"I can't disable the server! It's locked!"
So, back when I was all " Flist, what TV should I watch!?!,"* rivkat recommended Fringe which I was initially suspicious of due to its association wit JJ "LOL Continuity!" Abrahms, but on giving it a second chance, am quite enjoying, provided I don't allow myself access to memory of episodes < C - 5 where C = current episode. But that's not the point of this post. The point is, I just watched an episode with the following dialogue.
Dude: "The server has been wiped!"
Lady: "Were you able to get an IP address?"
Dude: "There's no sign of a DOS attack."
It's not that the science on Fringe usually has much to do with reality, it's that... oh god, where to even start? This is sort of like saying "He has pneumonia! Did anyone get the license plate of that snowflake?" The phrases do not bear any relationship to each other, although each individually is fine.
So this is me offering to consult for technobabble. I can take your technobabble from "offensive to 10 percent of the population who will notice" to "Offensive to < 1% of the population who will notice." (Er, at a guess.) DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN.
* Does anyone want the results so far of this experiment? I can babble on at length.
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Dude: "The server has been wiped!"
Lady: "Were you able to get an IP address?"
Dude: "There's no sign of a DOS attack."
It's not that the science on Fringe usually has much to do with reality, it's that... oh god, where to even start? This is sort of like saying "He has pneumonia! Did anyone get the license plate of that snowflake?" The phrases do not bear any relationship to each other, although each individually is fine.
So this is me offering to consult for technobabble. I can take your technobabble from "offensive to 10 percent of the population who will notice" to "Offensive to < 1% of the population who will notice." (Er, at a guess.) DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN.
* Does anyone want the results so far of this experiment? I can babble on at length.
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