Good luck, under HIPAA they generally can't even say if he's been admitted.

Rhonda Lea Kirk wrote:
Email me with the name of the hospital, Pat. I'll call as soon as I
know where to call. If you don't know, then I guess I'll have to
call 'em all.

He never mentioned the name of the place.

B5 was supposed to be the big talk down around the water cooler at NASA
when it came on, due to the fact that the Starfuries actually acted like
space fighters in a vacuum, rather than SW T-65 X-Wings.

I already anticipated the BG reference in my first reply to him back when
the toes came off around a month ago.
By God, I was pleasantly surprised by that show... I finally got around to
watching season 1 on DVD a few weeks back, and I've got to admit they
managed to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse.
Of course I'm a technology geek, and I sat there looking at the Galactica
and thinking " ... you know, that makes a lot of sense... in the absence
of atmosphere you actually could put the structural framework on the
exterior of the ship, rather than inside. No one's ever thought of that
before."

It certainly makes for a uncluttered interior of the primary pressure
hull. It also makes it look even more like a giant crocodile standing on
twin pontoons than the original one.

And God bless them, they've got thrusters on the Vipers and space missiles
with some sort of guidance and homing system on them, which is more than
most photon and proton torpedoes ever had.

Of course, in the real world, space torpedoes would probably have a yield
of around a megaton or more*, and that still seems to be unrealized
outside of Galaxy Quest, and when John Sheridan took on the Black Star and
the Shadow capital city in B5.
At least in the first season of BG, no good explanation as to why the
Cylons didn't take on Galactica with hundreds of thermonuclear missiles
rather than just one.

* Antimatter, metastable helium, or H-bombs using even contemporary ICBM
warhead technology.

Pat

Had SSS been alive in 1986, I'm sure he would have done one for
challenger as well.

I think one of his major reasons for doing the Columbia loss FAQ was

When you do get in touch, please pass on my best wishes for a speedy
recovery.

I'm sure he's hanging in there, betcha the hospital simply
lost their internet feed.

Y'know a number 6 nurse designed virus
Please mention that to him too :-)

He never mentioned the name of the place.


I'll see what I can figure out.

Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:

(In fact in a Season II episode, they do a straffing run on a Cylon
spaceship by basically angling the nose in the direction of the craft and
then "flying" sideways.)


B5 beat them to that, the Starfuries went by the Centauri battleship while
firing at it, and actually going backwards as they pivoted their front
ends to keep aim with their guns as they coasted by.

Strange, as against Star Trek deflector shields thermonuclear weapons
might not be all that effective, (despite what happened in "Balance Of
Terror"); in fact, in ST photon torpedoes are specifically designed to
engage enemy vessels at FTL velocities, as they carry a warp field with
them, unlike the phasers - which are limited by traveling at lightspeed.

But BG technology gives the ships the ability to basically wormhole
themselves from point-to-point in the universe instantaneously without
moving at FTL speeds during the interim.

B5 technology does kick you into and out of hyperspace for a period of
time, while traveling from point-to-point in the galaxy, and combat can
occur in hyperspace.
Of all three, I think the BG technology is the most likely to be closest
to the truth if FTL becomes a reality.

And they don't explain why theey use nukes when Tylium seems to be even
more powerful (my guess is Tylium while explosive, can't react fast
enough or something.)


Definitely a great series.


Lot of fun.
Lota-lota fun.
Soars on its characters, and the actors and writers doing their parts.
It reminds me of something said about the book "The Caine Mutiny" by a
Navy admiral, shortly after it was published.
"I met every one of those sons-of-bitches in my career, but never all on
the same ship." :-D

Pat

(In fact in a Season II episode, they do a straffing run on a Cylon
spaceship by basically angling the nose in the direction of the craft and
then "flying" sideways.)

