From: invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com   
      
   [Default] Thus spake Tim McGaughy :   
      
   >Dillon Pyron wrote:   
   >> [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.   
   >   
   >I've got an idea. Let's build a robot slave to do all these things for us.   
      
   No, robot monkeys  (you have to read the comic strip "Sally Forth" for   
   that to make any sense)   
      
   >   
   >We'll call it... Umm, I dunno. A Cylon?   
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