenged?" It doesn't get much more annoying than that.
The phrase "The official Universal Pictures web site for the Firefly Movie 'Serenity' is up" should be corrected to read "The official Universal Pictures web site for the Firefly Movie 'Serenity' was up".
Thank you.