On 11/11/2012 22:01, Quixotic Nixotic wrote:
On 11 Nov 2012, at 19:32, Grahame Marsh wrote:
And...
BBC 4 programme "Seven Ages of Starlight" at about 1hr 6 min.
(Evolution of stars from gas clouds to black holes.)
Grahame
I've been re-watching episodes of Spooks. It's amazing that every time they
find a hidden bomb, be it tucked away in a basement, concealed behind a pillar,
atop a mast of some kind, there is a huge, bright, digital readout to give the
game away to our hero.
Then starts the age old system of drawing those last few seconds of countdown
into whole minutes of suspense. Cut to the look of panic on faces. Cut to the
rising water level. Cut to the sword of Damocles in Damascus. Cut to the
villain of your choice. It might be religious, it might be political, it might
be the fevered result of an unhappy childhood. Or simply that of a scriptwriter
stuck in a hell of his or her own making. We are not to know. How can we know?
Then the background music goes up a whole semitone as we watch those digits
flicker, flicker, flicker, ever down, down, down all the way down, down almost
to zero yet we know we shall never get there. Another cut to the deranged
monster of a man who has perpetrated such an evil notion upon humanity. Onward
to the dew drops of perspiration on the brow of our hero, as he snips that
final wire...
Well that's how it happens for me at any rate. Hand soldering those 0805s does
this to me every time. Oh how I hanker for those luminous 4 inch digits...
Should I get out more I wonder?
John S
Hey John, I know what you mean, even in Thunderbirds, the Hood leaves
his devices behind with some big flashing bulb so International Rescue
can spot it ... no fun at all.
Seriously, the bit of the documentry on stellar evolution where the
nixie shot came from had some great B&W picture of old radio telescopes
and a very, very young looking Patrick Moore.
Cheers Grahame
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