(( The detailed lessons would probably take too long; I'm good with handwaving, based on what we've got so far. And... hm. ))
"Oh, okay," Ray said. "That makes sense. I understand completely."
As for the scans, Kitt ran into a somewhat frustrating situation early on. The police computers of New York City communicated with the police computers of New York State- and that was it. Their technology, as was so often the case, was woefully behind the private sector's, even in 2004, and the sharing of data was not a common thing in a world without a Department of Homeland Security. To get any kind of national record would require sweet-talking computers belonging to the FBI or some other federal agency.
On the other hand, rummaging through the Internet- available easily enough, as several of the nearby homes and businesses had badly secured 802.11g wireless networks- made for an interesting time. There were references galore to a pair of Star Wars movies called Episode I: The Price of Order and Episode II: Clone Error, with a third, Revenge of the Sith, due out in 2005. There were a few very sad little cult sites devoted to a movie called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and quite a lot of sites dedicated to some cartoon called Jace and the Wheeled Warriors.
And on a number of specialized mailing lists and Usenet discussion archives, particularly one called Inside Line, there were some extremely bizarre discussions of whether the rumored-to-exist 'men in black' ever drove anything other than large sedans. Specifically, whether they might possibly be seen driving something in the Firebird family, at least in the western United States if nowhere else.
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Date: 2005-07-15 03:32 am (UTC)"Oh, okay," Ray said. "That makes sense. I understand completely."
As for the scans, Kitt ran into a somewhat frustrating situation early on. The police computers of New York City communicated with the police computers of New York State- and that was it. Their technology, as was so often the case, was woefully behind the private sector's, even in 2004, and the sharing of data was not a common thing in a world without a Department of Homeland Security. To get any kind of national record would require sweet-talking computers belonging to the FBI or some other federal agency.
On the other hand, rummaging through the Internet- available easily enough, as several of the nearby homes and businesses had badly secured 802.11g wireless networks- made for an interesting time. There were references galore to a pair of Star Wars movies called Episode I: The Price of Order and Episode II: Clone Error, with a third, Revenge of the Sith, due out in 2005. There were a few very sad little cult sites devoted to a movie called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and quite a lot of sites dedicated to some cartoon called Jace and the Wheeled Warriors.
And on a number of specialized mailing lists and Usenet discussion archives, particularly one called Inside Line, there were some extremely bizarre discussions of whether the rumored-to-exist 'men in black' ever drove anything other than large sedans. Specifically, whether they might possibly be seen driving something in the Firebird family, at least in the western United States if nowhere else.