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Comment Re:seeyou.openai.com (Score 1) 18

I rewatched an episode recently, and the credits say that he created the Computer Chronicles, as well as hosted them. He maybe even wrote the scripts, but when interviewing a guest, he would often ask the silliest follow-up questions. Perhaps this was just part of his charm.

Either way, I can agree that the show was informative, and there really wasn't anything else like it on the TV at the time.

Comment Re:"A person can outrun a streetcar!" (Score 1) 137

Streetcars were popular over 100 years ago, when people used them to get to their factory jobs, so it made sense that they would want to preserve their energy for when they actually got to work. In today's world, we have automation for heavy lifting and tedious repetitive tasks, so preserving personal energy isn't the point.

Comment Re:Sure buddy (Score 1) 42

Try re-watching the 1980's miniseries called "V". It's an allegory for the rise of the Nazi movement. When aliens land on Earth, they are peaceful and are seeking help, but their first move is to defame and discredit the science community who is realizing the truth about the Aliens - That they're really lizard people in disguise, and they want to steal the Earth's resources.

Admittedly, the U.S. is way past that point now - but the parallels are striking.

Comment Impressive attention to detail (Score 2) 59

What I really liked about the show was the subtle attention to detail. In the interior shots of the research ship, every monitor looks like it's a CRT, because that is the display technology that we had in 1979. The ship was supposedly launched before the Nostromo encountered LV-426. However, the displays in the Prodigy compound were flat panel or holographic. You couldn't buy a CRT monitor today even if you wanted one, at least one that worked well enough to be on camera. At least they made it LOOK like they were CRTs. Any other movie probably wouldn't have bothered.

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