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   "cloud dreamer"  wrote in message   
   news:4NWdnfTUaLBri1zWnZ2dnUVZ_rWdnZ2d@supernews.com...   
   > On 4/10/2010 1:52 AM, RT wrote:   
   >> cloud dreamer wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On 4/3/2010 10:14 PM, RT wrote:   
   >>>> cloud dreamer wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> On 4/3/2010 3:40 PM, RT wrote:   
   >>>>>> cloud dreamer wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> 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.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> It didn't matter if the Galacatica was or was not networked, the v   
   >>>>>> world   
   >>>>>> was a civilian app. It's doubtful the infrastructure for that would   
   >>>>>> even   
   >>>>>> be considered for installation a military ship. Think of the time lag   
   >>>>>> interacting with anything outside the ship ;)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> They could have an intra-ship v-world easily enough - on Galactica or   
   >>>>> any of the ships in the fleet. But it wasn't possible because of the   
   >>>>> the   
   >>>>> lack of a network.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I could see where a luxury ship might have it (Cloud Nine, wasn't it?).   
   >>>> But   
   >>>> to involve all the ships might create a detectable electronics   
   >>>> signature.   
   >>>   
   >>> Galactica would have likely disabled any networks aboard the civilian   
   >>> ships to avoid the ships from being interfered with by the Cylons.   
   >>>   
   >>>    ..   
   >>   
   >> The cylons apparently were familiar with military grade networks. The   
   >> civvie   
   >> ones would probably have been similar, but less suited to their needs.   
   >> Like   
   >> hacking Windows 3.1. Big whoop ;)   
   >   
   >   
   > A network is a network. Given Adama's obsessive nature over networks, no   
   > way in the world he would have allowed one to be set up in the fleet.   
   >   
   >  ..   
      
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