How do you feel about the technology in Firefly?
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Originally posted by SadGeezer:
My point is, is it fair to say that in 500 years it would be cheaper to use a few throwaway silicon chips and some cheap batteries to fabricate a powerful energy weapon or would it be preferable to build a six-shooter or pump action rifle instead?Would the technology to build efficient weapons be cheap enough for anyone?
hi sweetie, well i guess i would defer to you tech heads about the relative price of technology…i know that in the distant mists of time when i was a defense contractor, the common practice for second and third world countries who sympathized with the USSR was to get the 20 year old technology to play with…in other words, certain arabs who had received soviet aid and training, were using vietnam era surface to air missiles and antiaircraft artillary during engagements with the usa 20 years later [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] …moreover the training that the average field batallion received for the use of those weapons was elementary at best…contrast this with the us policy of giving fairly new technology and training to , oh say, the afghanis, and think again if whedon is way off course…a gun is still fairly cheap and easy to make, as are primitive bombs…any chip technology requires fairly rigorous manufacturing standards…but again, i am long out of this field, and you ,newkate, cat among many others would be better placed to judge the price of new technology vs 500 year old technology [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]…i guess i don’t care for westerns in general, so the space western thing doesn’t do a whole lot for me anyway, but not because i find it particularly unrealistic…btw, the cost of a trident II submarine in the 80’s-old technology if you will- was 3.5 billion dollars; this is a figure i still find mindboggling…as far as i can see, you should be able to buy argentina for that [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]