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   Joseph S. Powell, III to cloud dreamer   
   Re: Why no V Glasses in BSG?   
   05 Apr 10 15:22:02   
   
   From: nospam@nospam.net   
      
   Also remember that their society had developed an avertion to very hi-tech   
   devices as a reaction to the first Cylon war - they shunned most   
   computer-networked gizmos, although they were coming out of that phase what   
   with the new automation/networking which proceeded the fall of the Colonies   
   (had they not done that, the Cylons would not have been able to carry out   
   such a successful attack).   
      
      
   "cloud dreamer"  wrote in message   
   news:056dnZ0jk4y-7S_WnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d@supernews.com...   
   > On 3/30/2010 11:17 AM, THULL+ wrote:   
   > > I find it hard to believe that not one person on one of those ships   
   > > had a pair of these glasses.   
   >   
   >   
   > When the colonies were destroyed, the networked infrastructure that   
   > supported the holobands was destroyed with it.   
   >   
   > And the Galactica was not a networked ship, so the holobands would have   
   > been useless in the fleet.   
   >   
   >   ..   
      
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