What did everyone think of Eureka's new episode with the drones? I'm glad to see that the writers stuck with the original formula for the show. "Martha" was a hoot.

I enjoyed it. It will be interesting to see how they evolve the plot lines and solve their dilemmas.

I liked Zoe's Cylon reference

I liked Zoe's Cylon reference

did you notice that the show used the same type of drum music during Martha's squadron flight as BG uses?

it was bound to happen sometime. I think Bear McCreary scores both shows.

It'll be interesting to see if any other BSG alumn migrate to Eureka now that it and Atlantis are the only shows left in production up there

I been in the defense aerospace industry too long. I spent the whole episode thinking "oh come ON now!" :lol:

I been in the defense aerospace industry too long. I spent the whole episode thinking "oh come ON now!" :lol:

I think if you look at anything on Eureka and say that, you are taking things too literally anyway. :lol:

I love that show, its so funny and has some nice poignant moments. Especially between Carter and Zoe. I'm really glad its back... and with a new villain too!

Fusion-powered jet drones the size of a coffee table that have anti-grav hover, fire plasma weapons, can cloak, and have a sentient AI, and we're wasting them as target drones for a prototype defense system that needs two operators typing continual instruction into it during an attack?

oh COME now! :lol:

I could be wrong but I think that the two operators (fargo, et al) were operating the missle defense system against the drones. I believe only Martha's creator was trying to control the drones.

Incidently, he only referred to Martha as being the one that might win, not all of them. I kinda thought Martha was the only one with all of it's capabilities. The others were "slaved" to Martha during flight.

I think the point he is trying to make, is that if we have drones that advanced, why would we need something else for a defense system.

I could be wrong but I think that the two operators (fargo, et al) were operating the missle defense system against the drones.


That's what I said, just poorly, apparently.
I don't believe anyone has to sit there typing frantically to control an anti-air defense system. What are they typing? The words "Hey system, shoot at the target on the far left!"?

I'm pretty sure that, say, the CIWS only requires the operator to press the start button, and the fully automated system then shoots at any hostile on the radar.

TV and movies like to make it look like computer operators are working harder by having them type frantically. Personally, when I'm working hard, I'm using the mouse and onscreen menu items with a few strategic ctrl-key commands. I don't see remotely controlling an electronic system as requiring a lot of typing. By the time it gets to the test phase these guys were in, everything should be mouse clicks or trackball-operated with a good onscreen graphic-user-interface.

There was an early X-Files ep having something to do with a wind tunnel. A scientist was trying to get the wind in the tunnel to go faster by furiously typing away at his computer. Again, what was he typing? "Go faster! Go faster!"? The speed of a wind tunnel is determined by the shape of the tunnel, the shape of the fan, and the power of the motor. Physical attributes that can only be changed by physically building new ones.

Just sayin' :)

That's what I said, just poorly, apparently.
I don't believe anyone has to sit there typing frantically to control an anti-air defense system. What are they typing? The words "Hey system, shoot at the target on the far left!"?

I'm pretty sure that, say, the CIWS only requires the operator to press the start button, and the fully automated system then shoots at any hostile on the radar.

TV and movies like to make it look like computer operators are working harder by having them type frantically. Personally, when I'm working hard, I'm using the mouse and onscreen menu items with a few strategic ctrl-key commands. I don't see remotely controlling an electronic system as requiring a lot of typing. By the time it gets to the test phase these guys were in, everything should be mouse clicks or trackball-operated with a good onscreen graphic-user-interface.

There was an early X-Files ep having something to do with a wind tunnel. A scientist was trying to get the wind in the tunnel to go faster by furiously typing away at his computer. Again, what was he typing? "Go faster! Go faster!"? The speed of a wind tunnel is determined by the shape of the tunnel, the shape of the fan, and the power of the motor. Physical attributes that can only be changed by physically building new ones.

Just sayin' :)

It's funny you should say that about the typing. I agree and it's probably because the only thing the writers know about computers is "typing fast" = "working hard". :p

I was thinking that they were typing to pull up data in the monitoring systems, not controlling it. And then when they were typing frantically they were trying to control the drones... not the system.

But that's just me.

But you're right, those drones make a better weapon that the laser pod. :)

They weren't running the drones, The guy who built them was. The typing guys were running the defense system.