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MaverickSawyer
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:blink: That's... a lot of rockets.
Recent match from War Thunder, Mojoey?
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Cosmic Penguin
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Am I the only spaceflight and astronomy fan out there who has never watched any of the Star Wars AND Star Trek movies? :uhh:
While I probably won't have time to do so soon, in what sequence would you recommend me to watch the two series?
While I probably won't have time to do so soon, in what sequence would you recommend me to watch the two series?
Something tells me it wasn't a good idea to use Windows on the lander...
Well - some early Polish "PESA" trams used Win 98
jedidia
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Star Wars: Doesn't really matter that much. Watch the prequels if you think you have to, watch episodes 3 through 6 in sequence.
Star Trek: If you skip all odd-numbered movies, you don't miss a lot. There's not much of an ongoing storyline between movies anyways.
If you really want to watch all of them, 2, 3, and 4 are directly connected, but don't really need each other to exist. You should really skip 5 unless you have some compulsion not to. 6 is completely unconnected and a pretty good movie.
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I was a bit surprised that this used Windows NT to control the fire-suppression systems.
Hardly a problem, Windows NT and Windows 2000 had been rock-solid operating systems, especially in the hands of a skilled administrator.
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MaverickSawyer
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Star Wars: watch them in the following order: 4, 5, 2, 3, 6, 7.
Star Trek: you'll want to watch some of the iconic episodes first... "Trouble with Tribbles", " Amok Time", "City on the Edge of Forever", etc. Then 2, 3, 4, then TNG/DS9.
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Heretic! Those are Trek in name only. They take every misconception about the Original Series and treat those as canonical information... :dry:
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They removed all the 1960s-bloat from the series and gave it a story. Also, canonical in the context of TOS? The only time there was such a thing like canon, had been the middle episodes of TNG.
I NEVER have to ask myself the question, if I like Kirk or if I like Picard. Picard is the only one who is capable of commanding more than a lifeboat.
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How much of a difference does it make that old OS like that are not officially supported by Microsoft anymore? It sounds like most businesses using server 2003 are upgrading old infrastructure to at least server 2008, but cases like this one almost never get upgraded.
Just one more final left now, how bad can it be? :hide:
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Depends - if you are operating the system without connection to the outside, to the internet, it doesn't matter if the OS is 15 or 45 years old. It will work just like on the day you last patched it.
If you have connection to the internet, it still depends on what you do with it. Windows NT 4.0 for example can be made rock-solid by deactivating services and defining OS policies. It is nothing you can use for browsing the internet then, but it works, for example if you have a classic windows service operating there as only "vulnerable" connection to the outside.
Practically, only the first scenario is really safe. If you for example did not upgrade your webserver over the past years, you will notice that Even SSL 3.0 is highly unsafe... There is a reason why everything below TLS 1.1 is banned since 2015, especially for downgrades.
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I notice you leave Episode 1 out. I think it was the most watchable of the prequels, though part of that may be that I was a preteen with Star Wars fever when it was released. I might recommend reading a plot summary of three to fill in on the story and skipping it otherwise.
MaverickSawyer
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But, in all honesty, what good does watching 1 do? It doesn't do more than add confusion.
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It's known as the "machete order."
(If for some reason you've never ever watched Star Wars or heard anything about the major plot twists, don't click the link. To clarify, Episode V contains a major plot twist for those who are completely new, Episode II and III provide a flashback. The author of the article argues that Episode I is bad enough to be skipped.)
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I thought ep. 1 was the best Star Wars movie, at the time. Because someone finally made a Star Wars movie.
You see, the only thing called Star Wars that i knew of was the V tv series (reptilians in human skins stealing water from earth), which in Russia was called "Star Wars 2000".
I was aware of many concepts, like lightsabers and xwing vs tie fighters, but it was kind of a genre thing, what they call Space Opera these days.
So imagine what watching a coherent movie with all that in it was like.
I never quite figured out how to hate it - it's a meh movie in context, but it isn't bad on it's own.
You see, the only thing called Star Wars that i knew of was the V tv series (reptilians in human skins stealing water from earth), which in Russia was called "Star Wars 2000".
I was aware of many concepts, like lightsabers and xwing vs tie fighters, but it was kind of a genre thing, what they call Space Opera these days.
So imagine what watching a coherent movie with all that in it was like.
I never quite figured out how to hate it - it's a meh movie in context, but it isn't bad on it's own.
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Star Wars: watch episodes IV, V, and VI, in the original, pre-specialized editions. Find a VHS copy if you must.
Episodes I, II, and III, have not truly been made yet. Those forgeries people are discussing were just bad fan fic made by George Lucas, who was working without the guidance of his team from the 70s. If you do watch them, watch them only after seeing the original trilogy, as they give away major spoilers.
Star Trek: 1, 2, and maybe 3 and 6. 5 was awful, 4 was cute but not to be taken seriously. The Next Generation films are okay.
The latest films, made by JJ Abrams are horrible caricatures of Star Trek, watching them is like watching a Trek parody skit on Saturday Night Live or something. If you liked ST4 you might like them, though.
Star Wars: watch episodes IV, V, and VI, in the original, pre-specialized editions. Find a VHS copy if you must.
Episodes I, II, and III, have not truly been made yet. Those forgeries people are discussing were just bad fan fic made by George Lucas, who was working without the guidance of his team from the 70s. If you do watch them, watch them only after seeing the original trilogy, as they give away major spoilers.
Star Trek: 1, 2, and maybe 3 and 6. 5 was awful, 4 was cute but not to be taken seriously. The Next Generation films are okay.
The latest films, made by JJ Abrams are horrible caricatures of Star Trek, watching them is like watching a Trek parody skit on Saturday Night Live or something. If you liked ST4 you might like them, though.
