Let me be clear at the outset - what is occuring here has more to do with national prestige than with any real advantage to be gained.
Science: The free sharing of knowledge common to actual science (as opposed to proprietary business practice) is rising tide raising all of the boats docked. I for one welcome any and all progress China makes here, and think it will only accelerate developments in other labs as well.
Although free trade has been getting knocked about this (U.S.) election cycle, the globally interconnected economy has done wonders to the standards of living around the world. Despite forecasts of gloom, in America we have cars being manufactured by "foreign" companies, such as Honda and Toyota, and Dell has found it profitable to do some final assembly here as well. Even in the extremely unlikely event that China's investment in nanotech will only strengthen Chinese firms, the economic reality is that this would also end up benefiting other countries.
Don't believe me? Think historically - China has one of the strongest and fastest growing economies in the world, and their R&D funding is growing as well (though it lags far). But where was China 20 years ago? China is proof positive that countries can benefit profoundly by investments outside their own borders.
I expect that pretty soon (10 years) most items will have attached RFID tags. If not, the price ofc tags are dropping, already $1/tag for passive tags.
Advantage? You'll know exactly where in the house is for the first time. No more where's the keys (or laptop).
I can't even understand the HP/Compaq merger. It was an astoundingly bad idea from an M&A perspective, seemingly without strategic intent.
Clearly from this thread she had other faults besides bad judgement, but I disagree with those who think this had anything to do with her being female. I've known a number of female technology executives who got it, some of the best I've worked for in fact.
I can say I'm categorically pleased she's leaving, but I suspect HP's troubles are far from over.
I was 9 in 1979, my father had been dragging me to various computer shows. I remember this one behemoth of a "computer", really a single purpose toy called something like "story machine". You could pick verbs, nouns, etc and it would animate the results. IE, "girl eat apple" would cause a very pixellated girl to eat an apple. I was fascinated! Plus, there was this very smart kid I admired (Jonathon Liedecker, you still around somewhere?) and he programmed.
My dad had a dec rainbow (wordprocessor) at work, massive thing with 8" floppies. It had a simple basic interpreter on it, which blew chunks. I maxxed out what I could do with it quickly. I convinced my parents that my education was hindered by lack of a computer at school, and somehow connived them into donating an old tv to use for a raffle. I think they were just humoring me.
So we earned maybe $500 from the raffle, then a few parents put up the rest and my classroom got a TRS-80 model I, level II. Awesome machine, had like 16k of memory. 16K! What would I do with all that memory? We had to save onto tapes, but for some reason that never bothered me.
By 1982 I was programming on an Apple II, and when I was 13 I wrote MarcLang III, an amusingly naive attempt to write a programming language on top of Basic. At that point AppleSoft just didn't do it any more. Then I learned Pascal, C, C++, Java, now C#.
My suggestion? Try a very simple untyped scripting language to start, like perl in a command window. I taught Logo during the computer camp craze of the late '80s, never had much luck transferring the knowledge those kids learned to the procedural languages that dominated in that era. IE going from Logo to Pascal was starting over from scratch.
One tool I'd really like to see come back was Rocky's Boots, an Apple II program ostensibly designed to teach electronic circuitry to kids. In reality it was an excellent way to teach logic concepts, and a lot of fun as well.
The quest for CPU power has been largely defeated by bloated software in applications and operating systems. Some programs I wrote in Basic on an Apple II ran faster than when written in a modern language on a G4 Dual-processor Mac with hardware 1,000 times faster.
Come on. What language are we talking about here? My basement collection includes a II+, a IIe, two IIcs and a Franklin compatible. I challenge anyone to come up with a program in Applesoft that runs faster on one of my museum pieces than on a modern Mac using C++, Java or even Perl. I mod his article -1 for troll.
While software has become bloated and to some extent inefficient, people often forget that we expect a lot more from our computers now than the single-tasking 80 column display days.
I'm sure this sounds like flame bait, but as someone has already pointed out the article itself constitutes a tasty treat for the consumption of flame.
The question here is why would you not want the military to be able to jam a GPS system? I'd like to see some cogent thought in that direction, rather than froth and hand wringing without substantiation.
Let me give one positive example. North Korea launches a galileo guided missle toward new york. The US military disables it. Any others?
Because after all, most people use them for balancing their checkbooks, not playing video games. Uh huh.
