exactly! it's sad how many people think that tv has connection to reality, even "reality tv" is entirely fake and scripted. technical advisors are constantly ignored, and huge errors are made that any high schooler could spot (my favorite was on "stargate", when the brilliant scientist character of amanda carter said that pie was the ratio of a circles RADIUS to it circumferance. any one who passed math should know it's the ratio of the circumferance to the DIAMETER of a circle, an error of a factor of 2, fairly huge for such a basic and key concept in most of the sciences (if your income chaned in either direction by a factor of 2, i think you'd notice!).
similiarly, "CSI" has nothing to do with real forensics, and none of the crime shows have anything to do with reality either! that's one reason why i don't watch them, i avoid putting garbage into my brain as any brain filled with garbage is likely to pour it out latter, or at the very least to let this fiction distort thier perception. Watching CSI does not "make everyone an expert" on forensics, it makes people experts on the fantasy version presented which is far more exciting, easy, and precise than real life where there are all kinds of real problems every day, including scarce resources which largely contribute to the difficulty of solving even major crimes. similarly, "start trek", while i greatly enjoy watching it, tells one very little about space travel, engineering, etc., if you don't keep that in mind and believe it's some kind of science class you will still be ignorant, worse yet you'll have wrong information that you incorrectly believe to be relavant to reality. after all, if tv were an accurate portrayal of reality, we'd all be young and attractive. look around you, the tv world is a lot "prettier", at least by many standards. on the other hand, Burt Rattan uses a G4, i believe it's the same model i usually get to use! for those who don't know, he, his company, and many of his highly skilled employees just won the x-prize for building a craft capable of lifting 3 people into space twice in two weeks! a real accomplishment, and along the way he proved and derived some very clever techniques that will have a huge impact on space flight and even aircraft design, which he has a long history of contributing to (for some 30 years he has designed, built, and flown at least one completely new aircraft design every year! truly an incredible guy). reality folks, you just aren't going to get it on the networks, particularly not in "fiction". "E-post fr�n mig..." wrote: > > >From: Andrew Grebneff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>I've also noticed, in watching those crime shows on cable, that no small > >>number of these forensics labs doing DNA testing, clearly show G5s sitting > >>on desks in the background. > > > >TV programs with business offices usually seem to have Macs on the desks, > >with the Apple symbol clearly visible. > > Doh! > > Ever heard of product placement ?! > -------- -- The FBI could easily have prevented 9/11, if they had wanted to. Agents have repeatedly been thrawted by their supervisors while pursueing promising investigations, several of which would have prevented 9/11, but maybe that was the point. Evidence from respected news agencies and conservative publications. <http://counterpunch.org/sacks06262004.html> -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
