From: cpd@cat.pan.net   
      
   "Dillon Pyron"  wrote in message   
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   > [Default] Thus spake Tim McGaughy :   
   >   
   >>RT wrote:   
   >>> Tim McGaughy wrote:   
   >>>> RT wrote:   
   >>>>> Tim McGaughy wrote:   
   >>>>>> RT wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Tim McGaughy wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> QN wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> I hated the luddite ending.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> IMHO they looked for ways to cut the budget and pooped on the   
   >>>>>>>>> script to make   
   >>>>>>>>> it fit.   
   >>>>>>>> While I dislike it, too, it ends the way the original series was   
   >>>>>>>> heading: They find Earth. And the only way to keep us in present   
   >>>>>>>> day   
   >>>>>>>> from realizing what happened back in prehistory was to dump all the   
   >>>>>>>> tech   
   >>>>>>>> and be prehistoric.   
   >>>>>>> There might be a small flaw in their plan. If they did any farming,   
   >>>>>>> they'd   
   >>>>>>> have to be careful because domestication in plants can be detected   
   >>>>>>> in   
   >>>>>>> the archaeological record.  Pollen, crossbreeding effects, etc   
   >>>>>> It's not like it was a documentary. Their plan doesn't need to be   
   >>>>>> airtight.   
   >>>>> Do need to cover the major bases. They did get rid of all the ships.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> What other (major) bits might they have missed?   
   >>>> Any habitation they build could easily be anachronistic. Potentially,   
   >>>> all you need is one yahoo with a saw, a hammer, and a pocket full of   
   >>>> nails.   
   >>>   
   >>> Cue Planet of the Apes scenario...   
   >>>   
   >>>> And if you dump me in that situation, no way am I living without   
   >>>> improvised technology of some sort.   
   >>>   
   >>> Pass the remote.   
   >>   
   >>You'll get the remote when you get your fat ass off the couch and take   
   >>the popcorn out of the microwave.   
   >   
   > I would suggest someone answer the phone.  That's probably the alarm   
   > company.  Tell them the smoke alarm went off because somebody thought   
   > that 15 minutes was about right for the popcorn.  Or the firemen are   
   > going to be pretty pissed at us.  Again.   
   > --   
   >   
   > - dillon  I am not invalid   
   >   
   > Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth)   
   > March 1998 - June 2010   
   > What a dog.  What a dog!   
   >   
      
   I'd tell you guys to get a room, but it sounds like you're all already   
   cohabiting!   
      
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