I can't wait to get a Radeon 9800 to help me word process at 60 fps. I'll frag clippy yet.
Ok, seriously, does this dutch ruling mean that a computer that is used 99% for gaming is a console, or does the definition have to do with the purpose for which a machine is manufactured? In which case, alienware would have a tariff under the old system, gateway wouldn't? Strange world we're living in.
Um, nauseau? Admittedly movies have a low (30) fps framerate, but film is already there in terms of definition. If people were getting sick, I'm skeptical that it was from the "ultra-high" resolution.
Katherine Black (from airplane), Howard Hesseman (Johnny Fever from WKRP) and Crispin Glover (from back to the future). Directed by that inimitable force for good, Trent Harris. An odyssey over the burial of a dead cat.
Great quotes include 'my cat can eat a whole watermelon' and 'andy warhole sucks a big one'. I own two copies of this flick, and practically know it by heart. Am I a cultist? I think more a connoisseur of forgotten gems. Is it the best movie ever? Maybe not, but it's one of the funniest.
It's only about 90 minutes, so how can you go wrong? Check it out!
To make the kind of cash that movie studios dream of, you need to appeal to either the public at large or at least to a large demographic. Nemesis had an absurd and weak plot, just acceptable fx, undistinguished acting and characters, slow pacing. Sometimes quality does count, Mr. Berman. This movie could only have appealed to die hard fans.
To find out why the movie performed so poorly, he should consider opening his local newspaper and reading the reviews.
From: http://www.iowacorn.org/ffvs.htm
The following auto manufacturers are currently producing vehicles that can be operated on E-85 fuels:
Ford Motor Company
2002 Models:
Selected 4.0L Explorer (4-door)
Selected 4.0L Explorer Sport (2-door)
Selected 4.0L Explorer Sport Trac
Selected 3.0L Taurus sedans and wagons
All 3.0L 4X2 extended cab Ranger pickups
2001 Models:
All 3.0L 4X2 extended cab Ranger pickups
Selected 3.0L Taurus LX, SE, and SES sedans
1999 and 2000 Models:
All 3.0L Ranger pickups 4WD and 2WD
Selected 3.0L Taurus LX, SE, and SES sedans
1995-1998 Models:
Selected Taurus 3.0L sedans
General Motors
2003 Models:
All 5.3L Vortec-engine Avalanches
2002 Models:
All 5.3L Vortec-engine Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon and Yukon XLs
Selected 5.3L Vortec-engine Sierra and Silverado pickups
2000 and 2001 Models:
All 2.2L Chevrolet S-10 pickup 2WD
All 2.2L Sonoma GMC pickup 2WD
Daimler Chrysler
2000, 2001 and 2002 Models:
All 3.3L Chrysler Voyager minivans
All 3.3L Dodge Caravan minivans
All 3.3L Chrysler Town & Country minivans
1998 and 1999 Models:
All 3.3L Dodge Caravan minivans
All 3.3L Plymouth Voyager minivans
All 3.3L Chrysler Town & Country minivans
Isuzu
All 2000-2001 Isuzu 2.2L Hombre pickups (after Dec. 1999)
Mazda
Selected 1999 and 2000 Mazda 3.0L B3000 pickups
...so I believe this could be okay in some instances. The hard part is knowing how to define "ok" piracy vs "non-ok" piracy. This would almost certainly require a situational ethics that would be difficult to codify.
The problem, that not everyone starts on an equal playing field in a capitalist market, is well known. Certainly access to technology and other educational materials can boost the chances of an individual's future success. And certainly the poor, those who can't afford educational materials or programs, are at such a disadvantage that they may not meet their potential. When enough people aren't fully utilized or employed in a market, that market is inefficient and impaired.
On the other hand, I think this need can be addressed better with careful legislation. Possibilities include funding of non-profit programs to provide educational materials, or mandating that certain types of software can be sold to students at steep discounts.
I certainly don't think at my age and job level that I deserve access to cheap/free versions of commercial software, except maybe to evaluate them. But there are many people out there who do.
Not many people are aware that you attended Goddard, a very unusual institution of higher learning in Vermont. For those of you who don't know, the college was famous for its radical politics in the 60s, after Piers attended. No tests, no grades, student-designed courses which were called "group studies" and led by "facilitators."