Of course, in the real world, space torpedoes would probably have a yield
of around a megaton or more*, and that still seems to be unrealized
outside of Galaxy Quest, and when John Sheridan took on the Black Star and
the Shadow capital city in B5.
At least in the first season of BG, no good explanation as to why the
Cylons didn't take on Galactica with hundreds of thermonuclear missiles
rather than just one.


They don't really go into much detail on that, but it seems neither side
makes much use of nukes beyond the initla attacks.

And they don't explain why theey use nukes when Tylium seems to be even more
powerful (my guess is Tylium while explosive, can't react fast enough or
something.)


Definitely a great series.

Oh by no means was BSG the first. In fact it's shows like B5 and others
that have sort of "trained" viewers to expect higher levels of realism.

I think it's a good trend.

BSG has definitely avoid the "particle of the week" that later Star Trek
series were prone to. The science and tech tends to take a backseat to the
actual story, etc.

The battlestar itself definitely has the feel (well for us landlubbers) of
an authentic warship. (and little details like using actual army phones for
the shipboard phones is a nice touch.)

B5 was supposed to be the big talk down around the water cooler at NASA
when it came on, due to the fact that the Starfuries actually acted like
space fighters in a vacuum, rather than SW T-65 X-Wings.

I haven't watched much B5. Did that show treat space as an acoustic
conductor, like most shows do?

Rhonda Lea Kirk wrote:
He never mentioned the name of the place.


I'll see what I can figure out.


You call him up when Judy Tenuta is in his hospital room nursing her
"Love God" back to health... and I mean literally _nursing him_ ...and
there's going to be trouble.
That proud and loving mare will not tolerate any others in the field
where her stallion lies wounded.
That is her stud alone, and she shall kill any others who dare
approach it. Such was the Cosmic Interlock on the day those two souls
first met. They are day and night, summer and winter, strong scent
meets strong
words, anger meets madness, and a filthy mouth meets a filthy body.
It's like something like one would find in the movie "Xanadu" if Kira
was a perfect whore, and Sonny a perfect pimp.
It's got destined romance written all over it.
Don't ever come between something that profound and majestic.
Especially if you're wearing roller skates.

"Oh _HIM_, the one down in room 47!"
Knowing OM, he's probably in Dr.Yamachi's New Era Hospital and Whorehouse.

B5 was supposed to be the big talk down around the water cooler at NASA
when it came on, due to the fact that the Starfuries actually acted like
space fighters in a vacuum, rather than SW T-65 X-Wings.

I haven't watched much B5. Did that show treat space as an acoustic
conductor, like most shows do?

Nothing from him yet.

 I'm sure he's hanging in there, betcha the hospital simply
lost their internet feed.

Oh God, you can imagine his reaction to that.

 Y'know a number 6 nurse designed virus
Please mention that to him too :-)

I already anticipated the BG reference in my first reply to him back
when the toes came off around a month ago.
By God, I was pleasantly surprised by that show...

Ifinally got around
to watching season 1 on DVD a few weeks back, and I've got to admit they
managed to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse.

Of course I'm a technology geek, and I sat there looking at the
Galactica and thinking  " ... you know, that makes a lot of sense... in
the absence of atmosphere you actually could put the structural
framework on the exterior of the ship, rather than inside. No one's ever
thought of that before."  It certainly makes for a uncluttered interior
of the primary pressure hull. It also makes it look even more like a
giant crocodile standing on twin pontoons than the original one.

Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:



(In fact in a Season II episode, they do a straffing run on a Cylon
spaceship by basically angling the nose in the direction of the craft and
then "flying" sideways.)

B5 beat them to that, the Starfuries went by the Centauri battleship
while firing at it, and actually going backwards as they pivoted their
front ends to keep aim with their guns as they coasted by.
B5 also had the first space combat that ever occurred outside of visual
range -  when the Shadows destroyed the Narn battle fleet from several
thousand kilometers away by firing their space mines at them, and
collapsing their jump points as the Narn warships tried to retreat into
hyperspace.