Okay, here's the most recent thing I'm trying to wrap my mind around. Opening scene of Star Wars, Rebel Blockade Runner is stopped by a Star Destroyer.
Darth Vader and the storm troopers enter the ship. Rebels blast. C3 R2 and R4 units scurry. People die. We see Leia recording a message on R2D2, who then scurries off to the desert in an escape pod.
Vader is mad, he wants to know where the plans are. He even chokes a bitch. But little does he know, the plans are safe inside R2D2.
But, why the fuck are there only one set of plans? Why not fucking email them. Or put them on every R2 unit on the ship. I mean these things are little rolling hard drives. Even Star Trek, which was filmed a decade before Star Wars had 'data tapes' and Tricordres on which they could put information. Why would you take the plans for the Death Star and not copy it enough to ensure that it survived being stopped by a Star Destroyer?
Really guys, backup your data, that's all I'm saying.
I feel like this is a metaphor for my life...
Posted by: DW | February 13, 2009 at 09:44 AM