The part that needs to be eliminated in the reboot is the movie. I want to see a series that includes Wash and Sheppard Book.
Maybe some things in the movie didn't fit the way they should have, but I don't think that the death of Wash and Book are among these. Were they likable characters? Yes. Are you supposed to be sad that they died? Yes.
Firefly is primarily a story about Mal and his journey. At the beginning of the series he is battle-hardened and stoic while being burdened with Brown Coats' loss to the Core Planets. He is very much a closed-off person and the only glimpses we see of his humanity are his feelings for the ship and a strange sense of loyalty to his crew. He never gives any further explanation to why he protects them other than that they are his crew. There is a common theme throughout the series dealing with the stalled relationship between Mal and Inara due mainly to Mal's inability to open himself emotionally.
The events of the movie bring Mal's humanity back. The uncovering of the atrocities performed by the Core Planets government gives Mal a sense of purpose outside what we saw in the series which was to simply stay alive and flying. The deaths of Wash and Book uncover the real reason that Mal was so protective of his crew and this is alluded to in the last lines of the movie. Mal explains to River that the secret to captaining a ship is love. He protected his crew because he loved them and he is finally able to admit it, but it cost the lives of two good friends for him to realize it. Just previous to this scene Mal expresses to Inara that he would like it if she stayed on the ship, a tacit admission of his feelings for her.
If you don't like the movie because two good characters died, then you are selling the writing short. They died for a reason so that the main protagonist can undergo a change in character. If you felt sad that they died then the writers did their job of good writing.
As an engineer in the defense industry you probably also know how long defense systems live and how hard it can be to get upgrades pushed out into the field. It wouldn't surprise me at all if it wasn't technically feasible to encrypt the video stream at the time this system was first deployed and since then upgrading it has never been a priority for anyone with enough clout to make it happen. Now that its on SecDef's radar how long do you think its gonna take before this gets fixed?
Good point. I don't know of any encrypted radio system that could handle a decent video stream. They must be using something closer to network TV broadcast hardware.
The difficulty, officials said, is that adding encryption to a network that is more than a decade old involves more than placing a new piece of equipment on individual drones. Instead, many components of the network linking the drones to their operators in the U.S., Afghanistan or Pakistan have to be upgraded to handle the changes.
As an engineer in the defense industry and with experience integrating communication systems, I can't even think of one military data radio system in use that doesn't have encryption ability. Even if they are using off-the-shelf wifi (doubtful) they wouldn't need to change hardware to at least have some encryption. Either this quote is a lie, or someone did something monumentally stupid.
On the way up, the missile is one piece. On the way down, the missile is many pieces. In which situation is the warhead easier to target? The US is working on intercept solutions for all three phases of flight.
I actually bought an optical cable that has gold plating around the optics on the connectors. I bought it because it was still cheaper than the Monster cable next to it on the shelf.
When the eggs hatch, the larvae cut off the roof of these cases, poking only their heads and legs out in order to move and feed. They never leave these cases when they are young, instead adding their own excrement to enlarge them and accommodate their growth. After they reach maturity, the adult beetles cut themselves free of their cases with their mandibles.
I'm sure if it had been on course to hit Earth, it would have burned up in the atmosphere and whatever's left would be no bigger than a chihuahua's head.
Same thing: barn swallow and red-rumped swallow nest in Europe the summer and winter in southern Africa. So it's not what the bird was but when it was that determines whether it is European or African, not that I am clever enough to claim any uncertainty involvement between birds and LHC.
My current car is a Mitsubishi with their FASTkey system that allows me to keep the key fob in my pocket and unlock the door by grabbing the handle. The fob also acts as an electronic ignition enable while it is inside the car.
If the car is running and the key fob is moved away from the car, the engine will be disabled.
I would like to think that in an emergency situation, such as a runaway throttle event, I would have the presence of mind to chuck my keys out the window as a last resort.
I assume that by "commercially viable" they mean that there is a net gain from the reactor. So what is the "coconut out" to "coconut in" ratio? Time to sell your stock in Dole!
Medical researchers don't throw people to the wolves just for the sake of science... at least, not any reputable ones whose research they expect to be followed up.
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Once again Professor Farnsworth's work has been overlooked by the scientific community.
Not cookie based, not IP based, but stop it you creeps angry phone call based. It ain't a pure useful service, and it ain't a pure privacy invasion.
This is barely English and is a grammatical cluster-fuck. Come on editors, read past the first two lines please.
I'm not Swedish. Am I immune to this technology?
The part that needs to be eliminated in the reboot is the movie. I want to see a series that includes Wash and Sheppard Book.
Maybe some things in the movie didn't fit the way they should have, but I don't think that the death of Wash and Book are among these. Were they likable characters? Yes. Are you supposed to be sad that they died? Yes.