When I attended Goddard in the late 80s it was still a hotbed of radical politics, but also a strong proponent of critical thinking. Not a place where orthodox opinions hold unexamined sway. Although my politics have changed, I attribute my flexibility, independence and career success in part to this college experience.
Do you believe your educational background has played a significant part in your success? If so, how? Would you recommend any changes to traditional educational techniques? Lastly, in line with the interests of the slashdot crowd, you're one of only a few authors to embrace linux as a desktop OS. Would you draw a link between using this "alternative os" and the "alternative" years in college?
Tell me what you think, here's what I sent: ___________________________________________ ____ Regarding your query at http://www.apple.com/hardware/pcusers/, re: If you're a PC user who's eyeing a Mac, we'd love to know what you're thinking. I probably fit into another category altogether, that of the macintosh apostate considering a return to the fold. I've wanted to write something like this for the last year, but only now do I have the time to do so.
Having used a Mac plus and then a IIsi in college, I preoordered one of the very first powermac 6100s. I was a Mac loyalist, through and through. But when win 95 was introduced, it became harder and harder to justify the instability of the mac operating system or the high cost. God Only Knew when OS X, nee Taligent, nee Pink would be released. It seemed pretty clear that I could do more on a pc, for less, suffer fewer system crashes and play more games to boot.
Don't underestimate the value of gaming.
Anyway, the truth is that I've been eyeing getting a mac since OS X was released for the desktop. I'm a unix fan and I love the aqua interface. I'm fed up with Linux on the desktop and have been impressed with friend's powerbooks running OS X. So, here's my current assesment, bullet by bullet:
PRO getting new Mac * OS X - it's unix! It's easy to configure! It slices *and* dices... * Aqua interface * new iMacs and titanium power books are cool looking * It's not microsoft * Prices are more reasonable than ever
AGAINST getting new Mac * fewer games * slower - and don't give me garbage about the "megahertz myth." Sure, it's true that mhz isn't a great measure of efficiency across architectural platforms, but any techno weeny knows that it isn't irrelevant either. The latest P4s are much faster than the fastest G4s in both standard integer and floating point operations. Now on the other hand, is it important? Probably not, an 800 mhz or 1 Ghz G4 is still plenty fast for everything a person actually needs to do and even gaming. * Unless you get the expensive tower, no upgradeable video. The GeForce 4mx is basically a souped up 2mx, much slower than the true GeForce 4 and soon to be outdated. On the other hand, an outdated unix box still makes a great server.
Altogether I think the pros outweigh the cons, I'll probably be buying one in the summer. Now iMac or Powerbook...
Simply put: bah. I'm not a fan of microsoft or XP, but the notion that computing performance is related to productivity is a bit specious.
YES, a machine that is absurdly slow is useless. But for productivity (office) applications, computing performance is irrelevant. There's just too much horsepower in the low end to even notice differences.
If you have million cell spreadsheet you're probably steemed at me right now. If you do a lot of compiling then you think I'm an idiot. But if you're trying to pick an OS for 99% of business users than you're not going to consider an 11% performance hit relevant.
In general I agree. But this literally is the same team that brought us umpteen seasons of voyager drivel. Bad science, bad acting, bad plots, good tits (7 of 9). I like tits, sure, but I hoped for much more. Although it was a daring episode - space porn in prime time.
None of the "actors" could perform. The vulcan was a hissing bitch during the first half, I thought count bakula wanted to cry several time, the plot was mediocre even by the standards of the crew that brought us voyager.
What amazes me is that no one seems to have gone back to the original ST series to see what made it great. It was daring culturally for its time and tried to present a complex cast of characters. Was it perfect? No. But the Berman vision of the future is a piece of plasticine crap undistinguished by any character motivation or deep emotion.
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I wonder if this would treat fatty tumors (lipomas)? Certainly not as pressing as cancer treatment, but they can be quite painful and require surgery.
Neither science nor business are zero-sum games.
Let me be clear at the outset - what is occuring here has more to do with national prestige than with any real advantage to be gained.
Science: The free sharing of knowledge common to actual science (as opposed to proprietary business practice) is rising tide raising all of the boats docked. I for one welcome any and all progress China makes here, and think it will only accelerate developments in other labs as well.
