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Rowan · 11th October 2002, 12:01 AM

'zulu' is the military equivlent of 'Greenwich Mean Time' - GMT. Using the abbrev for GMT over a radio - it's too easiely lost in transmission and using the full name is too long. 'Zulu' is easily understood over a radio and keeps everyone on the same timeframe.

Very important if you're doing an internation mission or one that spans several 'time zones'.

I just think it was cool that they researched it enough to use that and use it right.

Rowan

little smaug · 19th October 2002, 11:33 AM

This episode was so great, definately one of my favourites of S4. The different emotions of all the characters were so moving, i loved the scenes in the infirmary between Jack and Sam. At first i was shocked that he didn't hold her hand or something, but now i think that was just showing Jack's professionalism conflicting with his feelings.

Jack had some great lines, i loved the part where he was bobbing about in front of the camera - "I think it likes me!"

When Jack shot Sam at the end, i got so upset, i thought she was dead!

That confused me, why didn't she die?

imported_space monkey · 20th October 2002, 04:04 PM

i think she did technically because she was then put on life-support. and no brain waves cos she wasnt there and nor was the entity. they must have hooked her up on the life-support machine just before her body started shutting down. anyone agree?

PTeppic · 21st October 2002, 06:46 AM

It would all come down to definitions of "death".

Certainly her body and brain had no acitivity as we would usually describe for "being alive". BUT, her consciousness was still "alive", albeit in the Entity's computer-hive-thingy...

11th October 2002, 12:01 AM	#181 (permalink)
Rowan Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In the wilds of Puget Sound. Near Seth and Cascade, WA. Posts: 2,480	Version 'zulu' is the military equivlent of 'Greenwich Mean Time' - GMT. Using the abbrev for GMT over a radio - it's too easiely lost in transmission and using the full name is too long. 'Zulu' is easily understood over a radio and keeps everyone on the same timeframe. Very important if you're doing an internation mission or one that spans several 'time zones'. I just think it was cool that they researched it enough to use that and use it right. Rowan

19th October 2002, 11:33 AM	#182 (permalink)
little smaug Fire and Brimstone Join Date: May 2002 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 1,343	This episode was so great, definately one of my favourites of S4. The different emotions of all the characters were so moving, i loved the scenes in the infirmary between Jack and Sam. At first i was shocked that he didn't hold her hand or something, but now i think that was just showing Jack's professionalism conflicting with his feelings. Jack had some great lines, i loved the part where he was bobbing about in front of the camera - "I think it likes me!" When Jack shot Sam at the end, i got so upset, i thought she was dead! That confused me, why didn't she die?

20th October 2002, 04:04 PM	#183 (permalink)
imported_space monkey I'm back! Be afraid... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: England Posts: 445	i think she did technically because she was then put on life-support. and no brain waves cos she wasnt there and nor was the entity. they must have hooked her up on the life-support machine just before her body started shutting down. anyone agree?

21st October 2002, 06:46 AM	#184 (permalink)
PTeppic Reetou Diplomatic Corp Join Date: May 2001 Location: North-west UK Posts: 3,073	It would all come down to definitions of "death". Certainly her body and brain had no acitivity as we would usually describe for "being alive". BUT, her consciousness was still "alive", albeit in the Entity's computer-hive-thingy...