From: cpd@cat.pan.net   
      
   "cloud dreamer"  wrote in message   
   news:maKdnW6GM-yO063QnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@supernews.com...   
   > On 14/01/2011 2:26 AM, RT wrote:   
   >> cloud dreamer wrote:   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>> Oh look, they've updated Wiki now that the series finale has aired:   
   >>>   
   >>> # ca. 58 BCH: William Adama born in Qualai, Caprica. He is named for his   
   >>> deceased older brother. (Hero, Apotheosis).   
   >>>   
   >>> (The "ca" stands for circa which means it was 58 BCH or later - and   
   >>   
   >> "circa" means "about" or "approximately... So that could even be... 59   
   >> BCH...   
   >> Or 60 BCH...   
   >>   
   >>> given the time that passed in the series and the time it takes for a   
   >>> baby to be born, it should be ca 57 BCH)   
   >>>   
   >>> 42 years BCH: William Adama begins his service in the Colonial Fleet as   
   >>> a Viper pilot, near the end of the Cylon War ("Hero", Razor Flashbacks).   
   >>>   
   >>> 58-42=16   
   >>>   
   >>> But it's really 57-42=15   
   >>   
   >> But not if born *earlier*. Like 59 or even 60 BCH.   
   >>   
   >>> Either way, even going by their numbers, he's 16 when he joins as a   
   >>> fully qualified viper pilot.   
   >>>   
   >>> Syfy screwed up.   
   >>>   
   >>> Now they'll have to come up with some stupid explanation in Blood and   
   >>> Chrome.   
   >>>   
   >>> Case closed.   
   >>>   
   >>>    ..   
   >>   
   >> Because he could have been born *earlier*, he could be even older in the   
   >> service, AND... A N D ... in war time younger recruits are accepted.   
   >> Because   
   >> their technology was greater, their educational system would have   
   >> reflected   
   >> that.   
   >   
   >   
   > No. It is IMPOSSIBLE for him to have been born earlier. Caprica was   
   > clearly advertised as occurring 58 years before the fall. No wiggle room   
   > there. It was splashed all over the screen.   
   >   
   > It is PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE for him to be older than 58. Given the year   
   > that passed (the show took several months to the finale and several months   
   > for him to be born) it's more likely he was 57 when BSG premiered.   
   >   
   > AND NO, , when a military is desperate for recruits, they don't put   
   > 15 or 16 year olds in the cockpits of advanced space fighter craft.   
   > Starbucks injury proved that an immense amount of strength is required. A   
   > 16 year old wouldn't be capable of flying it.   
   >   
   > And remember, he would be NO MORE than 16 when he joined. That's after   
   > training. So he would have to be YOUNGER when they trained him and no 13,   
   > 14 or 15 year old is training in a viper.   
   >   
   > If a military is desperate, it hands a rifle to a 16 year old and sends   
   > him to the trenches, not the viper training.   
   >   
   > Even in Vietnam, the pilot's average age was 28 while the grunt's average   
   > age was 22. (The song "19" is a myth).   
   >   
   > And YOUR OWN LINK now says he is no more than 58.   
   >   
   > Give it up. You are wrong.   
      
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