Although free trade has been getting knocked about this (U.S.) election cycle, the globally interconnected economy has done wonders to the standards of living around the world. Despite forecasts of gloom, in America we have cars being manufactured by "foreign" companies, such as Honda and Toyota, and Dell has found it profitable to do some final assembly here as well. Even in the extremely unlikely event that China's investment in nanotech will only strengthen Chinese firms, the economic reality is that this would also end up benefiting other countries.
Don't believe me? Think historically - China has one of the strongest and fastest growing economies in the world, and their R&D funding is growing as well (though it lags far). But where was China 20 years ago? China is proof positive that countries can benefit profoundly by investments outside their own borders.
In my suburb there's a firm that will deliver for the local area. www.carryoutmenu.com. I suspect there are many such firms around the country.
I'm somewhat confused by the slashdot editorial policy, that this non-event could make the home page.
I expect that pretty soon (10 years) most items will have attached RFID tags. If not, the price ofc tags are dropping, already $1/tag for passive tags.
Advantage? You'll know exactly where in the house is for the first time. No more where's the keys (or laptop).
I can't even understand the HP/Compaq merger. It was an astoundingly bad idea from an M&A perspective, seemingly without strategic intent.
Clearly from this thread she had other faults besides bad judgement, but I disagree with those who think this had anything to do with her being female. I've known a number of female technology executives who got it, some of the best I've worked for in fact.
I can say I'm categorically pleased she's leaving, but I suspect HP's troubles are far from over.
I was 9 in 1979, my father had been dragging me to various computer shows. I remember this one behemoth of a "computer", really a single purpose toy called something like "story machine". You could pick verbs, nouns, etc and it would animate the results. IE, "girl eat apple" would cause a very pixellated girl to eat an apple. I was fascinated! Plus, there was this very smart kid I admired (Jonathon Liedecker, you still around somewhere?) and he programmed.
My dad had a dec rainbow (wordprocessor) at work, massive thing with 8" floppies. It had a simple basic interpreter on it, which blew chunks. I maxxed out what I could do with it quickly. I convinced my parents that my education was hindered by lack of a computer at school, and somehow connived them into donating an old tv to use for a raffle. I think they were just humoring me.
So we earned maybe $500 from the raffle, then a few parents put up the rest and my classroom got a TRS-80 model I, level II. Awesome machine, had like 16k of memory. 16K! What would I do with all that memory? We had to save onto tapes, but for some reason that never bothered me.
By 1982 I was programming on an Apple II, and when I was 13 I wrote MarcLang III, an amusingly naive attempt to write a programming language on top of Basic. At that point AppleSoft just didn't do it any more. Then I learned Pascal, C, C++, Java, now C#.
My suggestion? Try a very simple untyped scripting language to start, like perl in a command window. I taught Logo during the computer camp craze of the late '80s, never had much luck transferring the knowledge those kids learned to the procedural languages that dominated in that era. IE going from Logo to Pascal was starting over from scratch.
One tool I'd really like to see come back was Rocky's Boots, an Apple II program ostensibly designed to teach electronic circuitry to kids. In reality it was an excellent way to teach logic concepts, and a lot of fun as well.
Marc
The quest for CPU power has been largely defeated by bloated software in applications and operating systems. Some programs I wrote in Basic on an Apple II ran faster than when written in a modern language on a G4 Dual-processor Mac with hardware 1,000 times faster.
Come on. What language are we talking about here? My basement collection includes a II+, a IIe, two IIcs and a Franklin compatible. I challenge anyone to come up with a program in Applesoft that runs faster on one of my museum pieces than on a modern Mac using C++, Java or even Perl. I mod his article -1 for troll.
While software has become bloated and to some extent inefficient, people often forget that we expect a lot more from our computers now than the single-tasking 80 column display days.
One of the best games of the early-mid nineties. It was a fun, first person game using voxel graphics. It was remarkably beautiful for it's time.
I'm sure this sounds like flame bait, but as someone has already pointed out the article itself constitutes a tasty treat for the consumption of flame.
The question here is why would you not want the military to be able to jam a GPS system? I'd like to see some cogent thought in that direction, rather than froth and hand wringing without substantiation.
Let me give one positive example. North Korea launches a galileo guided missle toward new york. The US military disables it. Any others?
this is a test, it is only a test of the emergency comment system. If this were not a test then then actual comments would appear here.
Because after all, most people use them for balancing their checkbooks, not playing video games. Uh huh.
I can't wait to get a Radeon 9800 to help me word process at 60 fps. I'll frag clippy yet.