Firefly is primarily a story about Mal and his journey. At the beginning of the series he is battle-hardened and stoic while being burdened with Brown Coats' loss to the Core Planets. He is very much a closed-off person and the only glimpses we see of his humanity are his feelings for the ship and a strange sense of loyalty to his crew. He never gives any further explanation to why he protects them other than that they are his crew. There is a common theme throughout the series dealing with the stalled relationship between Mal and Inara due mainly to Mal's inability to open himself emotionally.
The events of the movie bring Mal's humanity back. The uncovering of the atrocities performed by the Core Planets government gives Mal a sense of purpose outside what we saw in the series which was to simply stay alive and flying. The deaths of Wash and Book uncover the real reason that Mal was so protective of his crew and this is alluded to in the last lines of the movie. Mal explains to River that the secret to captaining a ship is love. He protected his crew because he loved them and he is finally able to admit it, but it cost the lives of two good friends for him to realize it. Just previous to this scene Mal expresses to Inara that he would like it if she stayed on the ship, a tacit admission of his feelings for her.
If you don't like the movie because two good characters died, then you are selling the writing short. They died for a reason so that the main protagonist can undergo a change in character. If you felt sad that they died then the writers did their job of good writing.
As an engineer in the defense industry you probably also know how long defense systems live and how hard it can be to get upgrades pushed out into the field. It wouldn't surprise me at all if it wasn't technically feasible to encrypt the video stream at the time this system was first deployed and since then upgrading it has never been a priority for anyone with enough clout to make it happen. Now that its on SecDef's radar how long do you think its gonna take before this gets fixed?
Good point. I don't know of any encrypted radio system that could handle a decent video stream. They must be using something closer to network TV broadcast hardware.
From TFA:
The difficulty, officials said, is that adding encryption to a network that is more than a decade old involves more than placing a new piece of equipment on individual drones. Instead, many components of the network linking the drones to their operators in the U.S., Afghanistan or Pakistan have to be upgraded to handle the changes.
As an engineer in the defense industry and with experience integrating communication systems, I can't even think of one military data radio system in use that doesn't have encryption ability. Even if they are using off-the-shelf wifi (doubtful) they wouldn't need to change hardware to at least have some encryption. Either this quote is a lie, or someone did something monumentally stupid.
a slim jim and a twizzler lay crossed
Didn't anyone ever tell you not to cross the streams?
On the way up, the missile is one piece. On the way down, the missile is many pieces. In which situation is the warhead easier to target? The US is working on intercept solutions for all three phases of flight.
I actually bought an optical cable that has gold plating around the optics on the connectors. I bought it because it was still cheaper than the Monster cable next to it on the shelf.
I'm more worried about the possibility of a resonance cascade.
When the eggs hatch, the larvae cut off the roof of these cases, poking only their heads and legs out in order to move and feed. They never leave these cases when they are young, instead adding their own excrement to enlarge them and accommodate their growth. After they reach maturity, the adult beetles cut themselves free of their cases with their mandibles.
Should sound familiar to some of you...
I'm sure if it had been on course to hit Earth, it would have burned up in the atmosphere and whatever's left would be no bigger than a chihuahua's head.
almost.
"Million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten." —Granny Weatherwax
Same thing: barn swallow and red-rumped swallow nest in Europe the summer and winter in southern Africa. So it's not what the bird was but when it was that determines whether it is European or African, not that I am clever enough to claim any uncertainty involvement between birds and LHC.
How do you know so much about swallows?
If not, then this just sounds like bandwagon-jumping.
Maybe if we all gave up our cars and rode the bandwagon there would be no more traffic accidents.
We're putting the bandwagon back together!
My current car is a Mitsubishi with their FASTkey system that allows me to keep the key fob in my pocket and unlock the door by grabbing the handle. The fob also acts as an electronic ignition enable while it is inside the car.
If the car is running and the key fob is moved away from the car, the engine will be disabled.
I would like to think that in an emergency situation, such as a runaway throttle event, I would have the presence of mind to chuck my keys out the window as a last resort.
I assume that by "commercially viable" they mean that there is a net gain from the reactor. So what is the "coconut out" to "coconut in" ratio? Time to sell your stock in Dole!
So if the GPU become a glorified web client how will they keep soaking everyone for a (bi)yearly card upgrade?
Oh, but there's a better revenue stream here: subscription fees.
It happens in the sky:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/3/25/
Nitric acid is also an electrolyte. I hear those are what plants crave.
All pennies are, now they've made the power plant smaller. ;)
I know! Now I really like pennies!
but I would be equally impressed by a penny that was the size of a nuclear power plant.
Original Cosmic Ray's or Cosmic Original Ray's?
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According to the Engadget story the Wii bowling session lasted 9 hours. That's pretty excessive. I bet someone woke up with a sore arm the next day.