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'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees

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reactordev · 1790109412 · focus · HN ↗
There’s a scene in Battlestar Galactica (2004) where someone asks Captain Adama why the Galactica doesn’t have networked computers. So the cylons can’t hack the ship…
1. ishouldstayaway · 1790111314 · focus · HN ↗
  It's not just a scene; it's the whole premise of the setting. It's why the Galactica survived and the newer ships did not. It's why the new Vipers got wiped out and they had to pull the old ones out of mothballs.
  In the pilot, the Galactica was literally being turned into a museum, and that's why they lived.
  1. netcoyote · 1790125079 · focus · HN ↗
    It was even worse: the Galatica was a museum ship, and it was being decommissioned!
    evanelias · 1790126825 · focus · HN ↗
    No, GP is correct. In the pilot, the ship was in the process of being decommissioned from military use and converted to a museum. It wasn't already a museum prior to the events in the pilot (if that's what you meant -- maybe I'm not really sure what your comment was saying.)
    reactordev · 1790131122 · focus · HN ↗
    I believe they were nearing completion and already had the ceremony when the Cylons attacked. It's been a while since I watched my favorite tv series.
    bena · 1790175641 · focus · HN ↗
    Yeah, one of the Viper docks was a gift shop.
    They even had to essentially recommission a Viper that was being used as an exhibit.

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