Ok, seriously, does this dutch ruling mean that a computer that is used 99% for gaming is a console, or does the definition have to do with the purpose for which a machine is manufactured? In which case, alienware would have a tariff under the old system, gateway wouldn't? Strange world we're living in.
Um, nauseau? Admittedly movies have a low (30) fps framerate, but film is already there in terms of definition. If people were getting sick, I'm skeptical that it was from the "ultra-high" resolution.
http://www.cc.utah.edu/~th3597/r&e.htm
Katherine Black (from airplane), Howard Hesseman (Johnny Fever from WKRP) and Crispin Glover (from back to the future). Directed by that inimitable force for good, Trent Harris. An odyssey over the burial of a dead cat.
Great quotes include 'my cat can eat a whole watermelon' and 'andy warhole sucks a big one'. I own two copies of this flick, and practically know it by heart. Am I a cultist? I think more a connoisseur of forgotten gems. Is it the best movie ever? Maybe not, but it's one of the funniest.
It's only about 90 minutes, so how can you go wrong? Check it out!
To make the kind of cash that movie studios dream of, you need to appeal to either the public at large or at least to a large demographic. Nemesis had an absurd and weak plot, just acceptable fx, undistinguished acting and characters, slow pacing. Sometimes quality does count, Mr. Berman. This movie could only have appealed to die hard fans.
To find out why the movie performed so poorly, he should consider opening his local newspaper and reading the reviews.
From: http://www.iowacorn.org/ffvs.htm
The following auto manufacturers are currently producing vehicles that can be operated on E-85 fuels:
Ford Motor Company
2002 Models:
Selected 4.0L Explorer (4-door)
Selected 4.0L Explorer Sport (2-door)
Selected 4.0L Explorer Sport Trac
Selected 3.0L Taurus sedans and wagons
All 3.0L 4X2 extended cab Ranger pickups
2001 Models:
All 3.0L 4X2 extended cab Ranger pickups
Selected 3.0L Taurus LX, SE, and SES sedans
1999 and 2000 Models:
All 3.0L Ranger pickups 4WD and 2WD
Selected 3.0L Taurus LX, SE, and SES sedans
1995-1998 Models:
Selected Taurus 3.0L sedans
General Motors
2003 Models:
All 5.3L Vortec-engine Avalanches
2002 Models:
All 5.3L Vortec-engine Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon and Yukon XLs
Selected 5.3L Vortec-engine Sierra and Silverado pickups
2000 and 2001 Models:
All 2.2L Chevrolet S-10 pickup 2WD
All 2.2L Sonoma GMC pickup 2WD
Daimler Chrysler
2000, 2001 and 2002 Models:
All 3.3L Chrysler Voyager minivans
All 3.3L Dodge Caravan minivans
All 3.3L Chrysler Town & Country minivans
1998 and 1999 Models:
All 3.3L Dodge Caravan minivans
All 3.3L Plymouth Voyager minivans
All 3.3L Chrysler Town & Country minivans
Isuzu
All 2000-2001 Isuzu 2.2L Hombre pickups (after Dec. 1999)
Mazda
Selected 1999 and 2000 Mazda 3.0L B3000 pickups
Mercury
2002 Models:
Selected 4.0L Mountaineers
2001 Models:
Selected 3.0L Sables
...so I believe this could be okay in some instances. The hard part is knowing how to define "ok" piracy vs "non-ok" piracy. This would almost certainly require a situational ethics that would be difficult to codify.
The problem, that not everyone starts on an equal playing field in a capitalist market, is well known. Certainly access to technology and other educational materials can boost the chances of an individual's future success. And certainly the poor, those who can't afford educational materials or programs, are at such a disadvantage that they may not meet their potential. When enough people aren't fully utilized or employed in a market, that market is inefficient and impaired.
On the other hand, I think this need can be addressed better with careful legislation. Possibilities include funding of non-profit programs to provide educational materials, or mandating that certain types of software can be sold to students at steep discounts.
I certainly don't think at my age and job level that I deserve access to cheap/free versions of commercial software, except maybe to evaluate them. But there are many people out there who do.
Who'd get turned on by an inflatable spacecraft? Just cleaning the thing when you're done could take all day.
Now an inflatable penguin...
