Re: SGA--The buddy cop ep ("Midway" spoilers)

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:30:37 -0600, "puzzlrr"
<puzzzlrrr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>"jayembee" <jayembeenospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "puzzlrr" <puzzzlrrr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> You send McKay in because he's a great character and he knows
>>> his way around computer problems (hey, isn't he an astrophysicists?)
>>> LOL.
>>
>> He knows about other things than astrophysics, just like Carter
>> seemed to know a lot about medicine.
>>
>Which makes things very convenient, which I don't mind, because I really 
>like Mckay and the show.  But there is no way for any two people to know
as 
>much as they about everything.

?

All you need is a lot of books and a good memory.

>>> But the whole idea for the bridge and station was Carter's idea
>>
>> Actually, it was a co-development between Carter and McKay. That's
>> why it's called the Carter-McKay Intergalactic Bridge. Nevertheless,
>> however much each one contributed to the architecture of the
>> system, McKay was the one who wrote the routines for each gate to
>> pass all the data to the next one. He knows as much about the
>> gate system as she does.
>>
>>> so she should have been there.
>>
>> No moreso than he should. And since she's the commander of the
>> Atlantis base, she's less expendable than he is.
>
>Huh?  They guy who knows everything about everything is less expendable? 
>Okay.

<shrug>

Who was more expendable - Ike or Patton?  Both are not very
expendable, but Patton was *more* expendable.
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