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   From: Obveeus@aol.com   
      
   "Ken from Chicago"  wrote:   
   > Imagine that! And it only took them 5 eps, shaving 2 eps off Syfy sisthren   
   > series, STARGATE UNIVERSE. If Zoe's story was the most sf and interesting   
   > of stories followed (e.g., the Adamas, the terrorist investigation /   
   > Graystones, the cult and Zoe's journey), she's got stiff competition in   
   > Tamara.   
      
   So now Syfy has two interesting female characters on the show (three if you   
   count the one that is still alive)...and still no way of reaching the young,   
   female audience that *should* be watching this show.  How does Syfy reach   
   the new target audience?   
      
   > Meanwhile on the flipside back in RL (Real Life for the nongamers), you   
   > had the totally creepy demonstration Daniel Graystone gave, first   
   > insisting that he has created not only artificial intelligence but   
   > artificial sentience--and then deliberately denying it free will,   
   > literally creating a race of roboslaves to do their bidding. He himself   
   > thru away the common figleaf that the robotmakers didn't know their   
   > creations were alive or at least sentient.   
      
   Creators never look upon their creation as an equal.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)