Not many people are aware that you attended Goddard, a very unusual institution of higher learning in Vermont. For those of you who don't know, the college was famous for its radical politics in the 60s, after Piers attended. No tests, no grades, student-designed courses which were called "group studies" and led by "facilitators."
When I attended Goddard in the late 80s it was still a hotbed of radical politics, but also a strong proponent of critical thinking. Not a place where orthodox opinions hold unexamined sway. Although my politics have changed, I attribute my flexibility, independence and career success in part to this college experience.
Do you believe your educational background has played a significant part in your success? If so, how? Would you recommend any changes to traditional educational techniques? Lastly, in line with the interests of the slashdot crowd, you're one of only a few authors to embrace linux as a desktop OS. Would you draw a link between using this "alternative os" and the "alternative" years in college?
Right... so in your universe commercial businesses shouldn't be allowed to download Red Hat and install it? Come on.
It's not "open for people we like" and "free for non-capitalists" software.
Tell me what you think, here's what I sent:_ ____
__________________________________________
Regarding your query at http://www.apple.com/hardware/pcusers/, re: If you're a PC user who's eyeing a Mac, we'd love to know what you're thinking.
I probably fit into another category altogether, that of the macintosh apostate considering a return to the fold. I've wanted to write something like this for the last year, but only now do I have the time to do so.
Having used a Mac plus and then a IIsi in college, I preoordered one of the very first powermac 6100s. I was a Mac loyalist, through and through. But when win 95 was introduced, it became harder and harder to justify the instability of the mac operating system or the high cost. God Only Knew when OS X, nee Taligent, nee Pink would be released. It seemed pretty clear that I could do more on a pc, for less, suffer fewer system crashes and play more games to boot.
Don't underestimate the value of gaming.
Anyway, the truth is that I've been eyeing getting a mac since OS X was released for the desktop. I'm a unix fan and I love the aqua interface. I'm fed up with Linux on the desktop and have been impressed with friend's powerbooks running OS X. So, here's my current assesment, bullet by bullet:
PRO getting new Mac
* OS X - it's unix! It's easy to configure! It slices *and* dices...
* Aqua interface
* new iMacs and titanium power books are cool looking
* It's not microsoft
* Prices are more reasonable than ever
AGAINST getting new Mac
* fewer games
* slower - and don't give me garbage about the "megahertz myth." Sure, it's true that mhz isn't a great measure of efficiency across architectural platforms, but any techno weeny knows that it isn't irrelevant either. The latest P4s are much faster than the fastest G4s in both standard integer and floating point operations. Now on the other hand, is it important? Probably not, an 800 mhz or 1 Ghz G4 is still plenty fast for everything a person actually needs to do and even gaming.
* Unless you get the expensive tower, no upgradeable video. The GeForce 4mx is basically a souped up 2mx, much slower than the true GeForce 4 and soon to be outdated. On the other hand, an outdated unix box still makes a great server.
Altogether I think the pros outweigh the cons, I'll probably be buying one in the summer. Now iMac or Powerbook...
Simply put: bah. I'm not a fan of microsoft or XP, but the notion that computing performance is related to productivity is a bit specious.
YES, a machine that is absurdly slow is useless. But for productivity (office) applications, computing performance is irrelevant. There's just too much horsepower in the low end to even notice differences.
If you have million cell spreadsheet you're probably steemed at me right now. If you do a lot of compiling then you think I'm an idiot. But if you're trying to pick an OS for 99% of business users than you're not going to consider an 11% performance hit relevant.
In general I agree. But this literally is the same team that brought us umpteen seasons of voyager drivel. Bad science, bad acting, bad plots, good tits (7 of 9). I like tits, sure, but I hoped for much more. Although it was a daring episode - space porn in prime time.
None of the "actors" could perform. The vulcan was a hissing bitch during the first half, I thought count bakula wanted to cry several time, the plot was mediocre even by the standards of the crew that brought us voyager.
What amazes me is that no one seems to have gone back to the original ST series to see what made it great. It was daring culturally for its time and tried to present a complex cast of characters. Was it perfect? No. But the Berman vision of the future is a piece of plasticine crap undistinguished by any character motivation or deep emotion.
Sigh. Back to Babylon 5 reruns for me.
Ginger, I believe, was a scooter with a fly wheel. Or that was the consensus guess, last I heard.
I hope I'm not the only one that would like to contribute something towards that $2k.
Someone should post an address for donations.